GROMLINS!

Competition Development program for AGES 6-10

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Our competition development program, Gromlins, introduces young athletes, ages 6-10, to all facets of competitive skiing. Gromlins seeks to develop solid fundamental skills while exposing participants to basic competitive tactics found in Alpine Racing, Freestyle, Park and Freeride skiing. By providing a supportive team structure athletes learn to safely explore the mountain, make new friends and find out what type of skiing they are most passionate about. In two week blocks we will focus on learning techniques of alpine racing, freestyle skiing, park and pipe, and freeride. To ensure understanding and create excitement for the more competitive aspects of the sport, we will be holding at least three internal races for our Gromlins Teams. Each race will be coordinated with the associated team and older team members will be available to help guide, mentor and inspire our Gromlins. We keep groups at a maximum of 5:1 athlete to coach ratio for maximum engagement and ease of lift loading. 

Depending on the weather our training schedule will look like this:

Week 1 Introduction

Week 2-3 Alpine Race Focus with a Gromlins race on week 3

Week 4-5 Park and Pipe Focus with a showing of those new skills on week 5

Week 6-7 Freestyle Focus with a Gromlins competition on week 7

Week 8-9 Freeride Focus with a Gromlins competition on week 9

Week 10 End of the year celebration.

This program will run a total of 10 Saturdays from 9:30am to 2:30pm and 8 nights at either Chapman Hill or Hesperus Ski Area.

Ability Requirements:

Athletes must be able to ski blue runs confidently in a parallel turn and load/unload lift without assistance.   Two years of ski school experience recommended prior to joining.  

The revised 2022-2023 Gromlins Team Handbook and Coach Contacts will be released soon for review.