Water skiing, despite its attractiveness, clearly expressed health-improving orientation and demand as a summer form of entertainment and active recreation among young people, cannot be called popular. The article examines the features of one of the three classical disciplines of water skiing - ski jumping. This is the most spectacular and at the same time the most traumatic discipline. There is a lack of recommendations and scientific developments in the scientific literature regarding the biomechanics of motor actions of a water skier when performing ski jumps. A study is presented to determine the optimal approach angles to the ski jumping board, which have a positive effect on maximum speed, stability and, as a consequence, flight range in the ski jumping discipline.
water skiing, ski jump, starting conditions, boat positions, ski jump angle of attack, approach radius, flight range, acceleration, maximum speed
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