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Written by Dogsbody
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Sunday, 05 February 2006 |
I have been doing a lot of research regarding slalom and doing it properly so I thought I would do a post on it....
Area
You will need a big enough area to work in with enough space around them for what you are doing. If you are just practicing then you can do this with two cups on a tiled floor at home otherwise you will need a much bigger area with space for people to get around you.
Setup
The official setup is a run of 20 cones with spacings of either 50cm, 80cm or 120cm. If there is more than one run then they should be spaced more than 2m apart.
Cups/Cones
There does not seem to be an official size for the cone however it is usually about 8cm wide by 8-10cm high. They may be cones or cups. What you want is something solid and heavy that won't break of you land on them and won't blow away in the wind. I have seen people use road traffic cones before however the two favorites are Ikea cups and the Starways swiss cones.
40 x Swiss cones = ~ £60.00
40 x Ikea cups = £6.60
Styles
Speed - How fast can you get through a row of cups in certain positions (one footed, one wheeled, backwards, etc.)
Freestyle - How artistically you can traverse a line of cones!
References
http://ifsasport.free.fr/English/organisation/organisationspeedslalom.htm
http://ifsasport.free.fr/English/organisation/organisationstyleslalom.htm
http://funky.man.free.fr/English/Slalom/Rules/Speedslalom.htm
http://funky.man.free.fr/English/Slalom/Rules/freestyleslalom.htm
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