Week of February 3

Last Saturday was a great sunny day for our young skiers! We are really starting to see great progress with those that have been consistently attending and giving it their all

• FOCUS this week will be on:
  • Skier Code #7 & 8
  • Continued work on independent preparation, movement on hill and the conveyor belt.

• 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 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 =)

• 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! This week is SL.
• 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, or at the top of the Swede course.

Last week was a great week of training with our race clinic rippers! Coaches are thrilled with the focus and coachability we are seeing some break-throughs! Keep it up kids =)

• FOCUS this week will be on:
  • Race rules and tactics
  • Hairpins, flush and through gate
  • Tuesday – SL; Thursday – GS

• 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 =)
• 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.

Last week was an insanely exciting week for our Middle School racers – way to crush two races in style!  This week we travel to one race on Thursday at Boyne Mtn. We just received an update on the timeline for this race – so please check it out below (and in TeamSnap Schedule):

• Thursday – Race at Boyne Mtn hosted by Boyne City High School.
  • Please note the race start time was bumped up to NOON.
  • As such, the timeline is bumped up a bit:
    • Boyne Mtn Middle School Race – Blue Lakes Bussing
      9am pickup WMS
      9:15am pickup SEAS
      9:20am pickup EMS
      Then onto Boyne Mtn
      RACE TIME BUMPED UP TO NOON!!!
      Chili Bar – see Assignments
      11:30am – meet coaches for warmup and inspection
      12pm – Race Start
      ~2pm – Race End
      More food and Free skiing
      ~3:30pm – Depart Boyne Mtn
      ~5:00pm – Return only to CHS

• • Assignments: Please note we still need a lot of help for the race – please check out the Assignments =)
    • We especially need chaperones for the bus/food setup stuff.
    • Please signup ASAP if you can help folks – particularly if you have not chaperoned a bus yet this year.
    • Reminder we are not able to attend the race without parent chaperones on the bus both ways.
    • Thank you!

• • Availability: Please be sure to mark your racers Availability in the TeamSnap race event – it’s very important for our chaperones and coaches.

• All practices Mon/Tues/Wed per TeamSnap Schedule.
• Friendly reminder to please MARK YOUR RACERS AVAILABILITY for Wednesday and Thursday so our bus chaperones and coaches.

What an awesome weekend of racing and training through all our age levels and multiple events!  We want to congratulate all our Team Michigan racers and qualifiers from Saturdays race at The HIghlands. It was a fiercely competitive field of U18 & older athletes from around the state and WOW! What a showdown!

We also want to congratulate all our Racers who participated Sunday in the CR3 U14 & older USSS Race at the Highlands, and those that raced for our Club side at the Nordica Winter Rally at Nubs Nob – SO MANY GOOD THINGS HAPPENING! We are insanely proud of everyone showing up big time for GTSC!

Check out below for additional updates for the week ahead:

All per TeamSnap Schedule – please pay close attention to our Middle School Race Thursday at Boyne Mountain as there is an update to the start time:

• Thursday – Race at Boyne Mtn hosted by Boyne City High School.
  • Please note the race start time was bumped up to NOON.
  • As such, the timeline is bumped up a bit:
    • Boyne Mtn Middle School Race – Blue Lakes Bussing
      9am pickup WMS
      9:15am pickup SEAS
      9:20am pickup EMS
      Then onto Boyne Mtn
      RACE TIME BUMPED UP TO NOON!!!
      Chili Bar – see Assignments
      11:30am – meet coaches for warmup and inspection
      12pm – Race Start
      ~2pm – Race End
      More food and Free skiing
      ~3:30pm – Depart Boyne Mtn
      ~5:00pm – Return