As we anxiously await the season, the team is busy with preseason fundraising and dry-land work outs. The Captain's practices just ended a couple weeks ago, and our first week of dry-land practices with Coach Kevin are underway. In addition to working out, we are also working on fundraising. We would like to thank everyone who has helped us in this process. Through your generosity, we plan to travel with the entire team to Colorado over Interim Break to train in the big mountain conditions. This also includes the coaching fees, lane space on the mountain, and housing for our team. Without your help, none of this would be possible. We are very appreciative of your continued support, and cannot thank you enough!
We worked very hard during the past month of Captain's practices, and we're excited to show Kevin how hard we worked. We began last week's practices with a meeting solidifying our team goals, expectations, and ways the accomplish both. Later in the week, we began physical testing which included different stations. There was a station for a timed mile run, box jumps, a vertical jump test, and lastly, a shuttle run. The shuttle run was probably the most applicable to a real ski race. The quick agility and transitions of slalom are hard to simulate off snow, but this timed sequence of sprints (forward, backward, and sideways) around cones, is the closest thing we've got to slalom.
As we continue into this last month of dry-land, it's important to remember what we're working towards. We all are fueled by the accomplishments of where we left off last season, and unified by the new potential we've gained as a team this year. We couldn't be more excited for ski season.
Here are some of the new faces on the girl's team with Miranda Ness and Mckenna McNabb:
Let's Think SNOW!
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