Whole-Body Coordination Skill for Dynamic Balancing on a Slackline

摘要

The purpose of the present study is to reveal the fundamental skills for slacklining. A slackline is a flat belt tightly spanned between two anchor points. Because it bounces and swings in all directions, maintaining balance on it is difficult. In the practical field of slackline training, instructors share their skills based on personal experience. In a basic slackline course, they begin by teaching a fundamental skill, such as single-leg standing on a slackline, by explaining how they do it. However, such first-person perspectives on slacklining skills have not been scientifically investigated. According to instructors' knowledge based on personal experience, we hypothesize the skills for single-leg standing on the slackline. The present study examines current hypotheses by comparing performances at different skill level (i.e., experienced vs. novice). This article introduces our pilot study, including current hypotheses and data from preliminary experiment, and discusses them.