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Thanks to Wilmot DH families!
Outstanding volunteer work over the weekend! I have heard from multiple teams that we stepped up and were noticed. This was the first time a WIJARA race was held at a non-member team resort. It was so great to see so many willing Wilmot volunteers as I skated to the lift just after 6am each morning before sunrise. You all knocked it out of the park – thanks again – we have a special group! Oh, and the kids showed some nice results as well as we sit 3rd on the season standings with one race weekend remaining. The most common question coaches get. Is of course, what does my…
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Video review and tuning at DH
We will show video of Saturday races at the pizza party. And back by very popular demand: Bring your bench and tuning gear. We will tune skis! Well, that was the royal “we”… YOU will tune skis and your teammates and coaches will help teach you. New families should plan to bring skis and have a coach take a look at your gear. For more individual video review and movement analysis, please download your still photos – all of them, and your videos from our google drive. Coaches will review these with parents and racers upon request on your phone or iPad. Race day details coming soon. Ski fast! -Coach…
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Boot Buckling
I’ve noticed some athletes don’t have their boots buckled properly – or at all 😳. I have been looking for a good video and found one I absolutely love. Even if you think you know how to buckle up – check out how to buckle your ski race boot here: -Coach Steve
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2/4-2/5 Weekend Training
Due to the overwhelming number of team members and coaches traveling to races this weekend, practice at home will be skills and drills, free skiing with coaches. Meet at the tree at 9:30am Saturday and Sunday 2/4 & 2/5. SL skis recommend, but any race ski is fine.
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Devil’s Head Race Info & Volunteering
Info has been posted in the calendar under the Devils Head race – final start orders, fact sheet, hotel info. We will send more info on race day procedures shortly. We only have a handful of our 80 racer families who have selected a volunteer job other than gatekeeping. This must be done now! https://signup.com/go/JFVMqVK North Wall is U14 and olderPtarmigan is U12 and younger Also note: these are not the actual names of the runs at Devils Head. These are Cascade runs from last year, so it is a little confusing. We will all help cleaning up and taking down the courses and arena at the end of the…
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DH Details, Pizza Party
Almost all of our rooms are located in B-wing (letter B on the map). The race area for racers and families to watch the race is letter P on the map (Smokies). I’m not 100% sure where the race awards will be located but typically the race directors will use Smokies for awards. The Pizza Party will be held starting around 6:30+, depending on how many help with breakdown, in K (Cliffhaus D). Map is Attached below. Cheers!
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Slipping/Inspection
Team, this will be the FINAL communication regarding slipping and inspection runs during practice. Just as you would not race without an inspection run, racers must also not train without a slip/inspection run. If an athlete is late, it is THEIR RESPONSIBILITY to take a slip run or inspect from the side of training has already started. Inspecting from the lift is not acceptable. We understand that this may have been unclear to newer athletes, but athletes that have been on the team should know that this is the standard. Moving forward, coaches notice that an athlete takes a training run without slipping/inspecting prior will be asked to do inspection…
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MUST RSVP for weekend
This weekend 2/4, 2/5: We have 3 races at different WI and MI travel destinations plus scheduled training at home. We need EVERYONE on Team Snap to select one of these events so we can balance our coaching staff. I also think some of you have a valid point in that we still have a few team members who are NOT on TeamSnap or are on here but have not downloaded the app and do not stay up to date. Thanks Chris Carrier and several others for pointing this out. Again, for 2/4 and 2/5: EVERYONE needs to RSVP for one of our 4 events. If you are not planning…
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Diamond Hitch Drill
Here is the “diamond hitch” drill we did today. This is a gate clearing progression. I think a few athletes really began to feel and understand how to “clear” a slalom gate. https://videos.usskiandsnowboard.org/coetv/detail/videos/gate-drills_/video/6128886495001/diamond-hitch -Coach Steve
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Helmets and Training
We had a number of “illegal” race helmets today during SL training. While surprising that it is nearly February and we still have racers with improper race gear, we did allow smaller athletes to train the smaller SL training courses with soft sided helmets. For GS, racers will not be allowed on course with soft sided or SL helmets. No exceptions. This is a safety issue. Also a reminder to remove chin bars (and pole guards) for GS. Racers meet coaches at the big tree promptly at 9:30am. Coaches absolutely notice when racers hide or disappear during morning skills and drills and show up only for gates. Skills and drills…
