LOVE to ride - love TRAIN!

Pupils only in the Arctic Kola section snowboarding has already won its first medal. The debut of the best juniors took the championship in snowboarding area in the discipline of "Big Air" (stunts in ski jumping).

Echoes of the Olympics

Branch snowboarding in Murmansk Oblast SDYUSSHOR opened in winter sports in the fall of last year. After the discipline "slopestyle" was first introduced in the program of the Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia began its active development, which has not been spared, and our city. Slopestyle - is performing a series of tricks on trampolines and special shapes (usually steel railing), located on the ski slopes for each other.

All seats in the section of snowboarding in Murmansk, which is 45 people in the three groups were engaged in a week after the announcement of the set. Among young athletes and have eight-year novices and adolescents with riding experience. In December, they began exercise three times a week. This significantly increased the level of the board in all groups.

- Despite the fact that many have long ride, they have yet to learn a lot - said Ilya Shmakov, snowboarding coach Murmansk regional sports school in winter sports. - Our guys are snowboarding as a hobby, but in training we learn some tricks, do the exercises. Level growing!

Ilya refers to the training of young snowboarders seriously. Four children he had been expelled for truancy. Try not to miss the rest. Thanks to systematic training Vladislav Sheviakov won the championship of the Murmansk region in the discipline of "Big Air" Junior.

14 years - it's too late

Murmansk section snowboarding - one for the entire region, because the coaches with the sports education and the necessary expertise is not found in the afternoon with fire. Ilya Shmakov graduated from Northern College of Physical Education and Sports has been snowboarding for about 10 years. Was the champion of the Murmansk region in snowboarding and the judge at the Olympic Games in Sochi.

- First, I teach beginners the basics of skating - says Ilya. - To go to perform stunts, you need a good knowledge of the board, to be able to ride the left and right foot forward. This increases stability, balance, it will be easier to move on jumps, slides and trampolines. The basic elements of freestyle begin to study only the second year.

Even just learn to snowboard more difficult than skiing, due to the fact that the legs are firmly fixed on the same line. Children learned about two months just to slide from the slope and use the lift. Senior group immediately began practicing in big Eire and slopestyle.

- Speaking about the education of promising athletes, of course, in 12-14 years too late to start practicing snowboarding - said Ilya. - At this age, children should already approaching the peak of its features.

In the future, Ilya wants to write a certificate program for children six to seven years to eight years they could already skate well.

This year, the Department of snowboarding running in test mode, that is, the team of the Murmansk region in this sport will not be generated. And in the future will have to work and work again, so as not to disgrace on-site competitions. The most effective work on the bugs obtained by Ilya writes training on video, so that children see their mistakes on the part.

We need coaches and pillow

Despite the fact that Murmansk is located in the far north, the ski season begins we have quite late due to lack of snow. Usually only in December on the slopes begin to build ramps and set pieces to perform tricks. In the snow-free months snowboarders will deal with general physical training and acrobatics on a trampoline.

- To perform tricks in the air is very important to coordinate movements and the ability to navigate in flight, - says Ilya. - Physical training is also strongly influenced by the success. Sports guys on the fly grasp movement.

Ilya also dreams of a huge inflatable cushion on which to land after a jump from a springboard without fear of injury. Not enough separation snowboarding even two coaches, because Ilya can not train more than three groups of 15 people, and those wishing to Murmansk many more.

Tomorrow, March 29, the best students of Elijah will show what they have learned in the slopestyle, the competition in this discipline on the southern slope. Qualifications will start at 12.45.