Shooting Range Improvement at Junior Biathletes using Modern Technology

Abstract

Shooting range improvement to juniors in biathlon is extremely difficult and very important in the training process. The usage of modern technology like the SCATT simulator and SKIErg was the main focus of this research. A group of 4 well-trained young biathletes 17-19 years old, with at least 5 years of training experience in skiing and biathlon were recruited as participants. Every athlete had 0.5 hours of SCATT-shooting 3 times per week and 1 hour of SKIerg 4 times per week. All the biathletes had an improvement for all the control test (T1-T4) and after this research is highly recommended that in the training process of the young biathletes to be used the modern technology.