WELCOME TO MECHANICS OF SPORT

This website describes and explains sporting techniques by the mechanics and physics behind them, with walk through explanations of manoeuvres, and tips on how to improve. It is not possible to learn sports online, but it is possible to learn how they work and give yourself a real advantage when it comes to learning them in real life. The site is starting off with skiing and snowboarding, and then might venture onto other sports. At present only the skiing section is online.

How to Ski and Snowboard

The site uses advanced graphics and carefully written explanations to show how things work that would be very hard, or even impossible to show in real life, so that skiing can be better understood. The mechanics and physics used are to help people learn how to ski, and therefore they are only gone into in as much details as needed to help people learn, without being overly complicated. At present the site is still being completed and optimised, with the snowboarding section still to be added.

Specially Made Graphics

All the graphics have been created specially for the site to optimise the explanations. The site currently covers skiing equipment, the basic mechanics of skiing, and manoeuvres and techniques all the way from putting skis on, to parallel skiing, pole planting and flat lining. More advanced manoeuvres and techniques will be added gradually. Anyone from an advanced skier to someone who wants to learn to ski from scratch, should find the site full of useful information on techniques and tips on what to be careful of.

Learn Online Before or During Your Skiing Trip

The site is perfect for learning about skiing before you go on a skiing holiday, or to look at in the evenings while skiing to go over what you have done, and maybe figure out a few more mistakes you were making. The site is not designed to take away the need for ski lessons, as to learn to ski properly, performing relevant exercises is a very important step to achieving the correct technique. Performing skiing exercises is best done in real life with a ski instructor, and for this reason, exercises are not included on the site, just the finished techniques.

Please use the links on the left to look through the site, or go to the Main Skiing page.