Winter Olympics. 15 Sport Newsletters By Melinda Bossenmeyer, Ed.D.

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1 Winter Olympics 15 Sport Newsletters By Melinda Bossenmeyer, Ed.D.

2 Winter Olympics Information Sheets Table of Contents Page 1. Alpine Skiing Cross Country Skiing 6 5. Curling 7 6. Figure Skating 8 7. Free Style Skiing 9 8. Hockey Luge Nordic Combined Short Track Speed Skating Speed Skating Terms of Use Dr. Melinda Bossenmeyer IMovePLayLearn.com

3 Alpine Skiing Most all alpine ski events require the fastest time down the hill without missing any gates. Get down the hill the fastest without missing ski gates. (Fastest time). Skiing can be traced back to prehistoric times. Wooden planks were found in Russia, Finland, Sweden and Norway dating back to 8000 BC. Skiing was a form of transportation in colder countries for generations. The birth of modern downhill skiing dates back to 1850 with the creation of skis that had curved sides and steel heel bands made turning easier and skiers could go faster. But the first time it became an Olympic event was in Downhill Giant Slalom Super Combined Target Parallel Mixed Slalom Two American Olympic Gold Medalist will appear in the 2018 Olympics, Ted Ligety and Lindsey Vonn. Both are seen as repeat gold medal winners.

4 Winning typically combines finishing the course first while demonstrating excellent shooting & marksmanship. The Men s made its Olympic debut at the 1960 Squaw Valley Olympic Winter games in the USA. became a Women s sport in Speed and power in cross country skilling is required while remaining calm enough to hit a target when exhausted. 10 KM Mass Start Pursuit races Mixed relays 15 KM Ole Einar Bjoerndalen of Norway excelled in this event winning a total of 8 gold medals, 4 silver medals and one Bronze medal. or bi means 2 sports. An ancient practice allows for survival, combining the ability to ski long distances and shoot accurately to defend oneself and capture food for a meal.

5 Winning requires arriving at the finish line first with the fastest time down the bob sled course. Typically the best score out of 2 runs. ding became an Olympic sport in Since the weight of athletes helped the sled to go faster, athletes kept getting heavier and heavier to go faster. The rules changed in 1952 that mandated a maximum weight capacity on all athletes. requires arriving at the finish line first which is accomplished by a quick start and streamline positioning on the track while keeping the sled under control. Monobob Four-man Men Two-man Women Olympic athletes from summer sports sometimes compete in the bobsled event, especially sprinters, as getting the sled off to a fast start is critical to success in this event. ding began sometime in the late 1800 s when the Swiss combined two sleds together and added steering to make a toboggan.

6 Cross Country Skiing Be the first cross country skier to the finish line. s propel themselves in a race to the finish line either by striding forward (classic style) or side-to-side in a skating motion (skate skiing), aided by arms pushing on ski poles against the snow. Cross Country Skiing is the oldest type of skiing. It began as a need to travel through the snow and later developed into a sport. Skis were required to gather fire wood and chase game for food. Skiing made its Olympic debut in the 1924 Winter Games. Both men and women participate in Cross County Skiing events. 15KM 4 x 10 Relay Sprint Team Sprint A woman, Marit Bjorgen of Norway is the athlete to watch in the 2018 Olympics. She currently has the most Olympic Medals, 6 gold, 3 Silver and 1 Bronze.

7 Curling Get your stone closest to the circular target marked on the ice and accumulate the highest score. Curling has been an official sport in the Winter Olympic Games since the 1998 Winter Olympics. It currently includes men's and women's tournaments. Curling is a team sport played by 2 teams of 4 players on a rectangle sheet of ice who slide a stone towards a target. Think of it like shuffleboard. A player slides a stone toward the target and 2 teammates use brooms to try to alter the path of the rock. Sweeping Burning a Stone Curling broom Curling stone A curling stone weighs between 38 and 44 lbs. It is about 5 inches in diameter. The granite for the stones comes from only 2 places. Scotland and Wales. The sport of curling began between 1511 and 1551 in Scotland where old curling stones were found when a pond was drained. In paintings were found that illustrated a curling match in Scotland.

8 Figure Skating Winning in skating is based on jumps, twists, turns, and an artistic performance to music to get the highest score from the judges. Skating made its Olympic debut at the 1908 Chamonix Winter Games. The four Olympic events are men's singles, ladies' singles, pair skating and ice dancing. The objective in skating is to get the highest score from the judges. Spins Lifts Ice Rink Toe jumps Compulsory figures Passionate skaters included several kings of England, Marie Antoinette, Napoleon III and German writer Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Early on skating was known as steel ballet. The Dutch were arguably the earliest pioneers of skating. They began using canals to maintain communication by skating from village to village as far back as the 13th century.

9 Free Style Skiing Free style skiing requires showmanship, speed and the ability to perform aerial maneuvers while earning the highest score from the judges. Freestyle skiing was began in 1988 Winter Olympics. Mogul skiing was added in the 1992 Winter Olympics and the aerials event was added in 1994, free style skiing events were added in Free style skiing requires showmanship, speed and the ability to perform aerial maneuvers while skiing. Events include: Aerial Skiing, Mogul Skiing, Ski ballet, Ski Cross, Half-Pipe skiing and Slopestyle. Hot-dogging Moguls Half-pipe Summer training for Freestyle Skiing includes training on trampolines, diving boards, and other acrobatic or gymnastic training apparatus. Ski acrobatics have been practiced since the 1930s. Aerial skiing was popularized in the 1950s by Olympic gold medalist Stein Eriksen. Early US competitions were held in the mid 1960's.

10 Score the most points by getting the puck into the opponent s net/goal. Ice hockey made its Olympic debut at the 1924 Chamonix Winter Games. In the 1980 Olympics a USA Team of rookies won the Gold Medal and was called, The Miracle on Ice. Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink skaters use their sticks to shoot a vul -canized rubber puck into their opponent's net to score points. Puck Ice Rink Goaltender Goal Ice Polo NHL In 1879 two Canadian s from McGill University, Robertson and Smith, devised the first rules. Additionally, it was Canada that donated the top ice hockey prize, the Stanley Cup. Ice hockey originated in Canada in the early 19th century, based on several similar sports played in Europe, although the word hockey comes from the old French word hocquet, meaning stick. Around 1860, a puck was substituted for a ball.

11 Luge Compete against a timer. They want the fastest time down the track. To arrive at the finish line with the best and shortest time down the track based on a timer. The first recorded use of the term "luge" is 1905, from the Savoy/Swiss dialect of French "luge" meaning "small coasting sled". The use of sleds dates back to the 15 th century however. Luge made its Olympic debut at the 1964 Innsbruck Winter Games. There are three divisions, Men, Women and Mixed (Men and Woman Combined). Mixed team relay Finger spikes Runners- sled Lugers compete against a timer, and on artificial tracks they are timed to a thousandth of a second, making luge one of the most precisely timed sports in the world Dr. Melinda Bossenmeyer IMovePLayLearn.com

12 Nordic Combined Get the fastest time on cross country skiing and the highest score on Ski Jumping. It was in the 1924 Winter Olympics, that Nordic Combined became a winter Olympic Sport and has been on the program ever since. Nordic combined is a winter sport in which athletes compete in cross-country skiing and ski jumping. Get the fastest time on cross country skiing and the highest score on Ski Jumping. Nordic Mixed Team Ski Suit Ski Wax Ski poles Do you know that you can train for Ski Jumping without a snowy hill? You can use a chair to practice the spring off the chair with balance and control. The first major competition was held in 1892 in Oslo at the first Holmenkollen ski jump. King Olav V of Norway was an able jumper and competed in the Homunculi Ski Festival in the 1920s.

13 Short Track Speed Skating Speed skating is all about speed or getting to the finish line first without getting disqualified. Speed skating appeared in the Olympics for the first time in Initially, only the men competed. Eight years later in 1932 women s events were add in Lake Placid, NY. Get to the finish line first with out interfering with another skater or impeding the progress of another skater. Mass start 1500 M Team Pursuit Mixed Nordic Team Sprint Olympic gold medalist Apolo Ohno is the most decorated U.S. Winter Olympian of all time, winning eight medals in three Olympic Games. Speed Skating was a form of transportation across frozen lakes and rivers. The first speed skating competition took place in 1676 in the Netherlands.

14 Winning combines the distance traveled toward a target (accuracy) combined with the jumpers form or style. Winning combines accuracy of landing on or near a target with the jumpers form or style. ing can be traced to Ole Rye who jumped in ing as an individual event became an Olympic Sport in Women first participated in ing in Team ing was added to the Olympics in The Eagle Maiden Flying High Soaring Mixed Team K90 Jump ing has evolved over the last 100 years into 5 events including competition for both men and women.

15 Skeleton The Skeleton winner has the fastest time down a steep and treacherous ice track going head first. Skeleton is a winter sliding sport in which a person rides a small sled, known as a skeleton bobsled, down a frozen track while lying face down and head first. It is a singles event. Sleighing is one of the oldest winter sports. Descriptions of the sport can be found in 16thcentury literature, but as a racing sport it can be traced to the mid-19th century Men s skeleton made two early appearances on the Olympic program at its ancestral home of St. Moritz in 1928 and It was then dropped until it reappeared as a men s and women s event at Salt Lake City in Skeleton Toboggan Tiny Sled British and American holidaymakers built the first toboggan run in Davos in 1882.

16 Big air competitions combine tricks in the air aiming to attain sizable height and distance will landing cleanly. ing made its Olympic debut at the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano for both men s and women s events. Different events have different objectives. The snowboard cross is a sprint to the finish line. Freestyle snowboard involved performing tricks on the ride. Snuffer Half-pipe Giant Slalom Slopestyle cross Big air U.S. snowboarder Shawn White is thought to be the greatest freestyle snowboarder of all time. He will compete in the Pyeongchang Olympics in ing is thought to combine elements of surfing, skateboarding and skiing. It was developed in the U.S. in the 1960 s.

17 Speed Skating Speed skating is all about speed or getting to the finish line first without getting disqualified. Speed skating appeared in the Olympics for the first time in Initially, only the men competed. Eight years later in 1932 women s events were added in Lake Placid, NY. Get to the finish line first with out interfering with another skater or impeding the progress of another skater. Mass start 1500 M Team Pursuit Mixed Nordic Team Sprint U.S. Olympic Champion Speed Skater Eric Heiden is thought to be one of the best all-time speed skaters. His sister Beth also won a number of speed skating Olympics medals. Speed Skating was a form of transportation across frozen lakes and rivers. The first speed skating competition took place in 1676 in the Netherlands.

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