LHS Nordic Ski Team Blog!!

Greetings fellow skiers!  As we are approaching our first race weekend, I would like to remind you all how important it is to visualize technique and racing.  I've attached a couple of links for world cup classic skiing.  These might help give some of you new skiers a sense of what racing looks like, and they are helpful to all skiers for technique and race strategy.  I'd encourage all of you to watch at least 10 minutes of these videos!  Visual learning is one of the best ways to become a better skier. Enjoy! See you all tomorrow! http://youtu.be/NjAi3n_zhz0 http://youtu.be/3FsDDitvJWY FYI, these are both classic videos, but there are plenty of World Cup Skate Videos out there. xcskiingtv is a good channel to look on.

Monday am:  6:00 am / LHS Weight Room / 10 min. Warm up run / General Strength Monday pm:  Skate Skiing / 30 min. Warm up / Body Position & Agility Drills / 30 min. Tuesday:  Classic Skiing / 30 min. Warm Up / 20 min. Hill Intrvals / 10 min. Cool Down Wednesday am:  6:00 or 6:30 am / LHS Weight Room / 10 min. Warm up run / General Strength Wednesday pm:  Skate Ski / 10 min. No Poles / 1:30 Over Distance Thursday:  Classic Ski / 30 min. Warm Up / 30 min. Double Pole / 10 min. Cool Down Friday:  Skate Ski / 30 min. Warm up / Game / 10 min. Cool Down Saturday:  Classic Ski / 2:00 Hours Over Distance

This is our biggest week of training!  Make sure you are staying hydrated, eating and sleeping! Monday am:  Meet @ 6 am / LHS Weight Room / Be ready to run / Core Strength 30 min. Monday pm:  Classic Skiing / 30 min. Warm up / 30 min. Body Position Drills & progression / 30 min. Cool Down After practice we will vote on Team Captains and do a short talk. Tuesday:  Skate Skiing / 30 min. Warm up / Body Position & Technique / Hill Training / 30 min. Wednesday:  Thanksgiving Camp Meet @ 9:00 am LHS Teachers Lot / Chimney Park / Classic Over Distance Ski & Technique Work 2:30 Hours. Thursday:  Happy Thanksgiving!  No Practice / Ski on your own 2:00 Hours. Friday:  Thanksgiving Camp Meet @ 1:00 pm LHS Teachers Lot / Happy Jack / Skate Over Distance & Technique Work 2:30 Hours. Saturday:  Thanksgiving Camp  Classic ski 30 min. Warm up / Time Trial  / 30 min. Cool Down Saturday Pm:  Video at Ferne's House! BRING FOOD FOR AFTER PRACTICE!!

Practice for tomorrow will be the Gobble Wobble! We will meet 8:30 am in the student parking lot.  See you there!

On the second day of practice, on snow, my group skied 9.3km - almost 10km.  See our route here: Trent's Garmin Connect, Wed 19 Nov 14 Great work everybody.  Those 7km and 10km races are nothin.

Monday Morning:  Off Monday:  1st Practice Goal Setting / Equipment / Team Bonding Activity Tuesday:  Be ready to Classic Ski or Run / 30 min. Warm up / Strength / 30 min. Cool Down Wednesday:  6:00 am / meet at the LHS weight room / Be ready to run outside Wednesday:  Classic Skiing or Run / 30 min. Warm up / Body Position & progression / 30 min. Cool Down Thursday:  Classic skiing or Run / 30 min. Warm up / Body Position & progression / 30 min. Cool Down Friday:  Skate Skiing / 30 min. Warm up / Game / 15 min. Cool Down Saturday:  Over Distance Ski / Gobble Wobble

Parents we will have a parent meeting Wednesday Nov. 12 at 6:30 pm in the LHS Cafeteria. Hope to see you all there!

Seniors!! Quick reminder, we will be having a dinner meeting at my house on Monday at 7:00 pm.  If you can bring a desert or drink that would be great! See you soon!