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SPAC would like to thank Dr. Smoll for his inspiring talk at tonight’s SPAC parent meeting. Dr. Smoll a leading educator and psychologist at the University of Washington discussed ways that we as parents can help to foster successful, healthy, happy youth athletes through the Mastery Approach to Parenting in Sports. For those of you

Hello SPACers! With Wild Katz coming up this weekend and our Junior racers down at Mount Bachelor getting ready for the SunCup Downhill race, we thought it might be a great time to re-post these great words of wisdom: As you pack your bag, tune your skis, and generally get ready for a big weekend

Well after an amazing weekend at Apple Cup, the Mighty Mites are back to training at Stevens Pass this weekend. The focus this week is on Line and Tactics. Coach Linda has asked that all Mighty Mites watch the video below a couple of times and pay attention to the terms. Athletes should be ready

Jon Nolting, USSA Sports Education Director wrote an amazing piece about what we can do as parents to help our kids get the most out of their races. We thought we’d share the condensed version of “Five Keys to Promoting Superior Performance from their Children on Race Day” as we head into this busy race weekend.

**ATTENTION: U10-U12s TRAINING HOMEWORK** Athletes, please review the video link below (from Deb Armstrong and friends) before training this weekend. Your assignment: please be ready to share with your coach the answer to the following question: How do YOU think about carving? In addition, we are super excited and looking ahead to Apple Cup! This

Hi fabulous SPAC families! I just got this request from our wonderful coach Linda: This season we’ve instituted an ‘official warm-up routine’ and coaches have been teaching/modeling these tasks each week. To help athletes better understand these tasks, we’ve made a short video with Dave skiing through each task. Would it be possible to share

Ski Racer Chaser: 102 The Best Coach to Get Your Kid to the Top Let’s face it– every race parent wants the best for their racer. Ski racing in an expensive sport and the thought of throwing away dollars without a shot of your athlete reaching their potential is unconscionable. While the athlete themselves will

At the upcoming parent meeting and social on Saturday November 11th at 6pm, Dr. Smoll, nationally renowned leader in sports psychology, will be presenting tools that we, as parents, can use to support our athletes. A University of Washington practitioner, researcher and educator, Dr. Smoll has been instrumental in developing the new national standard for sports psychology.

A famous French sculptor, Auguste Rodin, once said…”Nothing is a waste of time if you use the experience wisely.” Apple Cup provides us with the perfect experience for our athletes because they return to training ready to learn about going faster and having a better line. Given our captive audience, our focus the weekend following