Training

 

All groups train regularly twice a week. This is typically on a Wednesday and a Sunday. We expect a good regular turnout from the athletes at training sessions as part of their membership and we operate all year round. Our calendar of training times can be found in the Calendar menu link under Membership on this

the website, but is usually:

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Wednesday: 6.00-7.30pm - Group2

                      7.30-9.00pm - Group1

Sunday:        8.00-9.30am - Group2

                      9.30-11.00am - Group1

 

ASRC usually hold a monthly club race between 8am and

10/11am on the 2nd Sunday of the month. In the summer the club race may switch to a Wednesday evening if there is a clash with scheduled races. Details will be confirmed via SPOND, the newsletter, or by email.

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Please ensure your child is ready to start their Sunday training session on time. Time should be allowed for athletes to get changed and do gentle warm up stretches off the slope in

readiness for slope warm up runs at the start of each session. When athletes arrive late for training it is disruptive to the session, and they may miss key training messages; ultimately they may not be allowed to train at that session. We realize Wednesday rush hour traffic can be challenging, but please try to arrive on time, we would be grateful if you would notify either the coaching team or a committee member if work commitments are likely to persistently delay athletes arrival & we will be as accommodating as possible within the allotted training session, we are all in similar situations so understand the difficulties however your support with punctuality would be greatly appreciated. Being such a physical activity it is vital that athletes arrive ready for training; well rested and fueled.

Also, it’s important that athletes stay hydrated throughout the session so please ensure they have a drink and appropriate clothing worn. Wet weather clothing should be available to cope with our frequently changing weather conditions. Again, your support is much appreciated. Attending regular training sessions is vital to athlete’s personal development.

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Racing

 

ASRC is a racing club. We do expect our athletes to race and represent the club during the summer artificial race season. The UK racing circuit can seem a bit complex so a very brief introduction is below for those starting out. You will find, as you get more involved, you will  pick up on which races are good to do and how it all works.

 

We don’t provide coaching at races but we do support parents and athletes as a team as much as we can. Experienced parents are always around to help advise on what to do and the older athletes will always support the younger and less experienced with activities such as inspecting courses. There is often a team element to a race and we aim to allocate the role of coordinator to an experienced parent at each event to decide on the team and organise our parents to help out with the running of the race. Races need all the parental help they can get. Ideally we would like all our parents to have completed the Snowsport England Level 1 Officials training so they can help in an official capacity (if you don’t do the training you can still help and will be expected to. You will just get the boring jobs instead!).