In case you missed the youth skiing information meeting, here is what we covered:
Cumberland Youth Skiing Program 2007-2008
Enjoy the Outdoors, Enjoy a Great Sport, And Enjoy Each Other!
Goals of the Program
•Have Fun!
•Promote Nordic Skiing as a lifelong sport
•Promote an active and healthy lifestyle, hopefully develop valuable life
habits
Essential Elements of a Successful Program
• I as the coach, Morgan Laidlaw, can provide the outline for the program, the content is provided by the parents (an outline is terrible without the content!)
• The program will only be as good as its parental involvement!
• Redundancy with mentors/coaches is needed at each practice
• Parental Expectations will only be met with Parental involvement
Tasks Needed at Every Session
• Attendance taker (1)
• Departure monitor (1)
• Coaches (6-8)
• Registration Database coordinator
What Does a Practice Consist Of?
• The group is broken down into groups based on ability level (2007 we used Norway, Canada, and USA)
• We practice the drill of the day (V1, V2, diagonal striding, double poling)
• Each group will then go for a 30-45 minute ski hopefully implementing the drill of the day
• All three groups usually reconvene at 4:30 to do some of the following: slalom course, play a game like ultimate Frisbee of soccer on skis (often times the kids gain their most valuable lessons by playing games on skis)
Equipment
• A good attitude is essential every practice! If you’re having a bad day that’s okay, just don’t bring it to practice! Let skiing turn a bad day into a Great Day!
• Skis – a combination waxable ski is ideal for classical and skating technique
Waxless Fishscales are adequate for learning classic technique but not ideal
• Poles – A combination pole sized up to the chin
• Clothing – layers, ski pants, gloves, hats that will cover the ears
• Water
Communication Channels
• Cumberland Youth Skiing Blog: www.cumberlandyouthskiing.blogspot.com
• EMAIL distribution will be done by Morgan Laidlaw (Morgan@harbordogs.com) at the beginning of each week
• Bill Landis, Cumberland’s recreation director, will be a communication point as well (blandis@cumberlandmaine.com)
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3 comments:
Hi,
We are really excited to get out and ski. Might any other skier have leads on waxable combi or skate skis for a third grader?
Waxless skis will work but combi skis are encouraged. One cannot skate on waxless skis.
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