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Check Out The Hilll-Sled Safe Sliding Skills & Behaviour of Various Age Groups Children aged 4 to 6 have no sliding skills and exhibit little or no judgement with respect to sliding activities. This age group tends to play rather than slide,and repeat- ed epeated sliding occurs only when directly super- vised by an adult. Extremely unsafe hill behaviour,—being oblivious to the risks and placing themselves in extreme hazard— is common. This age group should have one-to-one adult accompaniment at popu- lar or larger sliding hills. Very small hills (less than 3m high with a slope angle of up to 10%)without hazards and located beyond the risk zone of a larger hill would -M-PF r: satisfy the play focus of this age group. i Some degree of sliding skill and actual interest in the activity is exhibited by the 7 to 9 age group. Although playing on the hill rather than slid- ing is still common,this age group tries differ- ent approaches to sliding and different equip- went,and tests steering with their hands and f feet. This age group often has a parent or older sib- ling teaching them sliding skills. MDang this age group with more aggressive,skilled sledders could create hazards. Their skill and confidence levels are not well developed and they fiend to slide with hesitation. A medium-sized and sloped hill away from older,more skilled and aggres- sive sliders would suit their development needs in a safe environment. 1 The 10 to 14 age group exhibit considerable sliding skill,are confident and practise and test different techniques. This group is predominantly male and generally in a small group of siblings or friends. Their sliding preference is to be located away from other sliders,so they search out less popular hills or the quieter areas of larg- er hills. The young adult group,18-25,participate in sliding as a social event. Their equipment selection —typically larger inflated inner tubes and toboggans—accommodates multi- ple riders. This group exhibits the least safe sliding practices: jumping on passing sled- ders at bottoms of hills,multiple riders in unsafe positions,and take-off times and loca- tions that are too close together. Appendix C—Sliding Skills and Behaviour page 36