Although in Bulgaria there is a sub-law from the Law of Tourism regulating the security and safety of the users of the ski slopes in Bulgaria, not enough attention is paid to the point of view of reasons for the accidents, feedback, and prevention of injuries in the snow sports. Another argument underlying the relevance of the topic is the more frequent intervention of experts in snow sports from NSA “Vassil Levski”, which has been invited as an experts in the preparation of sports-technical expertise for occurred accidents on the slopes. This study aims to research the type of accidents and traumas in ski zone Borovets for 2019/ 2020 year on various indications – an hour of occurrence of the trauma, slope complexity, type of the trauma, and type of ski or snowboard equipment. The tasks reviewed as determine the type of trauma with ski and snowboarding. Methods used: frequency analysis, analysis of documents, comparative analysis. Summary of results: the total number of accidents on the slopes of ski zone Borovets for season 2019/2020 is 455. The skiing accidents are nearly 8 times as many as the snowboarding ones. We distributed the traumas into four sub-groups: head, body, legs, and arms. It appeared that the biggest number of traumas is the ones of the legs, followed by those of the arms. In slope accidents, the most common trauma is on the knee joints, followed by shoulder and lower leg injuries. From those traumas, we reviewed the most severe traumas – the fractures. The most registered fractures are the ones of the lower leg and the collarbones. Conclusions: Borovets is in second place in incidents in Bulgaria for the period. The highest percent of the traumas are the ones of the lower limbs, registered in the alpine ski. The incidents occur mainly on blue slopes.

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The present work, based on a dialogue between the methodological experience of leading training systems in initial skiing training, modern alpine ski equipment, data from balance studies in laboratory conditions, etc., gave us a reason to experiment with a new methodological approach to build initial alpine skiing skills. This study aimed to investigate the effectiveness of a modified methodology for the formation of beginning alpine skiing skills in National Sports Academy “Vassil Levski” (NSA) snow sports courses. Tasks were set to conceptually follow the design as well as the subject and object of the study. Some of the methods used are pedagogical experiments and statistical measurements. The evaluation system is refined by deriving additional criteria to objectify the expert evaluation. In the pedagogical experiment with static reliability, the positively modified methodology of initial training in the alpine skiing technique was evaluated. In the new methodological approach, the alpine skiing skills coordinated with vertical movements are not taught. The presented results demonstrate the effectiveness of the modified training in terms of the acquisition of basic alpine skiing skills; adaptation to ski equipment, stance, balance, ski pointing and control, speed control, errors, etc.

The National Sports Academy “V. Levski” – the sports university of Bulgaria, has almost 80 years of history and state accreditation for the education of coaches in more than 76 sports, physical education teachers, kinesitherapy, and sport animation specialists. The course program includes a total of 12 hours of lectures, and 5 hours of practical seminars per day every day. The aim of our research was to study the influence of the “Snow Sports” course on the students from the National Sports Academy “V. Levski”, in terms of its social, psychological, physiological, training, and educational impact. Results: The research includes an inquiry with students who had already completed their education in the “Snow Sports” course, aged between 19 - 25. The greater part of them had no preliminary experience in Snow Sports, and they made their first steps in skiing and snowboarding at the course. However, after finishing the course, a great number of them chose to continue with additional education in snow sports. The students gave a positive self-evaluation of their physical and mental health after the end of the course, and they reported an improvement in their general well-being. The study also takes into account the acquired knowledge and skills in snow sports, in safety rules, and in environmental protection requirements. As a result, students gain confidence that they have developed new training and leadership qualities, giving them the opportunity to practice another new profession. On the basis of these results, we have reasons to assume, that this form of education in snow sports has a multi-aspectual impact on the students. This assumption strengthens our conviction, that snow sports could have a wide application, not only in the education and training of young people but also in their socialization.

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