Hello Athletes and Parents,
Hope this email finds you well and enjoying the holiday season with Friends and Family. While the heavy rain and warm weather has caused some snow loss, the mountain has done a great job recovering our existing trails. I am sure we will see more terrain opening up with more snowmaking whenever we have temperatures for it.
Saturday 12/23: Slalom Training
Theme – Outside ski pressure, pole plant, edging, rotary, fore aft balance
11:00AM- Meet U14 coaches at the Yurt at the base of the Black ridge chair- as of now we are planning on having upper Nor’ Easter. If that doesn’t get approved we will be on Wardance
11:10-12:30PM- Run 1 Falling leaf on pitch, whirly birds on flats, free ski work road down to lift. Run 2 two ski traverse on pitch, downhill edge traverse on flats, free ski work road to lift. Run 3 runs outside ski turns slide turn tip on the snow on pith, carving on the flats all the way to the lift
12:30PM- Water/snack break
12:45 – 3:30 PM- Training Environments.
Drills:
-Traverse- video only shows downhill, but we will also do both skis. (https://videos.usskiandsnowboard.org/alpineed/detail/video/5707084252001/downhill-ski-traverse?q=traverse)
-Falling leaf (https://videos.usskiandsnowboard.org/alpineed/detail/videos/pressure__/video/6067947144001/falling-leaf)
-Whirly Birds (https://videos.usskiandsnowboard.org/alpineed/detail/videos/pressure__/video/6068244685001/whirlybirds)
-Pivot Slips (https://videos.usskiandsnowboard.org/alpineed/detail/videos/skills-quest/video/5582457554001/phase-3-pivot-slips)
-Outside ski slide turns tip on the snow (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3dpNEnglhM)
-Outside ski Turns (https://videos.usskiandsnowboard.org/alpineed/detail/video/5582483837001/phase-2-outside-ski-turns?page=1&q=outside%20ski)
Training Environments:
-Picket Fence
-Pivot Slips
-Edge sets
-Stubby Rhythm
-Two tall gate sections (10 gates each)
*bring armor (shin guard & pole guards)
For the 27th-31st my hope was to be on GS skis. Right now we don’t have enough terrain to do that. I will send out a plan for that training block on the 26th. If we have the space to get into GS we will. If we don’t have the space yet, we will stay on slalom skis.
Looking Ahead:
The first race of the season at Saskadina 6 on 1/15. The event is not yet posted, but when it is I will send out a registration reminder.
Please let me know if you have any questions. From the coaches and the Competition Center Staff we wish everyone Happy Holidays!
—
Charles(Jet) Robbins
Head U14 Coach, Summer Camps Coordinator
Okemo Mountain School
http://okemomountainschool.org/
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