MAST Update Week Five Part I

MAST Update Week Five Part I
(I will have more to say in Part II on Monday night/Tuesday morning)
Sunday, December 11, 2022
Dear MAST Athletes, Parents, Coaches, Friends:
Hopefully everyone is recovering nicely from a hard week of training. The coaches are impressed with your positive spirit, consistent effort, and steady improvement.  Let's keep improving this week!

Change to Thursday’s Training Schedule
Please note that I am making one change to the THURSDAY training schedule this week. Here is the new schedule for Thursday:

3:45-5:15PM. All Wild Mt Competitors. Lanes 7 & 8. 
5:00-7:15PM. Pods 8/7. Lane 7. Meet on Lanes 7 & 8 at 5PM.
6:30-8:45PM. Pods 12-9. Lane 6. Meet on TOP of south chair at 5PM.
Bring and use your rope tow gloves. Lots of laps.

I made this change to allow the athletes who will be competing at Wild Mt on Friday the chance to get in a short training session and still have time to tune their skis and get to bed early to meet the bus. Training is optional for all Wild Mt competitors on Thursday. If you feel you would be better off resting, please stay home and do just that.

Mpls Alpine Championships
Racing begins this week. Our first race is tomorrow: The Mpls Alpine Championships. Attached is a run order that parents can print to follow the race. I will also have a few copies to distribute to fans. If you did not state your intentions for this race, you are on the run order, just after all of those who did state their race intentions. As you can see, athletes are racing in order of their grade level per team.

Here is a schedule for the day.
2:45PM Early release from school.
3:30-4:15 Course Inspection.
3:50 Gate Judge Meeting in the Finish Arena
4:25 Forerunners Start.
4:30 Run One
5:00 Re-Inspection/Quick Slip
5:15 Run Two
5:45 Hill Clean Up
6PM Team Meeting

Early Release from School
I emailed the athletic directors to request an early release from school: 2:45PM. Attached is the roster of athletes on the early release request list.

I strongly suggest that you also send a signed parental letter requesting an early release to school with your athlete tomorrow.

Parent Race Worker Sign Up For December 12
A few race worker positions remain open for our race tomorrow. Please sign up to help:  https://signup.com/go/ztKXKXG
Wild Mt Invitational
Shortly (hopefully) after Monday’s race, the coaches and I will send out our team selections for the Wild Mt Invitational on Friday. We are not trying to create drama around this race. We just want to use the results from Monday as one additional input for making the most fair selections we can make. Stay tuned.

Week Five Schedule
Monday, Dec 12. Race: Mpls Alpine Championships. 3:30PM-6PM.

Tuesday, Dec 13. On Snow Training at Hyland (using the rope tow today!)
3:45-6:00PM. Pods 12/11. Lanes 6 & 7.
5:00-7:15PM. Pods 10/9. Lanes 6 & 7. Meet on TOP of south chair at 5PM.
6:30-8:45PM. Pods 8/7. Lanes 5 & 6. Meet on TOP of south chair at 6:30PM.

Wednesday, Dec 14. On Snow Training at Hyland (using the rope tow today!)
3:45-6:00PM. Pods 10/9. Lanes C & 8.
5:00-7:15PM. Pods 12/7. Lanes C & B.
6:30-8:45PM. Pods 11/8. Lanes C & B.

Thursday, Dec 15. On Snow Training at Hyland
3:45-6:00PM. All Wild Mt Competitors. Lanes 7 & 8.
5:00-7:15PM. Pods 8/7. Lane 7. Meet on TOP of south chair at 5PM.
6:30-8:45PM. Pods 12-9. Lane 6. Meet on TOP of south chair at 5PM.

Friday, Dec 16.
Race: Wild Mt Invitational
More information coming Monday night.
On Snow Training at Hyland (using the rope tow today!)
3:45-6PM. Pods 12-10. Lanes 5 & 6.
5:00-7:15PM. Pods 9-7. Lanes 5 & 6. Meet on Lane 5/6 at 5PM.

Saturday, Dec 17.
On Snow Training at Hyland.
7:45AM -10:15AM. All Pods. Lanes 1, 2, & 3.
Supplemental Training at Wild Mt. All Pods Invited.
2:30PM. Load Bus at Washburn. 10:30PM Return ETA at Washburn.

Giants Ridge Camp!
I am very excited to return to Giants Ridge for camp. We have 29 girls and 35 boys participating. There are a few beds available yet in the girls’ cabin. Call me or email if you wish to attend yet.

Supplemental Training
One last supplemental training is on the calendar for 2022: December 17 at Wild Mt.Click Here to Register for the Dec 17 22 Supplemental Training at Wild Mt.
Week Five Drills To Build The Skills On Sprongo.
The Week Five Drills To Build the Skills will be posted on Sprongo for your deep study and internalization later today.  Please review these drills before practice on Tuesday. 
US Ski and Snowboard Drills/ Burke Mt Academy Videos To Watch and Study
Pole Plant
Blocking Pole Plant
Straight Run To Side Slip To Edge Set With Pole Plant
Skating
Thumper Turns
Traverse with Edge Set
Clap Behind The Back
Hop Turns
1000 Steps
Norwegian Drill
Get Over It Drill
See you all tonight!

Mark
612-275-8392
markrober...@gmail.com