A message from Dragan about the transition period
· Mon Nov 3, 08:55 AM by Kristen Westesen
Hi all skiers and parents,
We just finished one big stage of our year round training. Some of you worked very hard, some hard but not consistently, and some of you did high school sports. Coaches provided best possible training that we could have. This coming week we will be able to see progress you made through lab testing and time trail for J1/OJ, and time trail for the J2 and younger. I expect good and motivational results.
We are entering transition period where we will have couple of goals to accomplish. Main goal would be for us to maintain fitness, skill, power and strength we gained so far. Another goal would be for us to make good transition from dry land training to on snow training. This is important period where we need to be passionate and consistent. Weather during this period is unpredictable, and that is going to dictate our training and workouts. If we get some snow early we will try to use that advantage, but still do enough dryland training. If we do not get early snow we will do training that will be optimal in those conditions. Here I would like to ask all of you for your cooperation. Racing season for older skiers will start at the end of this month. Coaches will do their best to prepare skiers for early season racing. We will do our best to accommodate best possible racing schedule for those who did regular training and those who did school sports. Number of races we do in November and December will depend of the readiness of skiers, techniques and distance preferences. J2 group will have their racing season start in December with some local races, and we are using those races as a preparation for the main race season in January, February, and March.
J3, J4, J5 will go through this process slowly through broad spectrum of activities, where they will improve basic and specific abilities appropriate to their age. Competition for this group is secondary goal. They will have lots of time to compete in their later development.
Dragan Danevski
BSF Nordic Program Director and Head Coach
Tel: 406 579 7874
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