WIN RACES WITH BETTER START TECHNIQUE: March 22, 2026. Back in the late 1970s, when I was a teenager competing on the NorAm circuit looking for every possible hundredth of a second, one of my coaches said, “You can lose up to two seconds just at the start.” “Not me,” I thought. With all of […]

MORE THAN CARVING: September 14, 2025. In skiing, and particularly in racing, the carved turn is the fastest turn, but what’s a carved turn, exactly? A true carved turn leaves parallel clean lines in the snow, one line from each ski. How you apply pressure to the outside ski as you roll it on edge […]

PLUS WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A COACH AND TRAINING PROGRAM: August 23, 2025. Ski racing is a sport for life! This is my long-time motto and the basis of my coaching philosophy. My overarching goal is to create a positive, supportive athletic environment, both on and off the ski slopes, that promotes a lifelong […]

PLUS, HOW TO KNOW IF YOU ARE OVER-TRAINING: August 11, 2025. When you get in a starting gate, only you can make your run go well. To do that, you need to gauge what your training needs are, so that when it’s go-time, you perform your best. This includes whether you should get on snow […]

IMPROVING QUICKNESS, COORDINATION, AND FLEXIBILITY: July 7, 2025. Getting in shape for skiing, and especially ski racing as a masters athlete, is an annual cycle of periodic training, meaning concentrating on certain areas of fitness at certain times of the year. It starts each spring by laying a foundation of endurance and stamina, followed by […]

BUILDING STRENGTH, POWER, ENDURANCE, STAMINA: June 19, 2025. One of the most common questions I’m asked is “how should I get in shape for ski season?” Let’s start by saying attention to physical conditioning is not only an off-season endeavor. If you work hard throughout the summer and fall to get in shape for winter, […]