More than 130 sport leaders committed to making Canada a long-term world leader in alpine ski racing will meet in two weeks to focus on improving performance at all competition levels.
Alpine Canada Alpin said the 2008 Sommet ACA Summit brings together coaches, administrators, officials and others leaders to share information, advance development programs and access the most advanced expertise as Canada pursues the goal of attaining and sustaining world leadership in their sport.
“The Sommet ACA Summit is critical to ensure that the latest information and teaching techniques are filtering throughout the Canadian coaching system at all levels. Events like this help to develop a team atmosphere among all stakeholders in Canadian ski racing, which is important as we now reach a critical stage in pursuit of the goal of being the best in the world by 2010,” Alpine Canada Alpin Chief Executive Officer Ken Read said.
The three-day event, taking place May 5th to 7th in Calgary, AB, is a joint-initiative between Alpine Canada Alpin and the Canadian Ski Coaches Federation.
It will be highlighted by a presentation from Patrck Riml, the new Director of Canada’s Ladies Alpine Ski Team, who recently left the highly successful American Ladies team to join Alpine Canada Alpin.
The innovative AIM2WIN, a ground-breaking new long-term skier development guide to improve performance at the local level will also be publicly released for the first time. Prepared by ACA coaching experts, it is a key tool for building sustainable, highly successful long-term racing programs across the country.
The Sommet ACA Summit will also include a special round-table on race quality with leading officials, coaches, provincial and national sport administrators as well as an update and educational session on international rules from FIS experts.
Other topics on the agenda include the physical development of young ski racers, training and recovery, the science of strength training and prevention of ACL injuries.
“High performance programs at the club level are becoming more sophisticated each year and this event is one of the reasons for that. The Canadian Ski Coaches Federation is committed to ensuring the tools to improve ski racing in Canada are available at all levels of coaching,” CSCF Managing Director Peter Goodman said.
