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Knowledge of downhill skiing safety principles among students at the University of Physical Education...healthy. It is a false conclusion, because you can beunaware of some ailments, and the effort required toski is demanding, specific, and intense to such a degreethat it requires certainty about one’s own state ofhealth. Before starting to learn to ski it is advisable toget a basic medical examination. In a similar vein therespondents were asked about illnesses that excludethe possibility of practicing skiing in a safe way. Thefinal decision rests, of course, with a physician andthat is why medical consultation is so important. Suchan assumption was made by 50% of the respondents.Cardiovascular diseases were pointed out by 47% ofthe students as an excluding element. This is not a fullycorrect opinion, because not all diseases of the cardiovascularsystem (it refers, e.g., to controlled arterialhypertension) exclude one from participation in recreationalforms of downhill skiing (Fig. 3).Nutrition during ski holidays is a significant healthprotectingfactor. Out of all the respondents, 84% correctlyproclaimed that it is a very important issue in conditionsof increased physical effort, and 4-5 wholesomemeals should be eaten per day. According to 8% of therespondents, one should eat only when one feels hungryand the quality of a meal is not important. The last question,connected with lifestyle and hygiene, concernedcare about clothing worn while skiing. The overwhelmingmajority of the students – 83% – maintained that skiclothes and boots must be dried every time after skiing.Unfortunately, 10% of the respondents thought thatthat activity should be done only once in a while. It is,of course, an assumption contradictory with a hygieniclifestyle, and wet ski boots and clothes are an excellentshortcut to getting cold and frostbitten (Fig. 4).DISCUSSIONDownhill skiing is commonly regarded as a very attractiveand fashionable sport. The researched students seeit in a similar vein. The possibility to stay in wintertimenatural environment is regarded to be its greatest value.However, a portion of the researched students perceivethat form of recreation as a chance for testing oneselfand demonstrating one’s own bravado and speed (43%),which – especially in the case of future teachers and instructors– is a worrisome phenomena. Similar valuesand dangers of skiing are noticed also by other authors,who observe various groups of skiers [8].What seems a positive phenomenon is care for respectingthe basic hygienic principles connected withattention to optimal relaxation, a model of nutrition, andmaintaining equipment in a proper, safety-ensuringstate. Unfortunately, the majority of the participants ofthe training camp (53%) did not have their own skis.They used skis that are often selected in a random way,which is, of course, a negative phenomenon. Havingone’s own equipment, which has been selected accordingto individual needs and is properly serviced,increases safety on a ski slope [9, 10, 11].Nor did the majority of them (67%) have properknowledge about common dangers resulting fromthe specifics of the mountain environment, which areconnected with low temperatures, increased ultravioletradiation, and low atmospheric pressure resultingfrom high altitude above sea level. It refers especiallyto various kinds of function disorders of the humanorganism that are connected with altitude (mountain)sickness. Forty-four percent of the respondents did notknow at what altitude its appearance should be takeninto account, although the instructor, when responsiblefor skiers or other tourists, should be well aware ofthe possibility of the appearance of the phenomenon.The correct answer about the medium height of itsappearance (2,000 meters above sea level) [12] wasonly given by 32% of the researched students. Resultsconcerning snow blindness, frostbite, or hypothermiawere similar [3, 4].A mountain climate, especially in wintertime, demandsa lot from the human organism: factors that are connectedwith the process of adaptation to changeable external conditionsand require increased thermoregulation processes[3]. The organism is additionally burdened with specificphysical effort connected with difficulties with coordination.Hence skiing cannot be practiced by everybody and in allconditions included at every ski infrastructure (some skitracks are even 4,000 meters above sea level) without riskingone’s own health or life. Hence, it seems reasonable totake a physician’s advice, especially before the first ski holidays.The majority of the questioned students – 76% – neglectsthat fact, or tries to solve health problems of potentialskiers on their own. It should be emphasized that a skier’sinsufficient psychophysical conditions is a potential factorthat causes injuries and other types of undesirable events,which then endanger health and life [7, 13].CONCLUSIONS1. For the majority of participants of the training camp,skiing is a form of recreation that is especially attractive,as it takes place in natural environment inwinter. Some of them, however, perceive its value in– 87 –
Beata Wojtyczek, Małgorzata Pasławskadisplays of speed and bravado and in social attractionsoff the slope.2. In the academic curriculum, greater stress shouldbe put on requiring knowledge about climate andthe environmental dangers connected with stayingin the mountains in winter.3. The majority of the researched students have thecorrect attitude towards basic principles concerningthe hygiene of sleep, nutrition, and proper selectionand conservation of clothes and equipment duringski holidays.LITERATURE • PIŚMIENNICTWO[1] Chojnacki K, Kusion Ł: Analysis of ski injuries in the leadingPolish alpine skiers (1987–2000) [in Polish], SportWyczynowy, 2001; 9–10: 441–442.[2] Senner V: Equipment development and research for moreperformance and safety; in Müller E, Lindinger S, Stöggl T,Fastenbauer V (eds.): 4th International Congress on Scienceand skiing. Book of abstracts. Salzburg, Universityof Salzburg, 2007.[3] Wojtyczek B: Selected aspects of hygiene procedures forsports and recreation classes in environmental conditions;in K. Klukowski (ed.): Physical exercise medicine with theelements of psychology and pedagogy. Academic Handbook[in Polish]. Warszawa, Wydawnictwa Dydaktyczne, 2010.[4] Leach R.: Alpine skiing. Boston, Blackwell ScientificPublications, 1994.[5] Pasławska M, Wojtyczek B: Personal injury and fatalaccidents among child downhill skiers ; in Konieczny J(ed.): Safety of children in emergency health [in Polish].Inowrocław – Poznań, Garmond Oficyna Wydawnicza,2009: 165–185.[6] Blachura B: The role and tasks of downhill ski teaching inthe process of motor rehabilitation and social integrationfrom the perspective of visually impaired people [in Polish]Antropomotoryka, 2008; 43: 59–65.[7] Sabat U: The value of mental training components introducedinto the programme of downhill ski teaching [inPolish]. Antropomotoryka, 2008; 44, 49–53.[8] Neuhorn S, Sadowski G: Winter camps – a guide to teaching[in Polish]. Warszawa, AWF, 2006.[9] Langran M., Selvaraj S.: Increased injury risk amongfirst-time skiers, snowboarders and skiboarders. AmericanJournal of Sports Medicine, 2004; 32, 1: 96–103.[10] Čillík I, Král L: Effectiveness of teaching downhill skiingto beginners depending on ski length [in Polish]. Antropomotoryka,2008; 43: 43–49.[11] Wojtyczek B.: Selection and the importance of clothingfor skiers and snowboarders [in Polish]. Medical Tribune,2006; 12, 22–23.[12] Klukowski K: Things the skier should remember [in Polish].Medical Tribune, 2006; 4: 22–24.[13] Prange-Barczyński T: Skiing [in Polish]. Warszawa,Wiedza i Życie, 2005.– 88 –
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