This morning SDSC campers took to the parking lot of Mt. Mansfield to work on the first pillar of BASE: Balance! Before skating up Danny took campers though a warm up in their sneakers to get heart rates up and introduce them to the fundamentals of balance and its importance in ski racing. Next, campers participated in a jumping progression to reinforce basic athletic stance and how to jump over bamboo gates, small hurdles and large hurdles. Learning proper technique with sneakers on helps campers develop proper habits for when we are on skates, and helps them feel the stabilizing muscles we use while skating.
We then geared up and began the skate portion of Danny's session. Campers had the chance to familiarize themselves with skating and stopping before we broke into groups and practiced our basic athletic stance through the parking lot in lanes. Once everyone was comfortable we began a progression which challenged campers to practice knee and ankle flexion, hands and chest forward, eyes forward, feet and knee's shoulder width apart. We progressed through the same bamboo, small hurdles then large hurdles on skates, and then finished off the day by applying those balance skills to both SL and GS courses. Danny talked a lot about how linked the tactics and technique in skiing are related to rollerblading and therefore how all of the skills we tested on skates will translate directly to our skiing. Through tactical discussion about line and elevation followed by a chance to test their knowledge, campers could understand what body movements really work for them. We will follow up with some video analysis later in the week. Thanks Danny for a great session and for making us balance pros!
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