U16 and older
U16-and-older
Carving arc stall
Challenge:
On a groomed intermediate slope, skis point down hill athlete takes off and arcs turn to completely face uphill till skis stall, as gravity takes over athlete starts to move backwards and then arcs out backwards across hill.
This challenge has dynamic balance, edging, pressure, and weight transfer blended in a progressive movement pattern. This challenge needs some room on crossing slope, so timing and awareness is a high priority.
Equipment:
GS or SL skis (easier to start on SL skis)
Look for:
CoM- balanced athletic position
Feet hip width apart
Lateral rolling of ankles and knees to create edge angles
Weight mostly on outside ski while carving turn to uphill stall
Creating and managing pressure through flexion and extension of ankles, knees, and hips
At stalled moment transfer of weight, and edging progressively increases to new carving ski as athlete starts moving backwards returning to a traverse.
2/1/22 Skate To Shape
Challenge - Skate to Shape
Equipment - SL or GS skis
Execution - On moderate groomed terrain have athletes start to skate straight down
the hill (fall-line).
COM moves forward and laterally between skis as they skate. As speed develops the skis will start to react to the side cut. Athletes will start to have shape and go with the flow, as more shape is created the
movement is morphed into a medium radius turn
Feel - - Hips moving forward and laterally between skis with each skate
-Keep ankles and joints flexed
-Fluid motion of skate to skate
-Feel ski sidecut start to react with snow and speed
-Go with the flow and develop shape with ski and motion of skate
-Blend into parallel medium radius turn
Look for - -Extension of leg to skate to a flexed leg to initiate next skate
-100% weight transferred to new ski
Jr. Equipment Meeting Recording from Sept. 13th
Monday night we hosted a great discussion with Miguel Azacarte from Mud, Sweat, 'n Gears and Gary Higley from Sports Page. Click the link below for a recording of this meeting.
Warm Up
Forward/backward leg swings 10 R/L
Inward/Outward leg swings 10 R/L
Knee hugs 10 R/L
Ankle cradles 10 R/L
Toe Touches 10 R/L
Forward Hip internal rotation 10 R/L
Backward Hip external rotation 10 R/L
Lunge twist to lead leg 10 R/L
Lateral Lunge 10 R/L
Mini band side/side walk 10 R/L
Mini band forward/backward 10 R/L
Mini band forward/backward low walk (monster walk) 10 R/L
Skipping 10 R/L
Carioca 10 R/L
Jackknife crawls 6x (push up position, walk feet up to hands, walk hands out to new position, repeat)
Spiderman Crawls 20x
Key Concepts
Upper body facing downhill- The upper body is the pelvis and above. The lower body is the legs below the pelvis. While your lower body will be following the direction of the turn, your upper body will be facing mainly downhill.
Equal ankle flexion- Both ankles are at the same level of flexion throughout the turn.
Turn connection/transition- The moment in time when the turn is not a left or right turn. Skis are basically flat against the snow. Sometimes called transition.
Inclination- At the start of the turn when the body is moving forward and into the new turn and has not yet formed any angles.
Angulation- The body is no longer straight but forming angles with the goal of tipping the skis up on edge.
Long leg / Short leg- As the turn develops, the outside leg extends and the inside leg and hip flex.
Goals
Goals define what you want to achieve and give you the motivation to say focused and disciplined
Process vs Outcome- An outcome goal is identifying what you want to accomplish. A process goal is breaking down the steps and efforts you need to get there! Both are important in this journey. .
An outcome goal is a great motivational force. The more crystal clear it is what you want to achieve, the more likely you are to achieve it. An outcome gaol could to be to move up a few places every race, placement in State championships, placement in regional championships, making the US Ski Team.
While outcomes are important, process goals are even more important. A process goal is what you need to be working on consistently in order to achieve you outcome. This could be long leg/Short leg, better starts. Maybe it's better gliding skills, where to tuck and turn. The process focuses on what you need to work on to get better.
U16+ spring schedule
NYSSRA U16+ Members,
Earlier this week our Alpine Sports Director (Steve Mergenthaler) sent out a February update giving a general outline of what our spring schedule will look like.
Building on that information, below is more detail on the upcoming races for the next month; more races in Central and West will be added in the near future. All dates and locations are tentative for U16/19 age group:
February 27 Central & West: U16/19 Hunt Hollow 2GS W
February 28 Central & West: U16/19 Hunt Hollow 2GS M
March 6 East: U16/19 Series GSx2 Gore W
March 7 East: U16/19 Series GSx2 Gore M
March 13 East: U16/19 Series Belleayre
March 14 East: U16/19 Series Belleayre
March 19 East: U16/19 Gore GS M / WM Dual W
March 20 East: U16/19 Gore SL M / WM GS W
March 21 East: U16/19 Gore SL W / WM Dual M
March 20 West: U16/19 Spring 2GS Holimont
March 21 West: U16/19 Spring 2SL Holimont
March 27 East: U16/19 Spring 2SL Whiteface M
March 28 East: U16/19 Spring 2SL Whiteface W