Ski slopes and gyms in sports clubs... It seemed before that there wasn't and couldn't be anything common in these. To imitate an alpine run in a gym seemes quite an impossible feat!

And yet let's consider the question: is it possible to represent the strains experienced by sportsmen on ski slopes? To imitate the forces applied to the athletes so that the feeling of the slope 'pressing' you on every curve would be exactly as on a real slope?

Now it's possible. Just this (and not only this!) can be achieved with the unique sports trainers of the new generation - the trainers-simulators SkyTec Interactive.

Power electronics plus interactivity

As a rule, all the traditional sports trainers are created so that the strains applied to the people using the trainers are created by the people themselves. We lift weights, contract springs and we have all got used to the fact that every trainer's task is to counteract our own efforts.

Figurally speaking, "you'll get as much force as you've applied yourself".

For the first time in history there are trainers that are not subject to that rule. The trainers SkyTec Interactive react to rather small efforts of the sportsmen with applying big forces similar to centrifugal - just as on a ski slope.

Neither springs nor weights but powerful drives, controlled by modern electronics and finely reacting to the data coming from sensing elements, create these forces. As a result, the sporstman feels the 'curve' forces so naturally that all the question about the possibility or impossibility of the imitation of a ski slope immediately lose all its actuality.

Multimedia assists in training

The trainers-simulators SkyTec Interactive are the first sports trainers using all the advantages of the modern computers.

The software developed for the trainers allows you to choose the training modes, different strain levels, the slope profile and even imitate the moguls.

While you practice you can see all the information about the trainings on the computer display: the forces applied, the virtual speed, the slope steepness, the energy spent etc. More than that, a sportsman sort of sees himself on the screen - a skier's silouette represents his actions and shows the best position in the current moment.

In the mode 'training with virtual instructor' the sportsman's task is to maintain the severe tempo set by the virtual instructor on the certain difficulty level. Even for expert skiers, it's not easy at all!

And finally, there's the challenge for sportsmen on the multimedia slalom and giant slalom courses where one can try to show the best time. And for the maximum effect one can see the slope on the big screen. And your aching muscles and litres of sweat will remind you that it was not a game at all.

Trainers that are interesting for everybody

The trainers SkyTec Interactive are suitable for all levels.

It's very important that the trainers-simulators SkyTec Interactive are specially oriented at the modern alpine ski technique - the carving technique - and allow one to master it quickly.

The beginners use the practice mode to master the ready position and basic movements without such a serious hindrance as the fear of a sheer slope.

The more experienced skiers can practice in the training mode and improve their technique on a certain strain and difficulty level.

The sportsmen maintain their physical form and increase their strength potential, while perfecting the technique nuances.

With the trainers SkyTec Interactive it's possible to practice at any season and weather conditions.

Since there's no necessity to interrupt the training while waiting for the lift, the effectiveness of the training is very much increased.