Walter Kuchler

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Walter Kuchler (born September 9, 1932 in Regen ) is a German sports scientist, author, researcher and teacher. His main focus is on the further development of skiing, ski teaching and ski equipment with regard to adventure and health sports.

Walter Kuchler (2012)

Career

Walter Kuchler was already giving skiing lessons at the Bayerwald Ski School in the early 1950s. In 1952 the waiting exam followed and in 1959 the trainer examination at the German Ski Association (DSV), since 1964 he was a state-certified ski instructor. He studied philosophy, education and theology and received his doctorate in 1968 with a doctoral thesis on sports ethics at the Ruhr University in Bochum. The German Sports Association awarded him the Carl Diem Prize for the best work in sports science from 1964 to 1968 for this work. In the German Association for Ski Instruction, he was a member of the curriculum commission from 1966 to 1988. From 1969 to 1971 he was an academic advisor at the sports institute of the Ruhr University in Bochum. In 1971 he was appointed institute director for sport at the University of Dortmund. Since the beginning of the eighties, Kuchler developed a ski technique that he called the diagonal technique and that became the basis of the carving technique. Since this technology, which is generally practiced today, was contrary to the official view of the time, it led to a rift with the management of the German Association for Ski Instruction. In 1994 he was instrumental in founding SPORTS - the association for winter sports as a leisure and health sport - which trains ski instructors for this sector. He was and is regularly involved in the theoretical and practical training of ski instructors, since 1994 mainly within the framework of SPORTS. As the largest ski test in the world, the annual ski test was described that for the magazine skiers , later Skimagazin was conducted from 1992 to 2004 under Walter Kuchler line and with which he accompanied the carving ski development of these years and influenced. By the beginning of 2017, Walter Kuchler had written over 22 books and brochures (not all of them are publicly available). Some of them have also appeared in foreign languages. He has also written numerous contributions to compilations and magazines, given lectures, edited instructional videos and participated in many radio and television programs.

Ski technology development

Walter Kuchler's first major ski publications were his methodology of skiing lessons published by the Bavarian Ski Association in 1963 and the theory volume (5) in the German ski curriculum (1972), for which he had developed a lesson in skiing. The ski equipment commonly used by casual skiers at the time consisted of slightly tapered skis with lengths well over the body size and ski boots with shafts or spoilers up to half the calf height. The ski technique and teaching methods presented in the 1972 ski curriculum were adapted to this. The aim of the lesson was the various forms of swing swing and parallel swing with high or low relief. In an appendix on the fundamentals of ski mechanics, Walter Kuchler had an employee analyze the momentum control by cutting, i.e. carving, technically and mechanically. He has already encouraged his sports students to take cut turns. The skis and boots of that time allowed garlands of cut turns at increased speed and not too steep terrain, which were triggered without up-and-down movement solely by knee guidance swinging across the direction of travel. In practically all other works and presentations, he remained true to the subject of his first ski publications: Development and dissemination of teaching and driving forms for young people, occasional and hobby skiers with a focus on

  • Quickly learnable basics for early driving pleasure
  • Body-friendly movements to avoid damage and consequential damage
  • Imaginatively modified forms of driving for driving pleasure and as an incentive to keep learning
  • Freedom to individual driving forms and individual driving style at all skill levels (development of an individual "motor personality")

His material developments, material tests and material recommendations also served these goals. Examples of this are his ski boot developments with the company LOWA, Jetzendorf, in the 1970s and 1980s, and the ski test carried out under his leadership and published in the SKILÄUFER and SKIMAGAZIN magazines, from which the ski audience and the carving ski manufacturers received important impulses. In the 1980s, Walter Kuchler developed a consistent ski technique, the diagonal technique, from turns with cross-coordination of arms and legs, which were occasionally propagated earlier, and which only made their real advantages for amateur skiers tangible with the widespread introduction of carving skis.

effect

With his dissertation on the sports ethos from 1969, Walter Kuchler showed his intention and his ability to open up new paths. The work is now an often cited classic in sports science. Through his many lectures, publications, and radio and television appearances, Walter Kuchler is one of the most important experts in ski instruction. His countless students spread his teaching methods and the forms of driving he developed and use them themselves as ski instructors and / or skiers. In November 2001 DIE ZEIT dedicated a full-page article to him as a pioneer of carving and an article in issue 14/2001 of ZEIT-ONLINE with the headline "Walter" the Carver "Kuchler".

Publications

Books

  • Sports ethos. Verlag Joh.Ambrosius Barth, Munich 1969 (Library of Congress GV 706.K79)
  • Theory Ski Lessons - Ski Curriculum Vol. 5., BLV-Verlag, Munich 1972 ( ISBN 3-405-11134-X ), new edition 1981 ( ISBN 3-405-12025-X )
  • Lesson training skiing. German Association for Ski Instruction, Munich 1983,
  • Ski circus. CD-Verlag, Böblingen 1985 ( ISBN 3-921432-33-2 )
  • Gattermann, Erhard; Kuchler, Walter: Wedeln - change. Universal skiing. CD-Verlag, Böblingen 1984 ( ISBN 3-921432-10-3 )
  • Ski lessons - ski curriculum vol. 8, BLV-Verlag, Munich 1987 ( ISBN 3-932524-71-3 ), new edition 2002 ( ISBN 978-3-405-13186-9 )
  • The new ski technique. rororo 8680. Rowohlt, Reinbek b. Hamburg 1989 ( ISBN 3-499-18680-2 ). Dutch edition: De nieuwe Skitechniek. Handbook. Photos Dieter Menne. Uitgeverij Elmar bv, Rijswijk 1990 ( ISBN 90-6120-822-X )
  • International ski technology. Echo-Verlagsgesellschaft, Cologne 1991 ( ISBN 3-926518-43-X )
  • Kuchler, Walter; Hellwing, Wolf: Ski hiking. Rowohlt, Reinbek b. Hamburg 1991 ( ISBN 3-499-18692-6 )
  • Ski tricks. rororo 8666. Rowohlt, Reinbek b. Hamburg 1991 ( ISBN 3-499-18666-7 )
  • Superski - radically radial. SPORTS ski curriculum. Echo-Verlagsgesellschaft, Cologne 1995 ( ISBN 3-926518-48-0 )
  • Carving ski revolution. Photos Dieter Menne. Skiverlag Bernhard Kuchler 1997 ( ISBN 3-932524-11-X ). Polish edition: Rewolucja narciarska - karwing. Górnośląska Oficyna Wydawnicza SA., Katowice 1999 (Polish)
  • Carving - new fun in skiing. Rowohlt, Reinbek b. Hamburg 1997 ( ISBN 3-499-19462-7 )
  • Carving. The ski course for beginners and those switching. rororo 19478. Rowohlt, Reinbek b. Hamburg 1998 ( ISBN 3-499-19478-3 ). Polish edition: Carving course jazdy dla poczat kujacuch i dla zmientiajacych technike jazdy. alf-medico press, Bielsko-Biała 2002 (Polish) ( ISBN 83-88778-18-8 )
  • Fehr, Hubert; Kuchler, Walter: Hot on white. The ski school with the SkiMagazin. Volume 21 of the SPORTS series of publications on winter sports. Skimedia eV, Düsseldorf 2008 ( ISBN 3-932524-20-9 ). Polish edition: Śmiało na białym. alf-medico press, Bielsko-Biała 2009 (Polish) ( ISBN 978-83-7522-032-2 )
  • Ski flashcards. A workbook by SPORTS with maps as templates and a DVD. Photos Dieter Menne. Volume 24 of the SPORTS series of publications on winter sports. Skimedia eV, Düsseldorf 2010
  • Kuchler, Walter; Menne, Dieter: Skiing - simply beautiful. Volume 25 of the SPORTS series of publications on winter sports. Printing and publishing: Wulff GmbH, Dortmund 2015 ( ISBN 978-3-88090-117-9 )
  • Kuchler, Walter: Skiing healthy, gentle and safe. Volume 26 of the SPORTS series of publications on winter sports. Printing and publishing: Wulff GmbH, Dortmund 2016 ( ISBN 978-3-88090-119-3 )
  • Kuchler, Walter: Skilexikon - keywords and topics of alpine driving technique. Volume 27 of the SPORTS series of publications on winter sports. Printing and publishing: Wulff GmbH, Dortmund 2017 ( ISBN 978-3-88090-120-9 )
  • Kuchler, Walter; Grüneklee, Alfred: Zeitzeichen Alpine skiing - 100 leaflets from Sports. Volume 28 of the SPORTS series of publications on winter sports. Printing and publishing: Wulff GmbH, Dortmund 2017 ( ISBN 978-3-88090-123-0 )

Book contributions and collaboration

  • German ski curriculum. BLV Verlagsgesellschaft, Munich, in all editions 1966–1983
  • Sacramentum Mundi (theol. Lexicon), ed. K. Rahner. Herder: Freiburg 1969
  • Friedrich, Fritz; Gattermann, Erhard; Kuchler, Walter: Basic ski training suitable for young people: A ski curriculum in teaching units. Publisher Hofmann: Schorndorf b. Stuttgart 1969
  • International skiing in school. Series of publications by DSV Freizeitsport H. 8. Munich 1978
  • Wolf -D. Brettschneider: physical education 5-10. Urban & Schwarzenberg. Munich 1981
  • Dortmunder Schriften Vol. 1: Aspects of teaching and research. SFT-Verlag Erlensee 1985
  • Dortmunder Schriften Vol. 2 + 3: The child in the center of interdisciplinary sports science research. SFT-Verlag Erlensee 1986
  • Dortmunder Schriften Vol. 4 + 5: Perspectives. SFT-Verlag Erlensee 1987
  • Dortmunder Schriften Vol. 6: Application aspects of sports science research. SFT Verlag Erlensee 1991
  • Dortmunder Schriften Vol. 8: Sports teacher studies. SFT-Verlag Erlensee 1999
  • Ski history in "Faster-Higher-Further. A History of Sports". , Insel-Verlag 1996
  • Schonskilauf program in "Skiing and snowboarding today". Skimedia eV Düsseldorf 2005
  • Arno Klien (Red.): Tracks in the snow. Festschrift for Prof. Hans Zehetmayer. Edited by Manfred Assl and Franz Klager. Special volume of the Federal Education Institute for Lower Austria. Hollabrunn: self-published. Vienna 2007

Visual media

VHS video cassettes

  • Technical analysis slalom. Together with Michael Koch. 1990
  • Technical analysis of the giant slalom. Together with Michael Koch. 1991
  • Skiing yesterday and today. Together with Jörg Kiesow. 1991
  • The fascination of movement: Together with Michael Koch. 1994
  • Carving technique. Together with Rudi Fromm. 1996
  • The fascination of carving. Together with Rudi Fromm. 1997
  • Carving for everyone. Together with Jörg Kiesow. 1999
  • Carving for experts. Together with Jörg Kiesow. 2000
  • The melody of the curves. Together with Jörg Kiesow. 2003

CD

  • Enjoy emotions. Rediscover skiing feelings. Add. with Thomas Latzel. 2004 ( ISBN 3-932524-73-X )

DVDs

literature

  • Court, Jürgen; Meinberg, Eckhard (Hrsg.): Classics and trailblazers in sports science. Stuttgart: Verlag W. Kohlhammer 2006 ( ISBN 3-17-018616-7 ) There from p. 406 the article: Pawlenka, Claudia: Walter Kuchler: Sportethos. A moral theological study of the living ethos in the realm of sport as a contribution to a phenomenology of ethos forms (1969)
  • Buchsteiner, Jochen; Loppow, Bernd: Luck is in the curve. In: DIE ZEIT No. 48, p. 71 of November 22, 2001

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ^ Kuchler, Walter: Ski Tricks. Hamburg: rororo sport 1280 (1991), p. 192
  3. ↑ Walter Kuchler: The new ski technique. Pp. 125-155.
  4. ↑ Theory Ski Lessons - Skilehrplan Vol. 5., Munich: BLV-Verlag 1972 ( ISBN 3-405-11134-X ), p. 91. or new edition 1981 ( ISBN 3-405-12025-X ) p. 82
  5. ↑ DE 3503834, filing date February 5, 1985; DE 3636496, filing date October 27, 1986 ski boots
  6. ^ Walter "the Carver" Kuchler , DIE ZEIT
personal data
SURNAME Kuchler, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German sports scientist, author, researcher and teacher
DATE OF BIRTH September 9, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH rain