NYSSRA News

NYSSRA Race Registration

NYSSRA Members,

Happy December! We've finally made it to the last month of 2020 and I think we're all a little bit relieved! 

Our NYSSRA ski registration went live today - please keep in mind that the Race Administrators are now inputting race information into the system for each race so NOT all races are posted and ready for registration. Over the course of the next few weeks, RAs will continue adding events. If you don't immediately see a race you want to register for, don't panic. It will be up within 2 weeks and registration will continue. Our IT team has shifted gears many times to build this new system around Covid guidelines, health attestations, and new protocols, and we are grateful for their work. There will continue to be slight schedule adjustments and changes along the way. Please continue to be patient as events are added. The season is just around the corner...we can't wait to get started! 

Many thanks, 

Alicia Farone

Administrative Director 

 

Steve Mergenthaler

Alpine Sports Director 

NYSSRA Draft Calendar

NYSSRA Development Committees and our NYSSRA Staff have built a race schedule that maintains a strong competitive development track while working within the COVID guidelines and protocols now in place for 2020/2021.

This calendar is subject to change.

At this moment, mountains have committed to the following dates and these dates are tentatively set. Please stay updated with website/emails to get current communications regarding any changes, you do this by maintaining an active NYSSRA membership for your racer.

There will be NO registration access until Dec. 1 2020. After that time, you can sign up athletes and detailed information on event-day protocols will be available (health attestations and COVID related requirements will be necessary to compete).

Please be aware that all U14 and U16/19 drafted competition schedules are listed regionally for U16/19, and within Council for U14. 

US Ski and Snowboard

 

NSAA Winter Playbook - Strategies for Race Programs and Competitions 

With a few ski areas open and many more to come in the next weeks, we know many of you are still working through your plans for your area operations, including those for your race and competition programs. Join NSAA, moderator Tim Barnhorst from MountainGuard, and representatives from U.S. Ski & Snowboard and United States of America Snowboard and Freeski Association (USASA) as we discuss their respective Return to Sport and Return to Play Plans and how each organization is approaching this season.

When: Nov 19, 2020 01:00 PM Mountain Time (US and Canada) 

Topic: NSAA Winter Playbook - Strategies for Race Programs and Competitions

 Register in advance for this webinar

Put On Your Calendar!

2020 Club Excellence Banner

Join us for our 4-part Club Excellence Fall Summit Webinar Series in partnership with United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee - Every Wednesday in October 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM MDT

Each session aims to spark insights in the topics foundational principles by increasing awareness, providing practical examples from the Ski and Snowboard Community, and engaging in reflective exercises based on your level of coaching expertise. These sessions are designed to build upon one another, keeping you focused on what's most important: coaching. This Fall Summit includes five sections of participant engagement for each webinar: Pre-Work, 60 Minute Presentation, Panel Discussion, Post-Work, and Survey.

Message from the Alpine Sports Director

Greetings all! This has been an interesting last 6 months to say the least! NYSSRA Staff, BOD, and all Committees have been working together to address and plan for the upcoming season.

Hope all have had a chance to look at the new website; this is still a work in progress. Much is in the plans for this over the next few months but currently its effectiveness for communication to the entire NYSSRA family covering updates, current COVID information, education, club information, soon-to-be posted schedules and projects along with other membership, and coach spotlights- are a few of the areas to be developed with more depth shortly.

I would like to take this opportunity to go over a few NYSSRA projects on the planning table:

-Covid Response Team

-Competition schedule

US Ski & Snowboard Guidelines for COVID-19

U.S. Ski & Snowboard has recently updated their guidelines for the upcoming 2020-2021 season regarding COVID-19 awareness and safety, including a guide to returning to competition after testing COVID positive. Please check out the documents below and check out the rest of the US Ski & Snowboard site if you have any further questions.

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