This past And next weekend

Hello J3's great job with high speed training on Saturday and then training in general this weekend, you all looked like you knew what you were doing. I am going to try to have more high speed training later on this month, I will keep you all up to date. Tomorrow night plan on training gs. I hope you all are getting excited about his weekend, it is going to be alot of fun. Here is a schedule of how things will be run: Schedule of Events:​​Friday March 2nd  – SG/Speed  Camp 8:00 AM Team Captains Meeting – Earls Lodge 9:15 – 9:45 Inspection/warm up 10:00-12:00 SG elements sections Start/high speed turns/air-jump terrain/glide-aerodynamics/high speed stop Noon- coaches meeting at finish to discuss afternoon setup​​ 12-1:30 lunch break 1:30 – 3:00 continued SG training   Saturday March 3rd 8:00 AM Coach passes/bibs in Earl Lodge 8:15 course setters/Jury load 9:00 Athletes and coaches 9:15 – 9:45 Inspection 10:15 Women’s Mandatory Training Run 11:00 Men’s Mandatory Training Run Redress Course 1:15 Men’s 1st Race   Sunday March 4th 8:00 AM Coach passes/bibs in Earl Lodge 8:15 course setters/Jury load 9:00 Athletes and coaches 9:15 – 9:45 Inspection 10:15 Women’s 1st Race 11:00 Men’s 2nd Race Redress 1:15 Women’s 2nd Race P.S. Congrats to AJ Parker on becoming district champion in wrestling over the weekend, you really know how to kick butt!!! See you all tomorrow night, Coach Drew

Weekend report:
Saturday was a WINDY day at Snowbasin, but we had two medalists that prevailed through the howling winds to bring home some hardware! Savannah placed 10th in the J5 girls and KyAnn placed 9th in the J4 girls. Congratulations!
High Speed Training was a success at Brighton, and THEN the storm hit! We are glad to get some good training in while the weather was good.
This week: training Tuesday night. Entries are due to Becky by Monday for the Snowbasin Super-G. Check with your coach for a schedule of events, it is going to be a fun weekend.
Eric, Lyndsey and Jason's teams will be training at Brighton on Saturday to get ready for the YSL Championships. Several emails have been sent out regarding the cost of the event and extra activities. Be sure to register for the Friday night event if you are interested. That one you will register for on your own. Becky will take care of the race entries, and will need to know if your athlete will be racing all three days, or just one or two of the days. Please confirm with her via email this week.
The Hartlauer Memorial is coming up quickly! March 17-18, at Brighton. This is a South Series race. We will invite any interested J5's to race in this event. This is a two run event, with technical components. Talk to your coach if you are interested in racing, and FOCUS during training. We need to solidify volunteers for this event! Please be sure to email Jim and Becky so you are on the list!

Next saturday

One thing I forgot to add, next Saturday, I got the ok from the mountain to do some early morning speed training. They will open the lift for us at 8 and we will have control of milly for 1 hour. So don't be late, bring up a snack and water, we will be going non stop for the entire time. Thanks, Coach Drew

Hey everyone, great job in training today, there was some good skiing by all of you. Yes there are still some things we need to work on, I hope each of you knows as you should what your focuses are, whether it's moving those hips into your initiation and turn, allowing that inside ski to follow the lead of the outside ski (Patrick), leveling the shoulder (Maiaja) or squaring the upper body through turn (Ravi), or bring those hands out in front of our body more generating more forward pressure to the ski (Erin) but it's all starting to come together. Over the next few weekends the focus for the J3's is going to be mainly gs/ open gs, seeing as how we have the super g in a few weeks. Tomorrow it is supposed to snow all day so make sure you dress for the weather, and come with your game faces on. See you all tomorrow, Drew

This coming weekend will be focused on training. The YSL athletes will be gearing up for the Snowbasin YSL, the South Series athletes will be training for the Super G on March 2-4th.

YSL Race Information: Snowbasin GS YSL
Race date: February 25, 2012
MEET YOUR COACH inside Earls Lodge at 8:00 am, turn to your right, and go to the back corner of the lodge to locate team tables
Entry: $14, due to the team before the race
Entry Deadline: February 20, 2012 to your coach or Becky
Lift Tickets: $28 for athletes, ticket windows will be open at 8:00. Parent discout passes available until 9:00 for $60 ($12 savings)
Lifts Open: 9:00 for athletes and coaches
Course Inspection: 9:15 - 10:00 am
Race Starts: 10:30 am  J6 girls -> J6 boys -> J5 girls -> J4 girls -> J5 boys -> J4 boys
Awards will be 15 minutes after the completion of the race in the finish area

Weekend at park city 2/11-2/12

To all of my J3's that were at Park City this weekend, great job. Although the course especially on Sunday got the best of some of us, with the near two foot high berms and the sopping wet snow, all of you definatley showed everyone one there what the Brighton ski team can bring to the table, taking home 2 second place finishes by Zack. This Tuesday night, plan on taking it easy, with free skiing and some drills. During the week, I would like for each of you to take a look at the videos of each of your runs and critique yourselves, not with a negative view, but instead with a more open eye, seeing the positives in all of your abilities and also focusing in on where in the turn, initiation, apex needs adjustment. Whether it is moving into the new turn earlier, having a straighter/ rounder line, squaring the upper body, or simply getting stronger on the outside edge, be open to noticing these flaws. If you would like, you can call me with any questions, comments or concerns that you may have. See you all Tuesday Night, Coach Drew

...oh, and a few pictures are updated on Facebook! If you have some to add, give them to Becky or a board member. Thanks!