Skiing is categorized into several forms

The basic meaning of skiing is that it is a sport in which people stand in a standing position, holding ski poles and stepping on skis to glide on the snow." Standing", "board", "snow" and "ski" are the key elements of skiing.

Skiing from the historical perspective can be divided into ancient skiing, modern skiing, modern skiing; from the skating conditions and participation in the purpose can be divided into practical skiing, competitive skiing and tourism (entertainment, fitness) skiing. Practical skiing is to sublimate skiing in specific environmental conditions, the use of the function of the competition, to achieve the purpose of the competition. Recreation and fitness (tourism) skiing is adapted to modern people's lives, cultural needs and the development of mass skiing.

The above three types of skiing, from its requirements of equipment, venues, equipment and sports technology in the form of the purpose to be achieved, although basically the same, but the role and some other aspects are still very different. The following focus on the characteristics of competitive skiing and ski tourism.

Skiing (especially modern competitive skiing) development to the present day, the project continues to increase, the field is constantly expanding, the current world competition regular big project is divided into: alpine skiing, Nordic skiing (cross-country skiing, ski jumping), from the same type of skiing, biathlon skiing, snowboarding and skiing. Each big item is divided into numerous small items, national competitions, the Winter Olympics in dozens of dazzling gold medals to inspire people to fight, to share. Pure competitive skiing has a distinctive competitive, specialization, related conditions require strict, not the average person can have and adapt. Tourism skiing is for recreation, fitness purposes, subject to human constraints to a very light degree, men and women, young and old can be in the snow field easily and happily skating, enjoy the endless fun of skiing. As alpine skiing has a thrilling, beautiful, comfortable, dynamic, charming, can participate in a wide range of characteristics, so alpine skiing is regarded as the essence of skiing and symbols, but also the first choice of tourism skiing and the main project. Usually, the assessment of people's skiing skill level, more to alpine skiing as a yardstick.

Recently appeared tourism skiing program and snowboarding, skiing, cross-country skiing. One of the cross-country skiing is in the low hills and ridges (flat, downhill, uphill each about 1/3 long-distance skating, although far less fun than alpine skiing and glamor, but from the point of view of safety and fitness, has a wider range of participation. Ultra-short skiing, snowboarding (both feet with a wide snowboard) than alpine skiing is more exciting, the technology is more flexible, in China has not yet generally carried out.

The standardized competitions in alpine skiing include: downhill, super slalom, giant slalom, slalom, and all-around. There are many kinds of alpine skiing techniques, such as different skiing techniques, changeable transformation techniques, emergency acceleration, deceleration, stopping techniques, thrilling jumping techniques and special techniques. General beginners should be based on their own physical fitness, age, skiing foundation, field conditions, can be invested in the time and other factors, choose the optimal program of skiing to start. Beginners should avoid: seeking urgent, random, reckless, because skiing is in the sliding manipulation of technology, the center of gravity is not easy to control, easy to form the wrong action, so it should be in the introduction of the day, should be in the professional and technical personnel under the strict guidance of the posture, the essentials, the action to do the three correct, starting from the practice of the basic action, a solid grasp of the catching school fundamentals, for the improvement of the future to lay the foundation. To highly realize that skiing wrong posture and technology once formed, extremely difficult to correct, will leave deep regrets.