MONDAY Rainy Fun Day!

As anticipated, we found some more rain this morning.  Matt Maloney, our featured coach, is an extremely talented technician with kids this age, and while we hate to lose his talent of introducing Basic Athletic Stance on skates, we were fortunate to be able to move inside and have his instruction transition over to shoes.  Mount Mansfield Ski Club opened their doors to our younger campers this morning to lend us some indoor space to escape the rain.  The four younger teams ran through a progression with Matt and were really able to get repetition on perhaps the most important position in all of sports.

The four older teams braved the rain and embarked on a mountain bike adventure.  Alternate training is a HUGE part of dryland, and technical skills of balance, body control, and connecting motor skills to brain waves were all put to the test.  The single treks were slippery, muddy, and in a lot of places completely under water, but the challenge was met.

In the afternoon, the younger and older groups switch to complete their first full day of instruction and challenge.

I was fortunate to be with the ladies of Germany this morning, and after an impressive bike trip they still had the energy, and core temp, to take a jump in the river.


Thanks for checking in,
Danny