The ALLTRACKS Training Formula
The Most Advanced Ski & Snowboard Training Courses Available
Whatever ALLTRACKS programme you choose, you'll receive the very best ski & snowboard coaching. All your sessions follow one of the methods below to give you a rewarding, engaging & fun experience at Whistler, one of the world's very best resorts.
Your day will typically include a mix of Component, Challenge and Free Range Training giving you a balance between technique, mileage and adventure.
1. Component Training:
When building sound ski or snowboard technique it is critical to start with a strong foundation. Our component training is designed to do just that. Throughout these sessions our team of CSIA & CASI examiners will break your skills down to their lowest common denominator only to build them back again correctly, from the ground up. By the end of your Alltracks experience, strong technical ability will have become second nature as you will master each component of the Alltracks methodology.
Paul G
3. Free Range Training
As the name suggests, these sessions will give you “free range” over some of the best ski & snowboard terrain on earth. Here we will use the power of group dynamics to push our personal limits while we explore the best of what’s hidden deep within the labyrinth of Whistler's unofficial trail map. By the end of your time with Alltracks you will have experienced some of the steepest and deepest lines found anywhere.
Guy H. in Whister Blackcomb. Tony Moser
Guy H. at Whistler Blackcomb
2. Challenge Training
Also referred to as “top down” training, each of our Challenge Training sessions are designed with a particular task in mind. Unlike our Component training, we won’t give you all the answers here. Instead we’ll guide you a little then leave the rest to you, because we know that discovering things for ourselves is a key part of not only acquiring skill, but retaining it. During each session you will be asked to push the limits of technique or performance and occasionally both - either way our Challenge Training will become an extremely rewarding part of your total Alltracks experience.
Phil Tifo Whistler Blackcomb
4. METHODOLOGY CLINICS
For all poeple taking a 4, 5 or 11 week instructor course we also include methodology clinics which provide a decisive breakdown of the Canadian Technical Model. During these training sessions, we will expose you to a series of skiing or snowboarding competencies which will change the way you understand, demonstrate and communicate methodology as endorced by the Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance and the Canadian Association of Snowboard Instructors . "Improvement through understanding" is the guiding principle used throughout these sessions, which we consider critical to the meaningful development of proper technique.
A Typical Day on an Alltracks Course
Although our schedule is not set in stone and we look to take advantage of weather, snow conditions and group dynamics, below outlines a typical day on an ALLTRACKS ski or snowboard course. If you would like to discuss the training schedule in greater detail, please get in touch.
09:20 - 09:30 Daily briefing at Rendezvous on mid mountain. Please note it takes approx 25 minutes on the lifts to reach this point.
09:30 - 10:00 Warm Up Runs
10:00 - 12:00 Component & Challenge Training
12:00 - 12:45 Lunch at one of the day lodges/cafes up on the mountain
12:45 - 15:00 Free Range Training
15:00 - 15:30 Cool down, debrief and final ski/ride runs back to the village
Questions? Contact Paul For More Info
Call me on my Direct Line: +44 (0)1794 388 034
Email me: paul@alltracksacademy.com
Skype me: alltracksacademy
I love to talk snow, so call if you have any questions at all about the different courses, Whistler, accommodation........
