BUILDING OUR SKI CROSS BASE
SX Builder, Coach & Officials Development Camp
Dec 12-17, 2017 Calabogie Peaks
Please find the daily schedule here for the Build Clinic (Tues-Friday)
Join Alpine Ontario Alpin (AOA) and the Calabogie Snowcross Academy for the kick off to the ski cross (SX) season December 12th -17th, 2017! Course builders, coaches and officials are all welcome to this event. Thank you to the World Snowsports Events Group and the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport for their generous support for this project.
White Industries, the builders of World Cup and Olympic SX tracks, will be on site all four days to educate clubs keen to develop and build safe terrain and environments at their clubs. Appropriate terrain is critical for athlete skill development and White Industries will share techniques to achieve this at reduced cost and increase efficiency. Builders can increase their knowledge of layout, terrain selection, types of features and organization of tracks, as well as much more. Builders from all clubs and resorts are encouraged to attend to become comfortable and confident building cross tracks of all kinds.
Coaches and officials will have the opportunity to review all aspects of SX, from course setting and safety, to environment set up and athlete management. They will also be able to view athletes in training and competition environments.
Coach Education will be delivered by Senior Manager of Coach Education for ACA, Jennifer Stielow, and Official Education will be delivered by Jim Hemlin, Snowcross Academy president and SX commissioner, and Paul Plotz, FIS TD for snowboard and SX. Both are members of the ACA officials committee.
Please share this opportunity with your club/venue General Managers and operations teams!
This unique four day opportunity has been made available to educate all parties involved in SX training and competition to help facilitate the addition of SX on the AOA calendar.
ACA/AOA will be conducting SX coach and officials training utilizing the course build. Dedicated SX tracks for builder, coach and official training are rare. Take advantage of this opportunity and add this date to your calendar for December. Great timing for those coaches attending pre-season camps in Tremblant as well!
Schedule of Events
Dec 12-15 – Course Builder Session
Dec 16 – Officials Training: Level 1
Dec 17 – Coach Training: Ski Cross Intro to Coaching On-Snow Module (1 course per day)
Course check in will take place at the Calabogie Adventure Centre daily from 8:00-8:30am.
Registration
Registration for the Course Builder Session – please email Robyn Skinner rskinner@alpineontario.local to confirm you attendance.*
Registration for the Coach Session – please login to your profile on www.canskicoach.org to register.**
Registration for the Officials Session – please login to your profile on www.revieweasy.ca/client/alpine to register.*
*There are no course fee’s associated with the Course Builder or Officials Sessions however there will be a $30 on-hill fee and $23 lift ticket fee payable to Calabogie.
**There is a $130 charge for the Coach Session. There will also be a $30 on-hill and $23 lift ticket fee payable to Calabogie.
Once sessions are completed clubs, coaches and officials will submit receipts for reimbursement to AOA. Based on the % of participation subsidies will be distributed for coach course fee, on-hill and lift ticket fee, travel, accommodations, meals etc. Expenses will be paid out based on the order of the expenses listed. ie coaches course fees will be paid out first. Thank you to the World Snowsports Events Group and the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport for their generous support for this project.
Accommodations & Meals
There is a $50 meal plan available (Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner) which can be purchased daily at Calabogie Adventure Centre each day. Discounted hotel room available on site. Reservation Code: BUL2017 – please call 800-669-4861 ext 1607.
If you have any questions, please contact Robyn at rskinner@alpineontario.local.