Performance Ski Coaching with Amanda Pirie
Dates
Camp 1st November – 10th December 2010
Week 1 Monday 1st – Friday 5th November
Week 2 Monday 8th – Friday 12th November
Week 3 Monday 15th – Friday 19th November
Week 4 Monday 22nd – Friday 26th November
Week 5 Monday 29th November – Friday 3rd December
Week 6 Monday 6th – Friday 10th December
Location
Saas Fee is a beautiful mountain resort with excellent training facilities. The glacier, where we will base our training in November, is chosen by several World Cup and regional teams as their autumn training venue. The terrain for training is varied providing both gentle and challenging pistes enabling an effective progression, the uplift is efficient, the resort is supportive and the snow is reliable and well prepared. Other sporting facilities included a swimming pool, indoor and outdoor tennis, astroturf pitch and extensive hiking tracks.
Race Training
The training will be focused, challenging and fun in order to provide the highest level of race training. The training will aim to build each skier’s overall skiing and technical skills in order to get the most performance out of their skis. Everyone will benefit from an individual approach to their training, helping to develop skiing skills and the application of those skills to racing. The coach to trainee ratio will be no bigger than 1:6, providing an exceptional individual training experience. There will be a balance of technical work combined with drill courses and race courses. There will be a progression throughout the weeks to finish the camp with the skills and confidence to race a race course.
The time on the mountain will be structured to provide effective training. A timing system will be used regularly to record progress and simulate a race environment. Video analysis will be used regularly to aid performance development. Each athlete will be given their video to use as a learning tool after they leave the camp. Each week there will be Giant Slalom training with Slalom training also available during weeks 3 and 4.
There will be varied and extensive off the mountain support during the camp. Including
sessions on sports psychology, video analysis, nutrition, fitness and ski preparation
demonstrations. Fitness is a crucial part of ski racing. Everyone will receive a
ski specific pre-
Since Saas Fee has an excellent Super-
Coaches
Amanda Pirie
Amanda is one of Britain’s top alpine ski race coaches. She had a successful career as a ski racer, competing with the British team for several years, winning many British Championship titles and gaining a top world ranking of 56. She has been coaching UK race clubs and national teams for nine years. Amanda has a degree in Sports Science giving her the tools to apply science, like psychology, physiology and nutrition, to her coaching. Amanda has been selected as a coach trainer for BASI and is a member of the BASI demonstration squad.
Qualifications: BASI Level 4 Instructor ISTD; BASI Level 3 Alpine Race Coach; BASI Coach Trainer; Alpine Performance Coach Level 1; BSc Sports Science; PGCE PE Teaching
Lynn Sharp
Lynn Sharp has spent the last 6 years full time ski race coaching a variety of racers, running sessions on and off snow. Lynn, 24, was a member of the British Alpine Ski Team for 5 years. She skied to 31 FIS points in slalom and 39 FIS points in Giant Slalom and won 17 British Junior and Senior titles, including British Overall Champion. Lynn has experience coaching at UK club level, with the British Children's Ski Team and working within the Canadian coaching system. She is currently the head coach of the British Ski Academy based in Chamonix.
Qualifications: BASI Level 4 Ski Teaching Diploma (ISTD); Alpine Performance Coach Level 2
Prices
Training only
1 week £300
2 weeks £560
3 weeks £810
4 weeks £1,040
5 weeks £1,250
6 weeks £1,500
Registered ski instructors will receive a 20% discount from the training fee.
These prices include 5 days per week of performance race coaching on the mountain as well as off the snow support outlined above.
If you would like a training and accommodation package, please get in touch. Prices for accommodation start from 40 CHF per night in a self catered apartment and 85 CHF per night half board in a hotel. The location of hotels and apartments are within walking distance of the ski lifts and centre of town.
If you would like to look for your own accommodation the best way is through the tourist office. Note that November it is low season, so it may be a good idea to ask for a low season discount.
Lift Pass Prices
Lift passes are not included in the training price.
Ski instructors with an ISIA card receive a 40% discount from the published price.
Lift pass prices can be viewed at: http://www.saas-
Insurance
Imporant: Please make sure that you get the correct travel insurance to cover ski race training. You are also advised to include cancellation insurance.
Booking
To book a place on the camp please email ski@amandapirie.co.uk to request a booking form.
