This afternoon Micaela Holland led camp through our final instructional session of the week, focusing on explosion. Micaela is the head alpine ski coach at Bates College in Lewiston, ME. This year is Micaela's fourth year as an SDSC director, and we are always very lucky to have her with us.
Micaela structured her session around a series of explosive movements, emphasizing how explosion is so central to how we finish our turns in skiing. The session included box jumps, single leg bounding, and sprinting with parachutes among many other exercises. The session culminated with a camp favorite activity, in which teams work to complete a series of exercises that correspond to suits in a deck of cards. If one team randomly picks a 10 of diamonds or 7 of clubs for example, they do 10 jumping jacks or 7 tuck jumps, respectively. Even though we all were clearly feeling the end of the week, the competitive spirit of the group picked up big time!
It's hard to believe that we are now at our last night of camp, but we look forward to our cookout tonight with ice cream and inflatables. It's been a great week with a great group of kids, and now it's time to celebrate!
See you all tomorrow for our closing ceremonies at 11:00am!
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