**INTRO TO SKI LEVEL DEVELOPMENT
First day is this Saturday, January 18th!  Coaches are excited to meet your skiers and get them into their groups! Focused efforts will be on getting to know skiers and have fun!
  • Please check your TeamSnap team and be sure you are clear on which time slot your skier is in.
  • Arrive 30 minutes early to ensure plenty of time to get your pass, prepare your skier, get in gear, use the restroom before start time.
  • Please look for the GTSC Board outside at the welcome table – this is where you will learn your skiers group, coach and where to go!
  • Please check TeamSnap Assignments for any available Lodge Parent spots that need your help!
    • Reminder Lodge Parents will get a yellow bib and a radio from the head coach before practice and help out kiddos that may need assistance if coach radios you =)
**SKI LEVEL DEVELOPMENT
First day is Monday, January 13th! Coaches are excited to meet your skiers and get them into their groups! Focused efforts will be on getting to know skiers and their abilities.
  • Please check your TeamSnap team and be sure you are clear on which time slot your skier is in.
  • Arrive 30 minutes early to ensure plenty of time to get your pass, prepare your skier, get in gear, use the restroom before start time.
  • Please look for the GTSC Board outside at the welcome table – this is where you will learn your skiers group, coach and where to go!
  • Please check TeamSnap Assignments for any available Lodge Parent spots that need your help!
    • Reminder Lodge Parents will get a yellow bib and a radio from the head coach before practice and help out kiddos that may need assistance if coach radios you =)
**RACE CLINICS
Our first full week for all Race Clinics! Focus will be on getting to know the skiers to better understand their goals and skillsets to progress.  See below:
Monday Night Race Clinic (USSS focus):
First night is Monday, January 13th!
  • All Monday Race Clinics will be SL – this is reflected in the TeamSnap Schedule.
  • Arrive 15-20 minutes early to ensure plenty of time to get ready and meet coaches.
  • The first night, coaches will meet skiers at the base outside the lodge – however, looking forward skiers will meet coaches at the top of training course.
Wednesday Night Race Clinic:
First night is Wednesday, January 15th!
  • Wednesday Night Race Clinics will be either SL or GS, it will be the same as the Sunday Race discipline that week – this is reflected in the TeamSnap Schedule.
    • Please look for this and prepare accordingly each week!
  • Arrive 15-20 minutes early to ensure plenty of time to get ready and meet coaches.
  • Coaches will meet skiers at the base outside the lodge.
Race Clinics (Tues/Thurs):
Training is ON this week per your TeamSnap Schedule!  This week coaches will focus on getting to know skiers abilities, refine groupings, and work on fundamentals/goals.
  • Arrive 20 minutes early to ensure plenty of time to get your pass, prepare your skier, get in gear, use the restroom before start time.
  • Note discipline in your TeamSnap Schedule – in general: Tues-SL ; Thurs-GS. Subject to change so please be sure to check this weekly.
  • Please check TeamSnap Assignments for any available Lodge Parent spots that need your help!
    • Reminder Lodge Parents will get a yellow bib and a radio from the head coach before practice and help out kiddos that may need assistance if coach radios you =)
**MIDDLE SCHOOL RACE TEAM (MSRT):
Full week of training this week, per TeamSnap Schedule. Focus this week will continue to be on fundamentals and gaining comfort in different course conditions/sets.
  • We survived our first busses last week – GREAT WORK!!!  Please be sure to remind your skiers about good, mature behavior – including appropriate language.
  • All busses will be running this week as planned for Hickory and Crystal Mtn.
    • MARK YOUR SKIERS AVAILABILITY for the practice – particularly Crystal Mtn (Wed) so bus chaperones know what’s happening!
  • Reminder to signup for chaperone opportunities – thank you!
  • Please be sure to check for discipline each day in your TeamSnap Schedule and prepare accordingly.
  • We will not race this week, but work to prepare!
**SUNDAY RACES:
Great first Sunday Race in the books, GTSC! We had snow, smiles and skiers galore!!!  Thank you for being troopers through some timing issues – we are so proud of all our GTSC skiers, volunteers and fans in the cheering section!
  • Please be sure your skier is registered for Sunday Races – registration is under our website, under Programs – Registration.
  • Once you are registered, you have access to our TeamSnap Schedule, chat, etc. – so please be sure to get this done and stay informed!
  • Next week will be SL, same time, same place!
  • Please check Assignments under next weeks race in the Sunday Race Schedule to help with our volunteer spots we need to fill – THANK YOU!!
**USSS & FIS Teams – MS USSS, HS USSS, Intro to USSS & FIS
What a great weekend of racing for all our GTSC USSS & FIS athletes! Thank you all for continuing to challenge yourselves – we are so proud of all of you for stepping in the start gate.
USSS Teams:
This is the weekend of the Shelley Glover Memorial Races at Big Snow Resort (formerly known as Indianhead).
  • The Glover Fact Sheet is available on the CR3 website, shared here:  https://docs.google.com/document/d/1PbbIiZggs4tuR3HstaL_gKsd1JgVStTKwhOF9c5av8k/edit?tab=t.0
    • Please carefully review the Schedule in the Fact Sheet – it’s tricky as the U14 & U16 skiers are staggered start and end days.
    • Training for each age group will be prior to their first day of racing. Please watch for more information.
    • Disciplines are listed for each day – but always subject to change depending on weather, etc.
    • DIBS are OPEN!!  Please help make this race, happen, GTSC!!
    • Reminder to get on the What’s App – since this is a different Region race, it’s a new What’s App (ie – not CR3).
  • Coaches strongly encourage all U14 & U16 GTSC skiers to attend this race, particularly if your skier has the goal of working to qualify for the Junior Championship Races in Colorado in March – as the qualifying races take place at this same venue for U14 & U16 athletes.
  • Please reach out to ski pals and carpool/share housing/work together to try and help as many of our athletes attend as possible! Our goal is to help set our athletes up for success as possible by getting them comfortable on the race hills they want to crush at Hosking! Bringing friends is more fun!! 
  • Reminder this is an out-of-region race, as is the Hosking Races (the Junior Champ qualifier races in February) – so coaching fees are assessed separately and are not included.
  • Please register, and mark your Availability in TeamSnap no later than Tuesday at noon so we can plan our coaching accordingly.

For those USSS racers not attending Glover, we are working on training location – due to the holiday weekend it’s difficult to secure lane space but we will get it!!

FIS Race Team:
  • Schedule – the Atmore was our final FIS race included in our team fee for the season. CONGRATS to all on an amazing experience!
  • Additional FIS races are certainly available, including the upcoming U18 qualifiers. Please discuss with Coach Craig if you are interested in attending any and we are happy to help coordinate.
  • We look forward to seeing you all at our Friday USSS/FIS practices at Hickory and upcoming CR3 USSS races!
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