Race Level One Quiz
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1. What is the name of controlling body for alpine skiing in New Zealand?
a) NZSIA
b) SBINZ
c) Snow Sports New Zealand (SSNZ)
d) High Performance Sport NZ
2. As a coach you may be responsible for:
a) Nutrition
b) Feedback
c) Pyschological support
d) All of the above
3. Success should be defined by:
a) Winning a race
b) Being the first to the bottom
c) Perfect effort
d) Making Mum & Dad happy
4. Exercise for ages 6-10 should focus on:
a) Balance, co-ordination and agility
b) Strength
c) Flexibility
d) Endurance
5. The main technical goal for a 6-10 year old should be:
a) Winning a race
b) Rotational Seperation
c) General stance/alignment and fore-aft
d) Ankle flexion
6. As a general guideline, 6-10 year olds should:
a) Spend most of their time in gates
b) Spend around 90% on freeskiing and skill development and 10% in gates
c) Race as much as possible
d) Spend 50% freesking and skill development and 50% gates
7. Between the ages of 11-14, female and male athletes will generally:
a) Develop at the same rate
b) Get to know each other
c) Learn how to race better
d) Seperate developmentally both physically and psychologically
8. Important elements of course inspection include (but are not limited to):
a) Rhythm
b) Slope Angle
c) Banana/delayed gates
d) All of the above
9. Ski school lessons are different to race coaching because:
a) Goals are pre-determined when kids sign up for a race team
b) Speed is more important for racers
c) Lessons are cheaper than race coaching
d) Ski school is much easier
10. Which subject does not apply to "good" goals?
a) Specific
b) Difficult
c) Achievable
d) Measurable
11. Which of these is not a phase of motor skill learning?
a) Associative
b) Cognitive
c) Autonomous
d) Ownership
12. Drills should:
a) Only be used when critical
b) Be unspecific
c) Be presented using VAK
d) Never be copied from other coaches
13. It is better to:
a) Randomly throw as many drills at athletes as possible
b) Hold the group back to the lowest level
c) Assume athletes learn at the same rate
d) Have ways to advance drills for athletes who are ready in order to facilitate continuous learning.
14. Course setting for training should be:
a) Be a puzzle to facilitate skill development
b) Never be more than 15 turns
c) Always follow regulations
d) Use only red gates
15. Inherent feedback is:
a) Usually false
b) Helpful in soft snow
c) More beneficial for learning motor skills than augmented feedback
d) Too obvious to be analysed
16. Feedback should:
a) Always let the athlete know what they are doing wrong
b) Generally be prescriptive
c) Be offered in a positive tone
d) both b & c
17. Rules and regulations are:
a) available on the SSNZ website
b) Important to know
c) Usually too strict
d) both a & b
18. Maximum distance between gates(metres) for Childrens GS is?
a) 19
b) 30
c) 27
d) 15
19. Children's SL/GS Kombi regulations dictate that races must have:
a) SL sections max distance of 12m
b) Have a minimum of 5 sections
c) Have a minimum of 30 turns
d) All of the above
20. Safety in the race world:
a) Is the same as in group lessons
b) Is critical at all times and involves unique aspects
c) Is generally fairly relaxed
d) Is out of our control
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