🏠 Hometown: Les Deux Alpes, France
⛷️ Years Coaching: 8 years
🎖️ Licenses/Certs: DL Certified
👤 Currently Coaching: Head Coach of the Vancouver Ski Team (U19)
🔎Coaching Experience: U12 to FIS
☃️ First stepped on snow: 18 months
✍🏽 Phrases of guidance: Coaches, don’t take performance (good or bad, but especially bad) personally.
Athletes, hard work always pays off.
It’s spring! That means less snow, more dryland…until we get back on snow. This week’s article by Dr. Stacy Sims is about resistance training, and its impact on all aspects of health, particularly female health. Read on…
🏠 Hometown: Miramichi, New Brunswick
⛷️ Years coaching: 25+ years
🎖️ Licenses/Certs: CSIA Level 3, ACA PL Certified, ACA EL/DL Coach Developer
👤 Currently coaching U14 with Wentworth Ski Race Club in Nova Scotia.
🔎Coaching Experience: All club age levels and attended many national events.
☃️ First stepped on snow: At age 9
✍🏽 Phrase of guidance: Always remember that how you make someone feel stays with them far longer than the skill or drill [you teach them], or the event that you participate in.
Sun Peaks Resort will once again host the Girls Fast Forward (GFF) Mega Camp this coming April 17-20. BC Alpine (@bcalpine) says an all-star cast of coaches and athletes will gather for three packed days of on-snow ski training, strength and conditioning training, connection, a female health workshops, and athlete panels.
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Our chosen article by Dr. Stacy Sims this week dives into how women can still achieve great results (and wins) despite managing PMS symptoms. Let us know what you think on social @alpinewomensport!
https://www.drstacysims.com/blog/training-and-racing-through-pms
Anyone who showed up for the Women’s NorAm Cup this past February 24-26 at Devil’s Glen and Georgian Peaks got a preview of the future of our sport in more ways than one. Not only did athletes show their potential when they tackled the GS and slalom courses, but Alpine Ontario also took the opportunity to foster community and mentorship with its Women in Coaching Initiative. Read the full inspiring story here.
(Photo credits: Alpine Ontario.)
Ever wondered the difference between the impacts of saunas and cold plunges? This month’s article by Dr. Stacy Sims focuses on how various environments can inhibit or encourage physical development.
Check it out here: https://www.drstacysims.com/blog/Cold%20Plunge%20or%20Sweltering%20Sauna
Part 2 of “The Coaching Life: Surviving or Thriving?” with Heather Cribbin delved deep into the WHY behind well-being.
✏️ Setting Boundaries: Explore the power of personal boundaries—saying No, seeking help, and fostering connections across physical, social, and emotional realms. Prioritize yourself to better serve others.
✏️ Values & Well-being: Uncover the significance of knowing your values—the principles impacting your behaviour and guiding how you live and work.
✏️ What Fuels You?: Insights from December’s questionnaire reveal the passion coaches and athletes share for the sport, personal connections, and daily wins.
✏️ The Wheel of Life: Navigating the Human Function Curve and breaking free from the Cycle of Burnout. Rediscover balance and purpose in your coaching journey.
✏️ Time Management: Understand that energy is renewable, but time is not. Explore how effective energy management acts as a crucial boundary.
The key takeaway? Well-being for coaches and athletes revolves around successfully implementing boundaries. Let’s prioritize ourselves, foster connections, and thrive together!
Join us for Part 2 of our AWiS webinar series, “The Coaching Life: Surviving or Thriving?” on Jan 22. This session will focus on « Setting Boundaries & Other Strategies to Support Well-being. »
Speaker, Heather Cribbin will share specific tools to help you set boundaries as an alpine ski racing coach. She’ll also explore trending well-being concepts, the Wheel of Life, coach burnout, the role of boundaries, values, time management, and emotional intelligence. Don’t miss this coaching wisdom!
Use this link to register and get ACA credits:
#AWiS #HeatherCribbin #CoachingLife #WellBeingWebinar
On December 11, AWiS will launch its 2023/24 webinar series, “The Coaching Life: Surviving or Thriving?” Mental Performance Coach, Heather Cribbin will be the guide for the series, helping us engage our coaching community and lay the groundwork for open and mindful exchanges, starting with “Connection, Community, and Coaching: A Conversation with Heather Cribbin.”
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