The U12 program serves a wide range of skiing abilities, with an increased focus on cross training, goal setting, planning, and equipment. The coaches of both, the U10 Teams and the U14 Teams, work closely together to better evaluate and accommodate different ski and race levels. It is an introductory racing program for skiers who have little racing experience but also provides more focused race training for the athletes who have several years of racing behind them.
The majority of time is still spent in directed free skiing, with incremental increases in gate training. Giant Slalom is the main focus of all gate training, with a gradual increase in Slalom gate training.
All athletes must be comfortable skiing the entire mountain. Athletes who are not comfortable skiing the entire mountain may be mixed with a stronger U10 Team, until they gain confidence skiing the entire mountain. Stronger U12 Team athletes may also ski and train with the U14 Teams.
MARA offers the following options for the U12 program:
Full season (13 weeks) Saturday and Sunday
All U12 Teams, will start Saturday, January 7th, 2012. Teams ski from 9.00am – 3.00pm with a one hour unsupervised lunch between 11.30am – 12.30pm.
The Holiday Camp is currently scheduled for December 28th, 2011 – December 31st, 2011, from 10.00am – 3.00pm at Mt. Ashland. (The Holiday Camp is included in the fees)
Dryland training for 12 years old and older athletes and will start on October 25th through December 22nd, 2011. Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4pm – 5pm and Saturdays from 11am – noon at Rogue Valley Crossfit. We do not currently have dryland training scheduled for 11 years old and younger athletes. (The Dryland training is included in the fees)
Race competition at this level is encouraged but not required.
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