Agility with Micaela Holland

SDSC returned to the Stowe Polo Fields this morning for our usual instructional session on Agility. That said, the session itself was anything but ordinary. Micaela Holland, head alpine ski coach at Bates College in Lewiston, ME, is incredible at creating activities that incorporate technical elements of agility, engage campers minds, and are simply very exciting. Today's session was a perfect example.

As much as we saw great focused work while everyone was in ladders or hurdles, we also challenged each other in mirror agility boxes and even had a Tic Tac Toe race. We finished with agility squares where campers had to memorize a path through 5 cones by "inspecting the course" and then run through as fast as possible like at a ski race. Micaela emphasized through all these elements that we needed to focus on accuracy and quickness rather than power or balance, and we thought constantly about positioning our bodies so that we stayed on the balls of our feet or even our toes.

Thanks Micaela for a great session and this afternoon we head up to Johnson, VT to visit the 

skate park and try our luck at some ramps, bowls, and boxes!