Day 2 Balance Sessions

Stever Bartlett, Head Alpine Ski Coach at Middlebury College, joined us today as our featured coach. He led Switzerland, Austria, and Norway in the morning through a session focused on improving our BALANCE , and Sweden, Canada, and United States in the afternoon. Stever is a very well-known coach in the industry of ski racing, and his commitment to joining us each year (third year) shows the emphasis HE places on dryland training with his own team.

Whether we were on one foot, two feet, one hand and one foot, etc. Stever did a great job of exposing our weaknesses and showing us where we need to begin in order to strengthen our core balance skills. When you are within your frame consistently counting on your strength, its easy to forget about the stabilizing muscles throughout your whole body that are so critical in our sport. We create angles and our center of balance constantly shifts as we use force and pressure from turn to turn. Balance is necessary in all sports, but balance skills are at the top of our priority list in the sport of ski racing.




A few games added even more fun and spirit to already killer sessions, and Taco's on the menu had everyone challenging each other to an "eat off." Supposedly the record from last year was 17. I'll believe it when I see it.

A great day in Stowe!

Thanks, Danny Noyes
Camp Director