• The Journal of the Korea Contents Association
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• v.10 no.9
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• pp.399-409
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• 2010

The purpose of this study was to examine the effect of sport enjoyment on leisure identity and ski participation. To collect data, the purposive sampling method was used. The collected 256 samples of advanced level skiers were analyzed using SPSS 12.0 program. Through statistical analysis, following results were extracted. First, some factors of sport enjoyment had differences in the mean score based on some demographical characteristics. However, leisure identity had no difference. The degree of ski participation had some differences in the mean score based on some demographical characteristics. Second, some factors of sport enjoyment influenced leisure identity. Third, some factors of sport enjoyment influenced the degree of ski participation. The results of this study are expected to be used for understanding advanced level skiers and satisfying the needs of advanced level skiers.

• Korean Journal of Applied Biomechanics
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• v.24 no.1
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• pp.19-26
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• 2014

This study investigated foot pressure patterns between experienced skiers and intermediate skiers during alpine skiing. Five experienced skiers and five intermediate skiers participated in this study. Foot pressure measurement system was used to measure vertical ground reaction force (vGRF) and contact area under the six plantar regions. Each participant was asked to perform basic parallel turns and carved turns on a $18^{\circ}$ groomed slope. Each right turn was divided into the initiation phase, the steering phase 1 and 2. For the initiation phase of the basic parallel turns, significantly greater contact area was found on the LRF and RRF of the intermediate skiers (p<.05) and significantly greater vGRF was found on the LRF of the intermediate skiers (p<.05). Also significantly greater vGRF and contact area were found on the LRF and RRF of the intermediate skiers at the steering phase 1 (p<.05) and on the LRF of the intermediate skiers at the steering phase 2 (p<.05). For the carved turns, significantly greater vGRF and contact area were found on the LRF and RRF of the intermediate skiers at all three phase (p<.05). On the other hand, significantly greater vGRF was found on the RFF of the experienced skiers at the steering phase 1 (p<.05). Also significantly greater vGRF and contact area were found on the RMF of the experienced skiers at the steering phase 2 (p<.05). In order to increase performance, we suggest that the intermediate skiers should be unweighted at the initiation phase and shift the body weight to the forefoot of the outer foot at the steering phase 1. Also, the outer ski should be loaded more than the both skis at the steering phase 1 and 2.