Greetings everyone,
We hope that you had a great week...check out the summary below for a brief summary of what we've been up to for the last week.
We all know that a picture is worth a thousand
words, so we’ve included a few pics below to make sure that we don’t get too
wordy…here’s the low down on what we were up to this past week on snow (we also
had a great weekend with a hike on Saturday in Banff, and a pretty chilled day
around the home base on Sunday with a matinee viewing of the newest Star Wars film…it’s
not quite as good as the classic films from this series, but we recommend
seeing it none the less).
We skied a ton of SL turns this week...
- approximately 5,000 turns in environments (combinations of brushes, stubbies, panels & long gates) plus an equal # of turns of drills and technical skiing...the crew got a lot done this week.
Tactical focus for SL week
- Turn placement – depth
- Clean turn entry…arcing (carving) above the gate
- Square entry to combinations
- Linking (direction at the gate…gotta bend it early)
- Adaptability…lots of work with rhythm changes
- Athleticism…always moving with power & purpose
Technical focus for SL week
- Balance (4 planes)
- Front – back
- Lateral (side to side)
- Rotational
- Vertical
- Lower leg skills
- Pressure management
- Timing & coordination
Physical focus for SL week
- Pre-hab : increase durability… improve tissue quality (flexibility), mobility (ankles-hips-t spine) and stability (hip – trunk – shoulder (the pillar)) – this is a great daily opportunity to work on all aspects as well as improving symmetry on the right (weaker side)
- Movement prep : nervous system activation…improve movement quality, increase blood flow and core temperature…get ready for the session ahead
- Daily PT : variable themes including ice skating skills, energy system development (spinning & treadmill work), strength work (pushing, pulling and rotational strength), agility - coordination - movement skills, pillar (core) strength …1% better every day
Out for now...
Coming up this week...
- GS & freeskiing priority for the u14 group
- GS, SG & freeskiing priority for the u16 group
- some of the FIS group is racing at Panorama (2x GS, 2x SL) while Zac & Dani continue to plug away in Canmore.
On behalf of all of us here in Canmore - have a great week
