Ski Racing Research Paper

Skiing has been a huge part of my life. Ever since I was young, I would always venture out to the mountains and go skiing. What makes skiing a lot of fun is the environment you get to be apart of. Every hill you go up to, there's always a new surrounding you get to interact with. Aside from the environment, one of the primary reasons I love skiing is because I am able to compete against others for the fastest time by completing a course. So, when I was in middle school, I signed up for the ski team. Once every week, I was able to practice honing my skills and improve my time every practice. It become a part of my lifestyle. It taught me that improving myself will lead to success.
Ski racing can best be defined as fast paced and competitive sport. Every time you go down a hill, you’re are focused on achieving the …show more content…
One of those techniques was to lean my body forward. This allowed me to build up speed. Another tactic was to always look ahead and never allow my eyes to wander off the course. The whole point is to position yourself to that finish line. One more tactic I picked up was to wax my skis. Waxing allows your skis to go faster and maintain better turn handling. The first year I began ski racing, my timing was terrible. Generally, it took me around a minute to finish the hill. Because of this, I would usually rank last on my team. At first, I was usually upset that I could never get a good time but then I remembered if I kept practicing, it would only make me a better skier. So around the second year, my timing a lot better as I would average around 50 seconds which was a huge improvement from last year. Unfortunately though, I still was not able to accomplish a medal rank. So, I kept working on my speed by applying wax and developing better turns around the flags I would ski around. When it was the third year I ski raced, I finally accomplished a bronze medal that I have been hoping for since I’ve