Here at Essex Ski Racing Club we have three training sessions per week for our members. They are aimed at taking athletes from competent recreational skiers to confident ski racers in both an artificial and alpine environment.
We are lucky enough to have our sessions delivered by the coaches named below, who you can read more about on the Meet the team page.
- Steve: Director of Racing
- Dan: Head Coach
- Martyn: Race Coach
Attending Race Training Sessions
Attendance to each of the training sessions is done so on invite only to ensure that the number of athletes attending each session is appropriate.
Saturday afternoon development training
(2.45pm-3.45pm)
This session is focused on transitioning athletes with no race experience or who are new to our club into a race environment and the club ethos. Here the fundamentals are reinforced, required for racing and skiing in general, thus helping prepare athletes for progression within the club but also for high quality recreational skiing. Stubbies are used in this session proving a great session to prepare athletes for the annual club race series.
**All athletes in this group will need to be fully paid members of the club**
Saturday afternoon race training
(3.45pm-5.45pm)
The session is focused at developing athletes onto the Thursday night training session. During the sessions we focus on developing a wide range of skills that are appropriate to both dry slope and snow, whilst also preparing athletes for entry level races that the club attend within their affiliated region. Furthermore, in this session both full gates and stubbies are utilised to best prepare our athletes of all age groups.
**All athletes in this group will need to be fully paid members of the club**
Invitations to a Saturday afternoon development & race session:
In order to be invited to a Saturday afternoon development and race sessions, Steve (Director of Racing) will complete an assessment on an individual basis. Whilst Steve is completing these assessments, he is looking for a number of things:
- General technical free skiing ability
- Maturity
- Attitude
Parents wishing for their child to be assessed by Steve, should make contact with Brentwood Ski and Snowboard Centre to arrange this directly and email essexskiracingclub@gmail.com
Thursday evening performance training (Invite only)
(7pm-9pm)
The focus for a Thursday night is for athletes from the Saturday race session to further their skiing technique and racing ability. Here we work on refining the race craft of the athletes in order to prepare them for national level races. Furthermore, in this session, full gates are the main focus to ensure that our athletes are best prepared.
To be invited to this session, athletes must:
- Be 13 years of age or over and/or registered in the U14 category or above.
- Be able to perform all skills and drills undertaken on the Saturday PM race session at a high and consistent level.
- Express the necessary level of maturity required for a more intensive level of training.
- Be an Ambassador and role model to younger and aspiring members of ESRC.
**All athletes in this group will need to be fully paid members of the club**
In both sessions, we aim to find a balance between giving athletes of ESRC exposure to both technical free skiing as well as running slalom and pro-slalom courses. In doing this, we are striving to make our athletes well rounded skiers, as well as racers.
