WHISTLER CUP - SportsTG · 2012-04-12 · Whistler Cup Project Report – April 2012 •23 days on snow •3 race days •20 training days •16 SL sessions (incl. 3x night sessions)

WHISTLER CUP

PROJECT 2012 – REPORT

Report by IR Professional Staff April 2012

Whistler Cup Project Report – April 2012

Whistler Cup Project

Participating athletes

1. Maddi Hoffman (TSRC) – C1 2. Annie Hough(TSRC) **- C1 (unable to race due to injury)

3. Lucy Neill (TSRC) – C1 4. Ned Neill (TSRC) – C1 5. Alex Percy (MBRC) – C1 6. Billy Spanos (MHRS) – C1 7. Lexxy Brial (MHRS) – C2 8. Louisa Davies (MHRS) – C2 9. Sarah Dennis (MHRS) – C2 10. Eliza Honan (MBRC) – C2 11. Lily Newton Brown (FCRC) – C2 12. Zoe Spanos (MHRS) – C2 13. Phoebe Wood (TSRC) – C2 14. Georgia Wood (PWSC) - C2 15. Nick Biggins (MHRS) - C2 16. Philip Chen (MBRC) - C2 17. Harrison Coull (MBRC) – C2 18. Zac Kelly (PWSC) – C2 19. Oliver Thompson (TSRC) – C2

Coaching & Support Staff 1. Brett Smalley – Team Captain – Head Women’s Coach 2. Trent Kaufman – Women’s Coach – S & C Manager 3. Chad Weir – Women’s Coach 4. Jeff Books – Head Men’s Coach – Athletics Director 5. Zuzanna Smercikova – Men’s Coach 6. Brett Allan – Men’s Coach 7. Jennifer Books – Multi Mark (ski tech) / Pastoral Care 8. Jan Derpak – Sports Psychology


•23 days on snow •3 race days •20 training days

•16 SL sessions (incl. 3x night sessions) •14 GS sessions •8 SG sessions •4 free ski sessions

•19 athletes from 5 clubs •1x from Falls Creek (FCRC) •2x from Perisher (PWSC) •3x from Buller (MBRC) •6x from Thredbo (TSRC) •7x from Hotham (MHRS)

•3x C1 women •8x C2 women •3x C1 men •5x C2 men

Whistler Cup Project

The #’s

International Racer Gates , Activi ty Summary, Phys ica l tra ining, weather, terra in and snow summaries (2 pages)

Whistler Cup Project Training Statistics

Gates summary

SL stubbies / brushes 1232

SL panels 728

SL gates 7640

GS brushes 416

GS gates 3360

SG brushes 0

SG gates 1924

15300

Activity summary

Drills 20%

Technical free skiing 4%

Drill courses 30%

Gates (specific) 27%

Duals 2%

Starts 2%

Free skiing & park 15%

100%

Physical Training summary

Proprioception (balance) 11%

Pillar prep. 12%

Pillar strength 21%

Movement - ABC's 15%

Strength - general / func. 8%

Strength - Endurance 7%

Strength - Power 9%

Anaer. Alactic (speed work)

Max. power

Recovery - regeneration 12%

Yoga 0%

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SL stubbies / brushes

SL panels

SL gates

GS brushes

GS gates

SG brushes

SG gates

0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%

Drills

Technical free skiing

Drill courses

Gates (specific)

Duals

Starts

Free skiing & park

Proprioception (balance)

Pillar prep.

Pillar strength

Movement - ABC's

Strength - general / func.

Strength - Endurance

Strength - Power

Anaer. Alactic (speed work)

Max. power

Recovery - regeneration

Yoga

Kick boxing

Ice hockey

Training Statistics Gates – On Snow – Physical Training

4 free ski sessions •2x big spring powder days at Nakiska + a massive couple of days in Whistler

8 Super G sessions •1824 gates •4 time trials

14 GS sessions •416 brushes •3360 gates •6 time trials

16 slalom sessions •1232 brushes & stubbies •7640 gates •7 time trials

Terrain summary

Flat 30%

Rolly flat 4%

Medium 29%

Rolly medium 7%

Steep 20%

Rolly steep 7%

Other 3%

100%

Snow summary

Injected 0%

Icy 24%

Grippy (hard) 34%

Soft 24%

Powder 16%

Slush / wet 2%

100%

Weather summary

Snowing 18%

Overcast (flat) 19%

Sun & cloud 36%

Sunny 24%

Foggy 3%

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

Flat Rolly flat Medium Rollymedium

Steep Rolly steep Other

0%

5%

10%

15%

20%

25%

30%

35%

Injected Icy Grippy (hard) Soft Powder Slush / wet

Snowing 18%

Overcast (flat) 19%

Sun & cloud 36%

Sunny 24%

Foggy 3%

Training Statistics Terrain – Snow – Weather conditions


TRAINING DETAILS

D CW

Session 1 Pillar preparation

Movement preparation

Session 2 Main training segment

Session 3 Main training segment

Session 4 Physical Training &

Regeneration

Session 5 Regeneration (PT) LOCATION

Mar-12 Sunday 11 Rest Canmore

Mar-12 Monday 12 Pillar - movement prep. SL - dri l l s SL - dri l l s Pillar strength Regen. ESD - flex. Nakiska

Mar-12 Tuesday 13 Pillar - movement prep. SL - dri l l s SL - dri l l s Boxing Regen. ESD - flex. Nakiska

Mar-12 Wednesday 14 Pillar - movement prep. SL - dri l l courses SL - dri l l courses Pillar strength Regen. - flex Nakiska

Mar-12 Thursday 15 Pillar - movement prep. SL - dri l l courses SL - dri l l courses ESD - balance Regen. ESD - flex. Nakiska

Mar-12 Friday 16 Pillar - movement prep. SL - dual s la lom SL - night time tria ls Paintball Regen. ESD - flex. Nakiska

Mar-12 Saturday 17 Rest Rest Rest Rest Rest Canmore

Mar-12 Sunday 18 Pillar - movement prep. Rest GS - dri l l s Pillar strength Regen. ESD - flex. Nakiska

Mar-12 Monday 19 Pillar - movement prep. SG - gl iding GS - dri l l s Agility & coord. Regen. ESD - flex. Nakiska

Mar-12 Tuesday 20 Pillar - movement prep. SG - gl iding GS - dri l l s ESD - balance Regen. - flex Nakiska

Mar-12 Wednesday 21 Pillar - movement prep. SG - gates GS - dri l l courses Starts Regen. ESD - flex. Nakiska Can Am Games - Panorama

Mar-12 Thursday 22 Pillar - movement prep. GS - gates GS - gates Pillar strength Regen. ESD - flex. Nakiska Can Am Games - Panorama

Mar-12 Friday 23 Pillar - movement prep. GS - gates GS - gates Jumps (plyos) Regen. ESD - flex. Nakiska Can Am Games - Panorama

Mar-12 Saturday 24 Rest Rest Rest Rest Rest Canmore Can Am Games - Panorama

Mar-12 Sunday 25 Pillar - movement prep. Rest Boxing GS - dri l l s Reg. sess.-movement Nakiska

Mar-12 Monday 26 Pillar - movement prep. SG - gates GS - gates Starts - GS ES 1 - balance Nakiska

Mar-12 Tuesday 27 Pillar - movement prep. SG - gates GS - gates Pillar strength Regen. ESD - flex. Nakiska

Mar-12 Wednesday 28 Pillar - movement prep. SG - gates GS - gates ESD - balance Regen. - flex Nakiska

Mar-12 Thursday 29 Pillar - movement prep. SL - gates SL - gates Pillar strength Regen. ESD - flex. Nakiska

Mar-12 Friday 30 Pillar - movement prep. SL - gates SL - gates Jumps Regen. ESD - flex. Nakiska

Mar-12 Saturday 31 Rest Rest Regen. Pool session - movement Rest Canmore

Apr-12 Sunday 1 Pillar - movement prep. Travel - fly from Calgary to Vancouver - bus VAN to Whistler Whistler

Apr-12 Monday 2 Pillar - movement prep. SG - gates (race piste) Free ski - explore Paintball Whistler

Apr-12 Tuesday 3 Pillar - movement prep. GS - gates (race piste) Free ski - explore Pillar strength Whistler

Apr-12 Wednesday 4 Whistler Nations Cup dinner

Apr-12 Thursday 5 Pillar - movement prep. Train (disc. Tbc) Regen. Pool session - movement Regen. - balance Whistler Nations Cup - all meals

Apr-12 Friday 6 Pillar - movement prep. Regen. - pil lar (core) Whistler Nations Cup - all meals

Apr-12 Saturday 7 Pillar - movement prep. Regen. - balance Whistler Nations Cup - all meals

Apr-12 Sunday 8 Pillar - movement prep. Regen. - pil lar (core) Whistler Nations Cup - all meals

Apr-12 Monday 9 Whistler

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Whistler Cup

K1 - SL, GS & KK / K2 - SL, GS & SG

Travel

COMMENTS Year, month, day

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Rest - Explore Whistler

Training Schedule – March 11 to April 9


Whistler Cup parade

WHISTLER CUP 2012

THE RACES


On April 1st 2012, the members of the Australian Children’s plus a few invitees came together in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada to complete in the 20th annual Whistler Cup (one of 12 FIS Children’s races on the calendar for 2012-13). All together there were 18 athletes attending and 1 athlete (Annie Hough) who could not make the journey due to injury the previous week (check out page 3 for a complete list of attending athletes & staff)

Plan A – train Monday – Tuesday, rest Wednesday, train Thursday, then race Friday to Sunday.

Objectives for our training time in Whistler • Nurture team dynamic • Become familiar w. race pistes &

surrounds • Become familiar w. Whistler snow • High quality / high intensity training

Plan B Heavy snowfall (43cm overnight w. another 16cm’s through the day) changed the plans a little and the team an amazing opportunity to explore one of the best mountains in the world (definitely one of the best days of the season…super deep). Wednesday saw the clouds breaking and the snow stop and allowed the K2’s some train on the SG track, while the K1’s trained GS – everyone came together Wednesday afternoon to finish off with an SL session. Thursday was a day off for most (some were on individual plans based on sickness and injury earlier in the week), allowing them to catch up on homework and prepare for the busy block of racing ahead.

9 days in Whistler…

Sunday – arrive in Whistler Monday – train GS / GS drills Tuesday – powder skiing…deep! Wednesday – SG / SL (GS / SL K1’s) Thursday – rest for most / controlled SG freeski for Nick and Lexxy - SL training for Georgia W Friday – K1 Kombi race / K2 SG Saturday – women’s GS / men’s SL Sunday – women’s SL / men’s GS Monday – travel


Friday morning started with an amazing sunrise as we ascended into the alpine on the gondola, giving some of the best views Whistler has to offer. By time the K2 girls were on course for the SG, the light on the track was perfect, the snow was rock solid…about as good as it gets. Solid skiing from the girls. When the K2 men descended down the track, it was still in amazing condition, no grooves or ruts to speak of. Oliver Thompson came across the finish line in a time of 1’00.70, which would end up being the fasted time of the day. This historic win marked Australia’s first Gold medal at the Whistler Cup, and created an enormous feeling of pride in the entire team. Zac Kelly was not far behind with a time of 1’02.08, landing him in 6th. The race series was off to a great start.

The K1’s were racing on the upper portion of the Dave Murray Downhill (the Olympic DH & SG run). ‘The Dave’ saw softer snow conditions, but thanks to amazing help from the Weasel Works (a dedicated (& somewhat notorious) volunteer group based out of Whistler), the race ran smooth and gave all athletes a fair race. Solid skiing from the K1’s – this was the first international race for all five of them…fair to say that there were some nervousness amongst the group…solid skiing overall gave them a confidence boost to start attacking day 2.

Day 1 – K1 Kombi & K2 Super G The annual parade was a huge hit, with the Canadian team making their entrance on a 1950’s circa fire truck with Canadian Alpine team members Robbie Dixon, Manny Osbourne-Paradis, Mike Janyk and Erin Mielynski. Being the 20th anniversary, the ROC brought in a special guest Tina Maze (Slovenian World Cupper – 2nd in the overall standings this year, - she won all three races in her 2nd year K2 in Whistler). She was inspirational to all, and encouraged everyone to keep fighting to be the best.


Oliver Thompson (men’s Super G winner)

proudly waving the Australian flag whilst the Australian national anthem is being played


Day 2 brought more sunshine, and great racing conditions again, with the women racing GS & the men SL. Women’s GS Maddi Hoffman finished ripped a clean run to secure 7th place, with Lucy Neill tying for 12th – very solid from both girls (watch this space…loads of talent w. both) The fastest K2 AUS girl was Lily Newton-Brown coming in 16th, with some good moments Phoebe (ripping in sections), Zoe, Sarah, Lexxy and Louisa. NB: Eliza Honan sat out the GS to prepare for Sunday’s SL, as part of her return to play coming back from an injury. Men’s SL Ned, Alex and Billy skied solid in the 1st run, but a few costly mistakes took their toll. 2nd run proved to consistent for all 3 lads…particularly for Ned who ripped in pretty tough track conditions. Pretty tough day in the office for the boys, all but Zac came out in the first run. This didn’t phase Zac, who skied into a rock solid 6th for the second time in 2 days…very good skiing.

Day 2 – Women’s GS & Men’s SL

Inspection – women’s GS


The sun was out again for day 3 (not super common for Whistler at the best of times…we were loving it). Women’s SL Maddi Hoffman was super consistent in both runs, wrapping up the day in 5th (we think that Maddi had another gear, but this was solid, particularly for a 1st year). More good skiing from Lucy Neill winding up 25th. The K2 women were ready to charge, and perhaps not quite as consistent as the K1’s as a team. Pheobe Wood went out in run 1 (slaying it until she came out), great sections from Lexxy, consistent skiing from Lexxy, stable skiing from Georgia and Zoe. Eliza DSQ – 1, solid skiing, but a straddle took her out play for run 2. Louisa was solid 1st run, although was unable to participate in the 2nd run. more consistent skiing from Lily ending the day in 15th, Sarah Dennis threw down on run 2 (10th fastest run).

Day 3 – Women’s SL & Men’s GS

Men’s GS Perfect track conditions and sunlight were the order of the day for K1’s. Solid from the boys w. Ned, Billy and Alex skiing clean runs. Good skiing from the lads – although lacking risk, good skiing certainly worthy of a pat on the back for a job well done. Good opening leg for the K2 men with all but Zac (skied out mid course run 1) and Philip (the victim of a bit of a cranky left footer 3 gates from the finish). Harrison and Oli skied into the top 30 and were prepared to take advantage of good track conditions for 2nd run. Nick had a few misadventures run 1 meaning that he would start a little further back. Oli was sitting .84 out in 3rd after run 1, but skied a little (a lot) too conservatively in run 2 getting bumped back to 7th – Harrison Coull rock solid in the 2nd leg wrapping up in the 23rd – more consistent skiing from Nick for run 2 moved him up a few spots- overall not quite the day that we had hoped for in GS, but not so bad.


K1 women & men - results summary Kombi GS SL Neill, Lucy 31st 12th 25th Hoffman, Maddi 13th 7th 5th Neill, Ned 67th 38th 39th Percy, Alex 75th DSQ – 2 90th Spanos, Billy 73rd 57th 58th Results

Madi Hoffman – C1 women’s GS


K2 women – results summary SG GS SL Brial, Lexxy 42nd 56th 55th Davies, Louisa DNF 1 DNF 1 DNS 2 Dennis, Sarah 29th 34th 17th Newton Brown, Lily 16th 16th 15th Honan, Eliza DNS DNS DSQ -1 Spanos, Zoe 40th 61st 29th Wood, Georgia DNS DNS 38th Wood, Phoebe 34th 54th DNF 1

Zoe Spanos – C2 women’s GS


K2 results summary – men SG GS SL Biggins, Nick 55th 56th DNF 1 Chen, Philip 58th DNF 1 DNF 1 Coull, Harrison 35th 23rd DNF 1 Kelly, Zac 6th DNF 1 6th Thompson, Oliver 1st 7th DNF 1 Results


•20x countries •AUS 5th in the Nations Cup standings

• 75x C1 women • 87x C2 women • 101x C1 men • 96x C2 men

•1x win – first AUS win at Whistler •1x top 5 •3x top 10 •4x top 15 •4x top 20 •5x top 30 •

Results Summary Whistler Cup Project 2012

Zac Kelly 76h men’s K2 SG & SL

Oliver Thompson Men’s Super G winner


GALLERY Highlights from training & racing


Sarah Dennis SL warm up

Oliver Thompson GS training

Morning Pillar Prep IR Gym – Canmore

Lexxy Brial K2 Women’s GS – Whistler Cup

Whistler Cup Project Report – April 2012 Louisa Davies – SG training

Oliver Thompson – physical training

Annie Hough – GS training


Van pushing…physical training Phoebe Wood, Lexxy Brial, Lucy Neill, Louisa Davies, Lily Newton Brown, Sarah Dennis


Van pushing…physical training Phoebe Wood, Lexxy Brial, Lucy Neill, Louisa Davies, Lily Newton Brown, Sarah Dennis River recovery

River recovery…it’s not so cold

The tail end of a speed-power session

A few jumps at the end of a speed-power session


Lily Newton Brown - women’s GS

Inspection – women’s GS

Lucy Neill - women’s GS

Phoebe Wood- women’s GS

Ned Neill – men’s slalom


Old school… Lou Davies Shaw TV interviewing Super G winner

Oliver Thompson after the race

Powder stack… Eliza Honan


Van pushing…physical training Phoebe Wood, Lexxy Brial, Lucy Neill, Louisa Davies, Lily Newton Brown, Sarah Dennis

Above From left – Jeff, Harrison Coull, Oliver Thompson, Zac Kelly, Nick Biggins & Philip Chen

Sarah Dennis going deep in Nakiska powder


Thank you… • Whistler Mountain Ski Club for another great race (this was

the 20th annual Whistler Cup) • Fiona and Graeme Dennis for the very cool ski straps • Jan Derpak for the sports psychology support through the

week – check out Jan’s website on Emma Hoffman for the tasty feed on Tuesday evening

• www.performancepathways.ca

• To the parents (on the ground & at home) for your support

• To the athletes for their enthusiasm, participation, teamwork and effort

http://www.performancepathways.ca/


TECH TALK – COIL at the panel

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Coiling (back of the shoulder to the panel) for: 1. Level shoulders (lateral balance)

• Grip – Deflection - Power 2. Body on the panel – hip and shoulders on the panel

• Skeletal stability (more available horse power) - aligning the joints against the forces 3. Long outside leg (longer is stronger)

• Linking (ability to adjust radius +/-) – maintain rhythm • Efficiency • Direction

GLIDE Below the gate

ATTACK At the gate – in the fall line

STACK Above the gate

Skier: Oliver Thompson Date: March 3

Location: Nakiska Terrain: moderate

Snow: grippy

Back of the shoulder to the panel

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WHISTLER CUP - SportsTG · 2012-04-12 · Whistler Cup Project Report – April 2012 •23 days on snow •3 race days •20 training days •16 SL sessions (incl. 3x night sessions)