Performance Ski Coaching with Amanda Pirie

Dates

Camp   14th November – 9th December 2011 (20 days training)

Week  1  Mon 14th  – Fri 18th Nov  

Week 2   Mon 21st  – Fri 25th Nov  

Week 3   Mon 28th Nov – Fri 2nd Dec  

Week 4   Mon 5th  – Fri 9th Dec   

 

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 and we are given lots of space providing both gentle and challenging pistes enabling an effective progression, the uplift is efficient with no queues, the resort is supportive and the snow is reliable and well prepared. Other sporting facilities include a swimming pool, games halls that we use for fitness training, indoor tennis courts and extensive hiking tracks.

 

Race Camp

The Race Camp will be focused, challenging and fun in order to provide you with the highest level of race training available. The training will aim to build each individual 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 lower than average (absolute max. 8 in a group) to ensure an exceptional individual and personalised training experience. There will be a balance of technical free skiing and drills combined with drill courses and race courses. Although there will be a progression through the Race Camp from week 1 to week 4 to enable you to finish the camp with the skills and confidence to ski race at your highest competitive level, we welcome skiers to sign up for their preferred week(s).

 

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 twice a week to aid performance development. Each individual will be given their video to use as an ongoing learning tool after they leave the camp. Each week there will be Giant Slalom training with Slalom training also available during Race Camp weeks 2 and 3.

 

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-camp fitness programme so that you can arrive at the camp in a shape to make the most of it. During the camp there will be some after ski fitness sessions focused on components of fitness specific to ski racing.

 

Since Saas Fee has an excellent Super-G piste, speed training may be available on request. Please contact ski@amandapirie.co.uk for more information about speed training.

 

Coach

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 ten years. Amanda has a degree in Sports Science giving her the knowledge and 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

 

Prices

1 week   £300  

2 weeks £560

3 weeks £810

4 weeks £1,040

 

Pro-deal: registered ski instructors will receive a 20% discount from the training fee quoted above.

 

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 about 50 CHF per night in a self catered apartment and 90 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 Saas Fee tourist office (www.saas-fee.ch). Note that November it is low season, so it is a good idea to ask for a low season discount on accommodation.

 

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-fee.ch/en/page.cfm/skigebiet/tarife-bergbahnen-winter/tarife-skipaesse Season pass prices have not been published yet but this link will be updated as soon as they are available.

 

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.