Real-time Snowboard Training System for a Novice Using Visual and Auditory Feedback

In snowboard training, it is especially important to learn proper weight transfer and to perceive a gap between the perceived movement and the actual body movement. However, previous training systems don’t have sufficient function, and the effectiveness of each feedback on weight transfer, which includes not only the front and back but also left and right has not been reported. In this study, we propose and develop a real-time snowboard training system for a novice using visual and auditory feedback, and confirm its basic performance and effectiveness of each feedback. This system mainly consists of four components: (1) a center of pressure (COP) detection device, (2) a posture estimation device, (3) a visual feedback device, (4) an auditory feedback device. We experimented to confirm the feasibility to enhance motor learning by using the developed system and to evaluate the effectiveness of each feedback on weight transfer, which includes not only the front and back but also left and right. In conclusion, we developed a real-time snowboard training system for a novice using visual and auditory feedback and confirmed that our system could assist the proper weight transfer. Furthermore, in short-term learning, we confirmed that the effectiveness of each feedback, and visual feedback or visual and auditory feedback is the best way to enhance motor learning.