Gore Alpine J3

Congatulations Gore J3 State Team

2011-02-16T07:17:00.000-08:00

Congratulations to:

David Meola
Ned Feist
Brent Herrmann
Graham Irish
James Schibli
Nicholas Zachara
Ryan Vancavage
Samantha Ballard
Tara Seigle
Alessandra Turi
Nicole Dacunha
Danielle Skufca

Do the Horst!

2011-02-08T11:47:00.000-08:00

The Horst Derby is this coming weekend and they are taking the top 11 boys and 9 girls and adding them to the State Team. Come on! Go for it! What have you got to loose?

The best time of the season for growth

2011-02-03T11:31:00.000-08:00

The J3 cup series is coming to an end. With this in mind let's evaluate our personal growth and put an emphasis on continued improvement. Learning is something you should do on every run of every day. Now that the results are behind you, you might just find that that thing you have been trying to master suddenly clicks. Keep learning!

A couple of hours on your own

2011-01-24T11:23:00.000-08:00

Here we are half way through the qualifying part of our race season. Ask yourself what you should be working on? You know what it is because your coach has told you over and over again. Your coach has also given you excercises/drills to help in fixing the problem. If you can swing it, try to get on snow some night this week and work on that skill. Do the drills first then try to work it into your skiing for two hours. If you actually do this instead of hitting the half pipe your skiing will improve.

Get the edge on the competition

2011-01-18T05:05:00.000-08:00

The forcast for this weekend is "Cold"! With this in mind let's take a good look at those edges. Your Slalom skis should be tuned with a base of .5 and a side of 3 degrees. Make sure that you are cutting metal when you tune. Too many of you are simply running a stone or file without removing sidewall first. When you tune like this you actually change the bevel and dull the edge. It looks like the wax will be Start Green, CH4, or CH6 which ever you have. These waxes are so hard that they need to be scraped and brushed completely while inside the building. Watch the weather closely and look for an email late this week for final suggestions on wax.

Tactics vs skills

2011-01-11T11:52:00.000-08:00

Now that the racing season has begun we want to remind you about the importance of free skiing on your own. When we train gates in the AM we are working on how to choose and ski the best possible line based on your ability or skills. When you ski with a coach doing drills you are working on improving your skills so you can ski the faster line. Well, now that we have entered the competition phase of the season there is less time alocated for drills. This means that you need to continue to work on your own issues any time you can in addition to the time spent on these issues during the training day. Where do you find the time? In lots of places! How about on the way to the training course? How about during 20 min of your one hour lunch break? How about during the afternoon session with your coach and how about really paying attention? How about from 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM after training has ended? Bottom line is this. You are responsible for continuing to improve your skiing by doing just that. Skiing but with a purpose to continue to improve!

Let the racing begin!

2011-01-04T17:15:00.000-08:00

This weekend we travel to Lake Placid and Whiteface Mountain to begin the J3 racing schedule. Please be at the mountain no later than 7:30 as registration lines are long and parking will be premium. Coaches will get on the lift with athletes for inspection as soon as the lift turns. Good luck to you all.

Turn Shape

2010-12-22T05:53:00.000-08:00

This past weekend we worked on turn shape in Slalom and GS using the "Apex Drill". In the afternoon athletes skied in small groups and continued to work on fundamental skills related to stance and balance. Sunday afternoon we had a parent meeting so if you missed that please see the J3 staff for the information.

Stance Improvement

2010-12-13T07:06:00.000-08:00

This past weekend we continued to work on proper stance. Athletes worked in a corridor both mornings on both pairs of skis. After each session we had a video review and identified each athletes deficits in maintaining proper stance. In the afternoon athletes skied in small groups and executed drills to correct these flaws. All athletes were succesful in either changing their skiing or understanding what needs to be changed. Next weekend we will continue to build on this foundation.

Great first weekend!

2010-12-06T11:05:00.000-08:00

Early morning corduroy and continued snowmaking made this past weekend a success as we opened the 2011-12 race training season. Next weekend we will continue to work on fundamentals on both Slalom and GS skis.