Pre-Season Events 2020
Most families who join MAST for the first time do not have a ski racing background. Consequently, MAST holds a series of events in the Fall to help orientate families (parents and athletes) to the sport. We do this through a series of gatherings and meetings throughout the Fall. Of course, all those events need to be executed differently this year. Our solution? We will be producing a series of webinars that will serve to educate parents and athletes about the many aspects of the sport of skiing. These webinars will be offered LIVE if all goes as planned. We also intend to record the webinars for those who are unable to participate in the LIVE events.
These webinars will be hosted by Google Meets through Minneapolis Public Schools. In order to participate, every family will need to utilize the ATHLETE’S MPS email account. You will not be able to participate using a personal or work email address. I know that some athletes may not wish to share login and password information with your parents. My expectation is that you will log in using your MPS address and participate in the webinars with your parents. If the webinar is for your parents only, I would ask that you set your parents up with access to your email so that they can participate. Whether you hand over your login information or not is up to you. Just make sure you get them connected to the Webinar.
The first order of business is for each and every MAST athlete/family to fill out a form that will collect the MPS email address of every new and returning athlete.
Here is a link to the MAST Webinar Contact Form
The email address you submit on this form should end in @mpsedu.org. I will then invite you to participate in each webinar using my MPS google calendar. You will be able to link to the webinar through your athlete’s student MPS calendar. All family members can participate. At least one parent and the athlete should participate in most webinars. Some, like the annual meeting, may be of limited interest to the athletes, but they are certainly invited to participate. If you are not available to participate in the webinar live, we plan to post a recording of the webinar on our Sprongo site or our You Tube channel. Details to come.
These webinars will be hosted by Google Meets through Minneapolis Public Schools. In order to participate, every family will need to utilize the ATHLETE’S MPS email account. You will not be able to participate using a personal or work email address. I know that some athletes may not wish to share login and password information with your parents. My expectation is that you will log in using your MPS address and participate in the webinars with your parents. If the webinar is for your parents only, I would ask that you set your parents up with access to your email so that they can participate. Whether you hand over your login information or not is up to you. Just make sure you get them connected to the Webinar.
The first order of business is for each and every MAST athlete/family to fill out a form that will collect the MPS email address of every new and returning athlete.
Here is a link to the MAST Webinar Contact Form
The email address you submit on this form should end in @mpsedu.org. I will then invite you to participate in each webinar using my MPS google calendar. You will be able to link to the webinar through your athlete’s student MPS calendar. All family members can participate. At least one parent and the athlete should participate in most webinars. Some, like the annual meeting, may be of limited interest to the athletes, but they are certainly invited to participate. If you are not available to participate in the webinar live, we plan to post a recording of the webinar on our Sprongo site or our You Tube channel. Details to come.
MAST 2020 Pre-Season Webinars
Sunday, September 20 Webinar #1
Orientation to Ski Racing Equipment
6:00-7:00PM
Description: The coaches will orient you to all the equipment you need to participate in the sport of ski racing. They will offer guidance on how to find used equipment that is suitable for you given your weight, height and experience. They will show you how to size boots to your foot and match the boot’s flex to your strength and experience level.
Tuesday, October 6. Webinar #2
New Family Orientation to Ski Racing and MAST 7:00-8:00PM
Description: Tonight’s goal is to provide new MAST athletes and families an introduction to alpine ski racing and an orientation to all things MAST—coaching staff and philosophy, training and racing schedule and protocols, communication methods, transportation, parent roles, athlete outcomes, and much, much more.
TBD Webinar #3
All Team Orientation to the 2020-21 Season
7:00-8:30PM
This webinar has been postponed for a date to be determined due to the delay start to in-person training.
Description: The coaches and board will update the entire team about the 2020-21 season. We are expecting that ski areas and teams will be operating differently this season. This important meeting will provide as much detail as possible about our schedule, protocols, and the logistics of functioning safely this winter.
Additional Webinars will be offered in November and December on the following topics:
Orientation to Ski Racing Equipment
6:00-7:00PM
Description: The coaches will orient you to all the equipment you need to participate in the sport of ski racing. They will offer guidance on how to find used equipment that is suitable for you given your weight, height and experience. They will show you how to size boots to your foot and match the boot’s flex to your strength and experience level.
Tuesday, October 6. Webinar #2
New Family Orientation to Ski Racing and MAST 7:00-8:00PM
Description: Tonight’s goal is to provide new MAST athletes and families an introduction to alpine ski racing and an orientation to all things MAST—coaching staff and philosophy, training and racing schedule and protocols, communication methods, transportation, parent roles, athlete outcomes, and much, much more.
TBD Webinar #3
All Team Orientation to the 2020-21 Season
7:00-8:30PM
This webinar has been postponed for a date to be determined due to the delay start to in-person training.
Description: The coaches and board will update the entire team about the 2020-21 season. We are expecting that ski areas and teams will be operating differently this season. This important meeting will provide as much detail as possible about our schedule, protocols, and the logistics of functioning safely this winter.
Additional Webinars will be offered in November and December on the following topics:
- How to care for your equipment and tune your skis (sharpen the edges and wax the bases).
- Introduction and review of the rules of alpine ski racing.
- Race Worker Orientation (if it looks like we will be participating in race events this year)
- The MAST Way to Train, Race, and Be An Awesome Human Being 24/7.