District 196 Community Education

Designed to provide skiers with the opportunity to further develop their ski technique and conditioning through a variety of roller ski focused workouts. Weekly sessions will include one easy long distance ski; one technique day; and an additional day focused on intervals and/or strength work on roller skis.

Athletes will need to have access to the following equipment in order to participate:

1) Roller skis (If an athlete does not own their own roller skis they can be rented through the District 196 Nordic Ski Booster club for $50 for the summer)

2) Nordic ski boots suitable for skate/freestyle skiing

3) Nordic ski poles (sized for freestyle/skate skiing) with roller ski tips

4) Bicycle helmet

5) Optional: Nordic ski gloves suitable for roller skiing

• Tuesdays: Meet at Falcon Ridge Middle School. Athletes will do plyos, strength and balance in the grass, technique drills (often at Eastview High School (EVHS) lot), and agility work. Specific strength on skis, like double pole or no pole skate.
• Fridays: Meet at Ridge Cliff park across from the Covington neighborhood. Athletes will do intervals. Intervals will be in the Covington loop, occasionally up the Johnny Cake Hill for skiers proficient in downhills.
• Sundays: Meet at various locations around the lower Twin Cities (ie Hyland, Wirth Beach, Rose Park in Burnsville, Orchard Lake Beach in Lakeville) for a long ski. Goal is 2 hours, but NEW THIS YEAR there will also be an option for newer/slower skiers to participate and do a shorter loop or stay and work on technique. Coach Abe will attend that day.