Drills for Skills Clinic Park City Mountain Resort – March 24-25, 2015 Objectives: • Improve understanding of a skills approach to alpine ski racing • Be able to implement a creative approach to skills teaching • Able to apply skills in open and closed environments Content: • Review fundamental skills – what are they and why are they important? • Using SkillsQuest as a starting point in teaching and measuring skills • On-hill demonstrations of skill progressions with a focus on teaching to children • Methods to keep large groups moving quickly through skills progressions • Skills in freeskiing and skills in gates • Open discussion and sharing of drill and teaching ideas for skills Schedule: Tuesday, March 24 4:00-4:30 4:30-6:00 6:00-6:45 6:45-8:00 Meet in classroom, introduction to skills (location TBA) On-snow – skills in open environment Break On-snow – skills in open environment Wednesday, March 25 4:00-6:00 On-snow – skills in gates (location TBA, lower CB’s?) 6:00-6:45 Break 6:45-8:00 On-snow – blending skills from gates to freeskiing 8:00-8:30 Classroom – motivations for working on skills discussion, wrap up Cost: $50/2 days; $30/1 day. Must pre-register at USSA Education Shop. Lift tickets are not included. Continuing education: Each day counts for ½ continuing education credit (1.0 credit for the full clinic). Certified coaches must earn 1.0 continuing education credit every two years to keep their certification active. Staff: Darryl Whitaker – USSA Western Region Youth Coordinator Ron Kipp – USSA Alpine Sport Education Manager Jon Nolting – USSA Sport Education Director Contact: USSA Sport Education, 435.647.2050, [email protected]
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