alpine technical delegates update 2011

•Videos Competition and Training- “A” Fences- “B” Fences- Dying the slope- Workers, Coaches, Service People on the slope- Homologations- Jumps

Alpine Technical Delegates Update 2011

VIDEO 1 DH CRASH


DYING PROCEDURE

•Lines should cover both sides

•Crossed lines with 5 to 10 mt distance in critical parts


INTERMEDIATE TIMING

•People must stay in safe positions

•Outside the fences

•Timing devices always protected

•Holes into the fences ?


COACHES POSITIONMEDICAL RESCUE

•Near to where possible accident can occurr

•Not to close to the race line

•Beside the fences, never in front


•IMPACT ZONE

•Correct tension „A“ Fence

•Possible situation for a double „A“

•„B“ Fence in front?

•How many incident do you have in the same place?


VIDEO 2 DH CRASH 2


•GATE JUDGE POSITION

•Near the race line

•Flat sections are some times also dangerous

•Jury can also work as Gate Judges

• „C“ fences must be placed as far as possible form the race line


•MARKING THE JUMP

•Cross lines before the Jump and also by landing zones

•Check also standing positions


•MISTAKE BEFORE THE CRASH

•Even in „easy“ section mistakes are possible.


„A“ FENCE IMPACT

•„A“ fence should also avoid impacts from the side.

•Slipp skirt in this cases are very important.

•Slipping the outside zone of the turn can also avoid the crash.


VIDEO 3 SUPER G CRASH


•COACHES POSITION

•Before stating the race check where coaches are standing alonge the course


•HOMOLOGATION

•Ask for additional homologation and safety reports

•Check safety installations

•Special requirements

•Additional nets or protections are needed?


BEFORE THE CRASH

•Is this an unusual situation?

•What can we do to avoid this mistake?

•Again a flat section is causing problems.


BEFORE THE IMPACT

•Small bump in the „falling“ line makes the racer take some „air“ before the impact

•Distance between the „ideal“ race line and the „B“ fences.


•INTO THE NETS

Two rows of „B“ fences


•BIG CRASH

•Two rows of „B“ fences are not enough ?

•Threes must be also protected ?

• No consequences


VIDEO DH FINISH CRASH


DH FINISH AREA

• One gate before the finish line helps racer to find the correct line

• Red Line must be marked


DH FINISH AREA

• Colouring the finish area

• Poor visibility before the finish and after the finish line

• Small bump in the shadow


POSITION ON THE SLOPE



• Outside race line

• No chance to see where the competitor will go



• Too many people standing in the same position



• He was not so „fast“


SUPER G SLOPE


SUPER G SLOPE

• Check carefully the homologation

• Right side „C“ fences ?

• Are you sure we are using the homologated slope?


SUPER G SLOPE

• Tourist skiing beside the race slope

• Distance between the outisde pole and the fences


SUPER G SLOPE

• Mix of people inside the fences


SUPER G SLOPE

• Snow gun above the jump

• Enough protection?

• Check the homologation file

• Can we set another line and avoid the jump?


SUPER G SLOPE

• After the crash

• Distance between the outside pole and the fences


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SUPER G SLOPE


SUPER G SLOPE

• People near the fences but outside the slope

• Plastic band in front of the fences

• Poles beside the course, drills?, keys? bags?

• Racer DNF


VIDEO 7 DH JUMP


•DH JUMP

•Preparation of the jump.

•Smooth and „clean“ table.

•Colour marked at the edge.


DH JUMP

•High jump


DH JUMP

•Another view


DH JUMP

•Landing zone must be well prepared


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DH JUMP

•Very long jump

•Unsual jump in comparation with all other competitors

•Consider different level of competitors


DH JUMP

•Try to analyse with the Jury before the race where can this competitor end his/her jump

• Is this happening so often?


•DH JUMP

•You can have different situations at the same jump.


DH JUMP

•Would you say already start stop on the Jury radio?


•DH JUMP

•Still no breathing.....


•DH JUMP

•At the end nothing happens...


GS TRAINING


GS TRAINING

• Fences betweeen the slope and T-Bar

• 4 sec sliding before the crash


Fences

GS TRAINING

• Remember this could be also the warm up for your competition.

•Many times is better to organise free skiing on the slope instead of warm up with gates.


alpine technical delegates update 2011

Documents

goalpine technical delegates

fences b fences

dh finish area

ideal race line

finish line small bump

correct line red line

falling line

race check