An analysis of the advantages and disadvantages of transformation from short track speed skating event to speed skating event

The authors carried out a comparative analysis on straight skating technique, bend skating technique and starting technique used in short track speed skating and speed skating in terms of Klap skates characteristics, body tilting angle during bend skating, ice striking angle, sprinting technique and connecting technique etc, and pointed out the followings: the bend skating technique of short track speed skaters is better than that of speed skaters, thus becoming the main advantage of a skater who transforms from short track speed skating to speed skating, while corresponding straight skating technique becomes his/her disadvantage, which can be used as a criterion for determining whether a skater is suitable for transformation, and for improving technical moves after transformation.