The Program
The Georgian Nordic Racing program is designed to give an athlete more confidence and thus make racing more fun. We are not emphasizing goals focused on ranking and medals. Our main mission is to make our athletes achieve the best they can be, based on their individual goals.
You can pick one of the following, check it out. So you know what will be required in training and preparation.
1.
Focus Parry
Sound –
- Train with racing team in
summer and winter
- Attend local races and school
races. Possibly try an Ontario
cup near end of season.
- Develop independence and self
reliance when it comes to getting to training sessions and races on time,
clothing for the day’s activities, caring for equipment, waxing your own
skis for training sessions
- Lead a balanced
life, spending time with family and keeping up with school
work
- Commit to your own health by
ensuring proper nutrition, recovery, hydration, and sleep
- Be supportive and encouraging of your
teammates, treat them with respect
- Participate actively in
fundraising and social events
- Be respectful of
Georgian Nordic coaches and parents, as
well as other competitors, coaches and race officials
2. Focus Ontario -
All of Focus Parry Sound plus this:
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Commit to your own progress and train with team
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Attend group dryland and on snow sessions
regularly
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Try to follow daily training plan (flexible,
taking all of your other activities into account) This will start beginning of May of this
year
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Keep a training log, daily. That includes all
activities and other developments (feeling sick, illness, etc). Sign up with ilog.ca today!
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Take recovery periods very serious
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Keen on attending one or two, Ontario Cups to
try higher level competition. Eastern Canadians are an option if you are super keen.
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Carry water bottle belt at every session
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feeling pumped to ski classic and skate 50/50 and
dealing with wax issues on your own when skiing alone in any conditions
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Setting realistic goals with help of coaches
- Introduction to learning how to deal with extreme conditions.
3. Focus Canada
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all of the above plus having done a prior season of Ontario Cups.
Consider attending a Noram and or the Gatineau loppet in 2013 and possibly Nationals by 2014 in Newfoundland at the Blow me Down club.
http://www.blowmedown.ca/
Coaches will look at the athlete's volume and intensity more closely. Competing at this high level requires a high amount of confidence. This is usually confirmed by the ability to setting goals, having a good training year logged with all intensity and strength done at high "feel".
At this level the athlete will confidently know how to deal with extreme adverse conditions.
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The Gear
Note: If you do not have some or most of the following gear, that is ok, we will find something to get you going. It is expected from skiers to be willing to get the required gear to fully participate in training and racing events.
We will announce before each practice what gear is required. Questions of what gear works best for you and so on is part of our regular training.
- Helmet, water bottle with holder are mandatory at every dryland practice, cool or retro shades help.
- You will need a pair of rollerskis, skate or combi for starters. Poles should be the same as you use on snow, good quality and stiff. Pole tips should be carbide. You will need some shorter poles for walking, cheap old poles are fine.
- Bring running shoes to do nordic walking, running, strength, etc.
- On snow you will need an older pair of skate skis, and classic skis. We call these rock skis, they are essential to train on snow as soon as there is snow on the ground.
- Warmup and regular skis could be your rock skis or another pair.
- A good pair of skate and classic skis is required. Top end is not required, what is more important is the right flex for the conditions you ski in most. For classic it is important to get skis that work for you right now. Do not buy skis that are stiff, they do not work for you, may be never. Please ask your coach before you buy classic skis.
- A decent pair of waxless skis with a bit of a camber for better glide are great to have. Classic Zero skis are optional, but are being used more on the racing circuit. Hairies are also used in racing, they are soft classic skis that are "rubbed" or sanded in the kick zone for zero conditions.
- You will need to get some basic glide and kick waxes.
- Green, blue, and pink glider, hydrocarbon or low fluoro.
- Groove and flat scraper, a nylon brush, a horsehair brush, some fibrelene and wax cleaner should be in your box or bag.
- Kick waxes, keep it simple, green, blue, violet, and red for starters. A couple of synthetic corks, plus universal klister. Plus Blue, purple and red klisters, so you can ski well into April if snow allows.
- Invest in a good iron, it will save the ski base. Avoid household irons.
Recommended for FOCUS 2 and 3: Clothing, snacks and water
- Proper warm clothing is required to be comfortable during practice. Dress in layers so you can shed layers as required.
- Racing suits work great for racing, over pants and warmup jackets are required.
- Be well hydrated and fueled before practice. Good food, granola bars, power bars work well with water to keep your energy topped up. Stay hydrated during practice.
- Good eating habits become even more important when you are training full time.
- All that training, the body is cold after a session and starving for fuel. Muscles have to deliver whatever is left to repair themselves. Eating a snack and hydrating within 20 minutes after practice speeds up recovery, delivers food to repair muscle, well, it keeps you healthy. The result is adaptation, you will improve speed and strength. Make this a habit. I’ll be looking for that.
Masters
All ages welcome.
Coaches
Interested in high performance coaching, consider joining us. This may just be the thing you have been looking to do.
NCCP certification is required for insurance purposes. Courses are offered regularly.
Role of Parents or Guardian
- We need your help in getting proper equipment for our athletes.
- Arrive on time
- Support your athlete, child in a positive and constructive manner as he or she pursues their competitive goals in ski racing
- Be supportive and encouraging of other Georgian Nordic
- Volunteer to assist at races in some capacity (hotel logistics, wax support, shelter set up, transportation facilitator, etc.)
- assist in at least one team fundraiser a year
- offer to volunteer at one club event to show appreciation of club support for our athletes
Finally
All fees go to the club. The club carries a large part of the cost to keep the membership fee down. The fee covers only a small part of the equipment and waxing cost we have available for racing. Travel, accommodation, and race registration is not included in fee.
Come and ski with us.
Peter Wiltmann
NCCP level 3 certified
Transcript on Coach.ca
Coach number: 794038
705-342-9397
Georgian Nordic Ski Team
Wawanaisa Road 33
Nobel, Ontario
P0G 1G0
Katja Mathys
also Level 3 certified
will be with us when she can
She is a great resource for all of us.
Team schedule, updates, photos, training resources on our website http://sites.google.com/site/dillonglider/Home
