Schedule for 2016/17 is as follows:
Mt St Louis Dec 3-5, 2016
Mt St Louis Dec 9-11, 2016
Devils Elbow Dec 16-18, 2016
Hidden Valley Dec 16-18, 2016
Blue Mountain Dec 17-19, 2016
Caledon Dec 26-28, 2016
Craigleith Dec 28-30, 2016
Mt St Louis Jan 4-6, 2017
London Ski Club Jan 4-6, 2017
Hockley Valley Jan 6-8, 2017
Caledon March 3-5, 2017
Osler Bluff March 10-12, 2017
Craigleith March 11-13, 2017
Devils Glen March 11-13, 2017
Beaver Valley, March 13-15, 2017
Georgian Peaks, March 13-15, 2017
Mt St Louis, March 17-19, 2017
Toronto Ski Club, March 24-26, 2017
Toronto Ski Club, March 24-26, 2017
Mansfield, March 24-26, 2017
Please register for these courses on www.canskicoach.org. ****Please be advised that if a course is cancelled due to poor snow conditions, we will transfer your registration to another course. If you would like to cancel your registration we will process a full refund minus a $50 admin fee. Please direct any questions to admin@alpineontario.ca. For more information on the Entry Level program please click here.
Mark Marshall Named New Alpine Ontario Alpin Athletic Director
Collingwood, ON (September 16, 2016) — The Board of Directors of Alpine Ontario Alpin is pleased to announce that Mark Marshall has been appointed as the new Athletic Director. Marshall will be responsible for driving high performance development and ensuring the continued growth and success of the sport throughout the province.
AOA and Active Life Conditioning are hosting a mass fitness testing event at the Toronto Track & Field Centre, at York University (Ian MacDonald Blvd) on Saturday October 1st from 9am-3pm. Cost will be $20 for pre-registration on the AOA website and athletes will be entered into a draw for prizing. Pre-registration will end on Thursday Sept 29 at 12 midnight. Registration on-site Oct 1 will be $25.00. All U12+ AOA members are invited to attend. Fitness Testing will include: Pente Jump, Medicine Ball Throw, Vertical Jump, Hex Rail, Movement Screen, Box Jump and Beep Test. All athletes planning on attending the U14 and U16 Provincials/Finals must submit a fitness test dated Sept 1-Dec 31 to AOA before Dec 31 to be eligible.
Schedule of Events for Athletes – Gym
8:00am-9:00am Registration for morning session
9:00am-12:00pm U12(YOB 2005/2006) & U14(2003/2004)
11:00am-12:00pm Registration for afternoon session
12:00pm-3:00pm U16(2001/2002), U18(1999/2000), U21(1996,1997,1998) & Open(1995+)
Schedule of Events for Parents – 2nd Floor
9:15am-10:30am OCUP/SOD Cup Programming Update with Scott Barrett, AOA Executive Director, Nick Kwasniak, SOD Program Manager, AOA Athletic Director
12:15pm-1:30pm OCUP/SOD Cup Programming Update with Scott Barrett, AOA Executive Director, Nick Kwasniak, SOD Program Manager, AOA Athletic Director
To register for the Fitness Testing please click here.
Spring Fitness Testing will take place at Toronto Track & Field Centre, at York University Saturday May 6th.
Save the Date! The 2016 AOA Coaches Conference and Education Summit will be held on Friday October 21 through Sunday October 23 at Craigleith Ski Club, South Lodge in Collingwood, Ontario.
The conference will provide coaches and officials with many opportunities for professional development and education credits. The AGM will be held on Saturday October 22 at 2pm in the President’s Loft, South Lodge.
AOA Coaches Conference Oct 21-22
Annual General Meeting Oct 22 2pm
Officials Level 1 course Oct 22-9:30am-12:30pm
Officials Level 2 course Oct 23-9:30am-4:30pm
Race Timing Session Oct 23 9:30am-2:00pm
NCCP modules/courses – Oct 23 Basic Mental Skills 9:30am-12:30pm
This year’s keynote speaker for the coaches conference on Oct 21- Canadian World Cup alpine ski racer Larisa Yurkiw!
Larisa Yurkiw (born March 30, 1988) is a Canadian World Cup alpine ski racer, specializing in the speed events of downhill and super-G.
Born in Owen Sound, Ontario, Yurkiw made her World Cup debut at Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Austria, in a downhill event in January 2007. Larisa continued on an upward athletic progression including a breakthrough performance at the 2008 FIS Junior World Ski Championships in Spain with a 2nd place in the Combined event. Then a major knee injury took her out of competition just before the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympic Games. She battled back to the World Cup with the creation of Team Larisa and earned 4 top 3 performances on the FIS World Cup circuit during her final two seasons prior to her retirement in the spring on 2016.
Other Highlights on Day 2 Oct 22:
Aldo Radamus, Executive Director for the Ski and snowboard club Vail for 13 years, and formerly the Director of Development for the U.S. Ski Team, Men and Women will be sharing his story of the vision, time, effort, resources and dedication it takes to build a world class ski club and academy.
Dan Leever, member of the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Team Foundation Board of Trustees and Founder and Chairman of the Vail Snow Sports Foundation and the TA Foundation will be sharing the results of ‘The Alpine Ski Study’. To read the study click here.
To register for the Coaches Conference, Officials courses, timing course or NCCP modules, please click here to login to your account and register. If you attend Fri-Sat of the Summit you will receive 4 education credits. Cost for one day is $50 and 2 days is $70.
| ROOM | South Lodge | Wylies | Presidents Loft | ||
| PRESENTER | TOPIC | ||||
| FRI OCT 21 | 8:00 | Registration 8:00-8:45am | |||
| 8:55 | Scott Barrett, AOA Executive Director | Welcome & AOA Greetings | |||
| 9:00 | Sheilagh Croxon, Synchronized Swim Coach and Mentor | Excellence & Retention of Women in Sport | |||
| 10:00 | Dusan Grasic, Director, Domestic Sport ACA | ACA Update | |||
| 10:45 | Break | ||||
| 11:15 | Mark Marshall, AOA Athletic Director | Mentorship Workshop | |||
| 12:15 | Lunch | ||||
| 1:00 | Welcome Back | ||||
| 1:05 | Nick Kwasniak, SOD Program Manager | Building Dryland Anywhere | |||
| 1:20 | Sarah Applegarth, Exercise Physiologist Active Life Conditioning | Fitness Testing Importance and Data Analysis | |||
| 1:50 | Break | ||||
| 2:00 | Larisa Yurkiw, CAST Alumnus, Creator Team Larisa | Excellence Q & A | |||
| 3:15 | Break | ||||
| 3:30 | Dan Lefebvre, CEO pandaHAUS | pandaHAUS Give Back | |||
| 5-7pm | Cocktail Reception at Kaytoo in Blue Mountain Village presented by Sporting Life and World Cup Supply | ||||
| SAT OCT 22 | 8:15 | Registration 8:15-8:45 | |||
| 8:45 | Scott Barrett, AOA Executive Director | AOA Update | |||
| 9:00 | Dan Leever | The Alpine Ski Study | |||
| 9:30 | Level 1 Officials Course | ||||
| 10:30 | Break | ||||
| 10:45 | Aldo Radamus | How to Foster Community, Ensure Club Excellence and Develop Champions | |||
| 12:00 | Lunch | ||||
| 1:00 | Gill White, Exercise Physiologist, PhD Candidate at University of Toronto | Live Lactic Threshold Demo | |||
| 2:00 | Sasha Gollish, Canadian National Team Middle Distance Runner, Alpine Ski Coach, Performance Engineer | Failure on the Path towards Excellence | Annual General Meeting – 2PM | ||
| SUN OCT 23 | 9:30 | NCCP Course Basic Mental Skills 9:30am-12:30pm | Level 2 Officials Course 9:30am-4:30pm | Timing Session – Outside Set Up 9:30AM |
Over the summer months athletes have been hard at work in the gym preparing for on snow and competition season. This past weekend OST athletes completed their fitness testing in preparation for starting a week of dryland fitness camp in Collingwood.
The camp will consist of strength and agility workouts as well as taking advantage of some of the local attractions – high ropes course, trampoline centre, Georgian Bay and the escarpment.
On August 9th the team will travel to Saas Fee, Switzerland for three weeks of on-snow training. The focus of the project is technical free ski work as well as working into gated courses – GS and Slalom with some time on Super G skis.
A message from AOA Executive Director Scott Barrett:
We are thrilled to be hosting the 1st ever U16 National Championships next year! Although venues for the 2017 U16 National Championships have yet to be awarded by AOA, the premier age-group event will be held in Ontario.
It has been many years since we have seen a National Championships for this age group. The last time there was a similar event it was known as the K2 Canadian Championships.
We are excited to have the country’s best 14 and 15 years-old come together at this crucial step in their development as we prepare these young athletes for successful FIS careers.
Draft Schdule:
Tuesday Feb 21 Team Captain’s Meeting/Welcome Party
Wednesday Feb 22 National Championship Giant Slalom and Parade
Thursday Feb 23 National Championship Super G and Parents Social
Friday Feb 24 National Championship Super Combined (SG/1Run Slalom) and Banquet
Saturday Feb 25 National Championship Night Slalom and Coach Social
Sunday Feb 26 Nations Cup Dual Slalom Team Event and Final Awards
Get ready for Ontario Cup (O-Cup) events, camps and competitions across the province this winter from Lake Superior Division, National Capital Division, Northern Ontario Division and Southern Ontario Division. This is a comprehensive performance pathway series that focuses on the strength of Alpine Ontario’s member athletes, coaches and clubs.
Calendaring, progression and integration into your athletic/academic year is ongoing and evolving daily as the Club Program Directors, Team Head Coaches and Alpine Ontario Alpine Athletic Staff prepare for the 2016-17 alpine ski racing and ski cross season.
Contact athletics@alpineontario.ca with specific questions on how if may enhance your specific situation!
Registration for University programs are now available for all athletes enrolled at Carleton University, the University of Ottawa, l’Université du Québec en Outaouais and CEGEPs. All details about the program can be found on here.
The team is looking forward to an exciting season on the RSEQ, the FIS Super Series, FIS ENL and the Nor-Am circuits. We are proud to support university skiers throughout their academic and athletic careers. They participate in building stronger and deeper fields for up and coming elite athletes while developing themselves as exceptional individuals.
Program details: https://universityskiteam.ca/carleton-university-ravens-uottawa-gee-gees-and-uqo-torrents-registration-is-now-open/
Website: https://universityskiteam.ca/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/University-Ski-Team-GatineauOttawa-879902025401659/
Instagram: @universityskiteam
CarletonU: https://goravens.ca/clubs/alpine-skiing/
Join us for the Nik Zoricic & Friends Golf Classic.
The Southern Ontario Division Team boys are heading to Deux Alpes for their first camp of the season!
The focus will be on fundamentals, drill courses, GS and SL. There will be morning sessions daily with a small break between as well as daily dryland and video. It should be a great camp!