The snow arrived yesterday at The Lecht in moderation and then started to disappear again today….luckily we had booked at Alford and it was definitely the right call to train on dry land again as much as it would be lovely to get on snow.
We had a record breaking number of trainees training for our Sunday evening session with 32 members covering the full span of 5 years olds through to a parent (Mr Lennox). With this number of trainees we required 4 coaches so on the hill we had Jamie R and the usual faces of Andrew and James, it was with great pleasure that we welcomed Rachel Brown to the coaching crew for tonight, with many of our other coaches unavailable she stood in at the last minute. Rachel is a newly qualified BASI 1 instructor and has been with the club for almost 12 years so brings great knowledge and club experience with her.
Jamie was working with the performance squads trying to get both skis to work together and prevent any lifting in the turn. Andrew was continuing the theme of previous weeks with Development 2 working on releasing pressure from inside ski and applying it to the outside ski. Rachel and James had Development 3 and 4 working on a variety of technical skills all about matching the skis to make them parallel during the turn.
Once again the head to head dual slalom races at the end were tightly contested with some very right races. It is fantastic and a great testament to the club atmosphere just now to see the older kids offering to race the younger kids and showing true sportsmanship in the process.
Another great session and improvements shown across all groups.
Wednesday Night Session- please email racing@gordonskiers.com to let us know you are attending. It is open to all members and runs from 7-9pm for the amazing value of £10.
Regards
GDN Coaching Team
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