13 03, 2016

Lousy First Run, Great Second Run: WHY?!?!

By | March 13th, 2016|Categories: Ski Racing|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

Last week, I introduced a common scenario among ski racers in which, after a great first run, they ski much slower the second run. I explained what caused this sudden drop in performance and how this problem could be solved so you can have as strong a second run as your first run, the outcome [...]

14 01, 2016

5 Things I Hate to See Racers Do in Training

By | January 14th, 2016|Categories: Ski Racing|Tags: , , , , , |0 Comments

I've been in the ski racing world since I was six years old. The first 20 years, I was a racer learning the ups and downs of ski racing the hard way, mostly through trial and error, and sometimes painful failure. That, I can say with 20/20 hindsight and absolute certainty, is no way to [...]