INTRODUCTION: Ski flying became a very popular sport discipline. To date ski jumpers are able to fly over 230 m. The objective of the study was to simulate a 300 m length flight on the base of the 233 m long jump of Simon Amman participating in the final individual competition of the World Cup in Ski Flights at Planica in 2009 (HS215m). METHOD: The kinematic parameters of movement were measured by means of a 2-D Video analysis. The recording was carried out with Video cameras with a measuring frequency of 50 Hz. The first camera recorded the flight between 10m and 25 m, the second camera between 60 and 80 m, the third camera between 110 and 130 m, and the fourth camera from 190 to 200m. RESULTS: Results are given in Figure 1. DISCUSSION: Simon Ammann was able to jumped in the Planica 2009 233 m. This flight was extremely high and gives good opportunities to make simulations of his flight over the 300 m on a simply bigger jumping hill. If the landing scope of the jumping hill would be bigger for approximately 80 m between K185 m and HS 215m, Simon Ammann would have been able to fly over 300 m. CONCLUSION: The landing profile of the biggest jumping hill in Planica HS 215 m could be a good base to be rebuilt for a bigger jumping hill (HS 300m). The angle of the landing profile have to be planed according to the flying curve of the best jumpers and the worst jumpers.
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