U12 Head Coach: Nick Greene, nickgreene519@gmail.com

The U12’s will ski from 9:00 am to 2:45pm with a coach. They must have skied a minimum of three full seasons and be able to ski intermediate and advanced trails (Blues and Blacks) comfortably. Eighty-five percent of the time the focus is to develop a variety of skills through directed free skiing, technical drills and undirected free skiing. The remaining  fifteen percent of the time the racers will practice tactical and technical drills with gates. 

The U12’s focus is on the athlete’s performance versus the outcome or result of races. 

Since each child matures at a different rate, it is important to emphasize fun. It’s 

important that the athletes experience as many different physical activities off snow as 

possible. Our goal is to develop their skills to ski the whole mountain well, master all snow conditions, and continue to learn strong skiing skills. 

The U12 athletes will continue to ski slalom and giant slalom with 5-7 race opportunities. In January, the group will attend 1 or 2 open races. The U12 coaches will distribute the schedule with specific instructions. In February, the athletes will compete in BWL qualifying races for the BWL State Finals and the BWL State Championships.

These are the Qualifiers and suggested races that your athlete should attend…

 

1/10 Eneguess, Crotched Mountain

1/10 Gus Pitou GS, Gunstock (Open Race)

Qualifiers:

1/24 GS, Ragged

2/7 SL, Pats Peak

2/21 GS, Gunstock

Finals:

Finals are for athletes that did not make the Champs.

2/26 Finals Training-Cranmore

2/27 Finals-Cranmore

Champs:

3/4 Champs Training, Ragged

3/5-6 Champs, Ragged

Fun open races:

3/13 Josh Russel, SL-Pats Peak

3/26 T-shirt Race, Sunapee

4/3 Mug Race, Crotched Mtn.