Just a reminder for those of you with racers in the Accelerate Program – Sunday, January 9 is the first training date. The session is from 9 am to 1 pm.
The remainder of the schedule is as follows
February 6
February 20
February 27
Dawn
Maintenance of your young racers equipment is absolutely critical for effective training and skill development in the sport of alpine skiing. If you are already proficient at tuning, your ‘kit’ may need some upgrades and if you are new to this part of the sport, one or two nights in the wax room and you will be on your way.
If you couldn’t make it to the swix clinic earlier this week, you can still have access to the special pricing on tuning equipment and wax that is available to members of our club. The details are in the attached. If you are unsure of what you ‘need’ then please talk to Jason or Jim at Pacesetter and they can answer your questions. Special pricing is available until Nov 15th. After the 15th it is all available at 20% off retail but this pricing is much better than that.
The E2 Accelerated Program is new this year. Just a quick note on who it is for, what it is & why we are offering it.
Who: Open to all 9 & 10 year olds in the regular RHSC programs
What: One three day early season camp plus 5 Sunday morning training sessions at Rabbit Hill
Why: Alpine Canada – through Sport Science – have identified that the most optimal training time for kids to learn the basic technical skills for alpine ski racing is from 9 years old to 12 years old. The Alpine Canada AIM2WIN long term athlete development guide suggests that at this age, an optimum calendar is 55 days of training and 6 race starts. In reviewing the calendar for North Zone Nancy Greene we have not enough training and too many race starts. To get the Rabbit Hill Nancy Greene program to these targets the E2 Accelerated Program was created. With a small number of skiers these 8 additional days on snow will be high quality & have a low athlete to coach ratio. This program isn’t for everyone, but I think it is an important addition to our program offering at this level.
How much: $75 for coaching & $125 to your racer account to cover coach expenses for the 3 day early season camp
If you are interested you can register through Rhonda Bear. If you have questions please contact Dave Lawson, Alpine Chair or Kim Brydges the Nancy Greene Head Coach
Please be advised that that the pre-season camp at Marmot on November 19-21 is for E2 skiers in the accelerated program only. The Accelerated Program is new this year. It is for 9 & 10 yr olds only, and combines the regular E2 program with a pre-season camp and 5 Sundays of training with the K1s. If you are interested in signing up for the Accelerated Program please contact Rhonda Bear. The deadline to register for this camp is October 18. For more information please contact Dawn Haines
A 3 day pre-seaon camp is being organized for the returning E2′s at Marmot Basin for November 12 to 14. With an alternate date of November 19-21. If your child is interested please let Dawn Haines know by October 18 so that we can book an appropriate number of coaches.
Pacesetters will once again be holding a SWIX waxing clinic October 28th at 7pm. The clinic will introduce and refresh parents on some of the basic tuning skills. Parents will also have the opportunity to purchase any wax and/or tuning equipment at discounted prices. If you are interested please RSVP your program coordinator before Monday October 18th. For more information please review theRHSC Swix School notice 2010
Just wanted to send out a message to all the Nancy Greene parents. The kids don’t need bikes on Saturday at Rabbit. We will be doing some running, agility and games. See everyone there!
Thanks
Kim