This is a program for a serious, committed athlete. What we are looking for in our afternoon program athletes is the desire to work hard in an effort to improve and achieve their own personal goals. Being in this program requires a serious commitment to training, in addition to increased attention to school and other off snow activities as the increased training schedule leaves less time for these important commitments. This program is not intended to be a high-pressure, results-oriented program solely intent on post-season results. We are interested in a racer’s total development. This includes everything from maturity and reaching for highly set goals to high performance in skiing and ski racing. This will be accomplished through a formal goal-setting process and a commitment to keeping a supervised training journal with the help of the coaching staff. We are not necessarily looking for just our best racers, we are looking for our most dedicated racers.

There has always been a high interest in participating in BMRC’s afternoon program. For this reason, we have an application process (see below). Due to the interest, and limited space, a good portion of the decision has to be based on an athlete’s racing and training history. In addition, significant weight will be given to a short racer’s essay, where the athlete gets the opportunity to talk about their personal goals and reasons for wanting to be in the afternoon program. There is absolutely no substitute for a highly motivated athlete who is willing to put forth the effort and take from the program everything they possibly can. This is more important than an “exceptional” current level of performance based on the USSA’s ladder system definition for a ski racer’s advancement.

It is very important to understand that the afternoon program will be training on a progression schedule that will be more seasonally vs. weekly focused. The progressions will prepare the athletes for all events and address the skills required for those events. It should be further understood that the afternoon program will not be primarily focused on the race schedule. It is our goal to prepare the athletes with the skills needed to be successful at all events at any time. Event schedules will be taken into account with the planning of progressions and the overall season to best prepare all athletes.

Finally, we’d like to make it known that every single racer in BMRC will receive nothing but our coaching staff’s very best, regardless of when they train. If an athlete is not in the afternoon program, that in no way means he or she will receive less attention from the coaches. All of our athletes receive 100% from the coaches! If you have any questions at all, please feel free to contact Jeff Jenkins (585) 455-8362 , e-mail gravitycoach@gmail.com