autumn 2016 ussa.org/masters Do you know: USSA • You can get up to ½ point towards the 1 point needed to keep your certification COACHES current by racing in Masters races! • Coaches can add a Masters membership at no cost just by contacting USSA membership. For recertification credit just submit copy of results to
[email protected]. Coaching Masters/Adults tactical skills of these Masters for both the helping them to find the speed needed on Valle Nevado, Chile The terrain, firm snow conditions and weather upcoming 2017 season and get them race- race day to climb the podium. make springtime in Valle Nevado one of the ready, by the end of camp, for the 2016 We sat down with these elite-level world’s best pre-season training venues, at - South American FIS Championships held coaches after the camp and races to ask tracting World Cup teams and top junior race in Valle Nevado and La Parva Sept. 15 –17. them to evaluate their experience with programs from around the globe. Making the It is within this spectacular setting in Masters racers. They offered some interest - long trek to Chile once again this past Septem - the Andes and near-perfect training envi - ing observations along with very specific ber, were 38 Masters racers from North Amer - ronment that these six coaches—three of recommendations. —D. Brennan ica and Europe, accompanied by eight whom had never coached Masters before— coaches—among them, three recent World performed their magic: transforming medi - Interview begins on page 4… Cup, National Team and Olympic contenders.