This morning, Danny led all of SDSC in a speed progression on skates in the Mount Mansfield parking lot. Danny has been the director of SDSC for 13 years, and is heading into his 11th year as the head alpine ski coach at Colby, has coached 12 NCAA Div I All-Americans (7 men, 5 women), and was honored as Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association Coach of the Year in 2010. Needless to say, our kids are very lucky to have one of the best coaches in the business here at SDSC.
Danny brought us through a running form progression, emphasizing the importance of being able to run efficiently in order to get the most out of any sport or dryland training. We worked on quick A-skips, bounding, and keeping our toes up for optimal traction. After focusing on running, we revisited athletic stance and transition to skating! Since we missed Monday's skate session because of rain, the energy in the group was high and people were itching to get into courses. Danny spoke to us about resetting into our athletic stance in the transition between turns, and then using our ankles to roll into a turn. While the surface we were skiing on wasn't white, it was so great to feel some of the elements of skiing: we were flexing our ankles and knees, rolling into the top of our turns with our ankles, keeping our hands up and maintaining good spine angle and engaged core.
It's hard to believe that it's already Thursday, and there's so much more to come! Top on that list is mountain biking, slotted for this afternoon!
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