Coaches:
Heather Zimmerman
Phone: 381-7723 (cell)
Email: Hzimm32@gmail.com
Joel Hinshaw
Home Phone: 688-4250
Email: joelhinshaw@yahoo.com
Doug Martin
Phone: 749-5801 (cell), 865-0689 (home)
Bob Moore
Phone: 650-0494
Email: bobmoore18@gmail.com
Cost to join the team and Equipment:
High School Fees at $100.00, plus $25 for the team hat. For equipment we recommend you have two sets of skis and poles (i.e., one set of classic and skate), one pair of boots. The school will take care of wax, season pass to Pineland, transportation, and coaching. The team also has rollerskis that athletes can use – please speak with a coach if you would like to use these.
*If there are any families where payment is an issue please know the ski boosters can confidentially help support their child's participation in the program or with the Holiday Camp. Please contact one of the coaches or Mike Salisbury via cell # 207.319.2362, or email at mike@logicalqa.com.
Practice:
Pre-season will start on Tuesday of November 26th, and run to December 21st. All school paperwork must be completed BEFORE this date! Training to be at the high school, unless there is snow, then we will go to Pineland. Saturday practices will be at Pineland (we will meet at the center).
Weekly schedule:
Monday – day off
Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, Saturday – team practice
Thursday, Sunday – training on your own
Saturday practices are mandatory and we expect skiers to attend. If your family travels on the weekend, then you and your parents must speak with a coach to make acceptable arrangements. We want to maximize our ski time this year, so once snow falls the team will travel to open trails on Saturday (within 2 hours drive) – please be prepared for this.
Every skier is allowed 3 unexcused absences – beyond this the skier will be cut from the team. This rule will be enforced more strictly than it has been in the past. To have an excused absence the athlete must get in touch with the coach at least 24hours before practice.
Practices do not occur every day. Therefore, you must be focused and dedicated enough to practice on your own when you are given a workout to do at home. Coaches will provide training plans for all individual practices (including Sundays and holidays), you are expected to complete these workouts. Get together with other teammates to make the training more fun.
To achieve certain goals you must do more than just the team workouts!
Goals:
Each skier will make both personal and team goals. These goals are intrinsic to the team’s success. Skiers’ goals are to be turned in by the end of practice Tuesday, 26 November (or can be emailed to Joel and Heather before then).
- Goals:
- Individual
- Preseason: 2 fitness goals (can be cardiovascular or strength), 1 classic technique goal, and 1 skate technique goal
- Race Season: 2 performance goals, 2 classic technique goals, 2 skate technique goals, and 1 mental goal
- Team
- 2 team-building goals
- 1 male/female team performance goal, 2 whole team performance goals
Skiers will meet with coaches throughout the season, to measure the progress made towards these goals.
The Season:
This will start on Saturday, January 4th. Training is at Pineland. The team will catch the bus from the high school at 2:30 pm and returning to the high school by 5:15 pm. Except for the days we race. All skiers must travel to races on the bus! We will be looking for volunteers to help with practice and to ride the bus. See Racing Schedule on page 2.
Waxing Clinic and pot luck dinner:
This will happen on Tuesday December 10th, or 11th or 12th at 6 pm, and will be in the high school cafeteria. It will be put on by Roger Knight. The parents and athletes are to supply the food and drink. We will need volunteers.
Roger Knight from Boulder Nordic Sport East will be performing a Waxing 101 clinic for the Freeport ski team. Roger is a native Mainer who grew up in Farmington, raced at UNH collegiately, and later went on to be a wax technician with Swix and the US Ski Team at various times. He also was the head of Racing Service for Swix in the US and Product Manager for five years. He has waxed at World Championships and the Olympics multiple times.
Currently Roger operates BNS East in Portland, which is the largest Nordic only shop in the US when combined with its partner store in Colorado. BNS is the US importer for SkiGo, Holmenkol, Guru, Magnar, Innovax, and Gallium waxes and provides year round team pricing to all local schools.
Holiday Camp:
This year’s Holiday Camp will be in the Jackson, NH area. We will be staying at the Isaac Merrill House in North Conway, and skiing at the Jackson Touring Center. We will be leaving at 10 am from the High School on December 26th, and returning on December 28th arriving back in Freeport by 6 pm. Total cost for each skier will be around $120, which will include all costs. This is a great opportunity and we had a wonderful time last year, please contact the coaches with any questions.
States:
This will be the week of February break and we take the top 6 skiers for each event plus up to 2 alternates. The tentative location is Sugarloaf – this will be confirmed soon.
Communication:
We will be using the Freeport High School Nordic Ski Team blog for the majority of communication this year. Because everyone is busy, getting updates over the phone or through email can be a cumbersome task. Therefore, all information (including practice schedules, location, and race information will always be listed on the blog (http://freeporthighschoolnordic.blogspot.com/). Please check this blog frequently!
That said, all parents and skiers need to provide email addresses and cell phone numbers to ensure good communication between coaches, skiers, parents and Ski Boosters. Please send your email contact information to Michelle Bosse, eganbosse@gmail.com , Ski Boosters Communication Coordinator.
Race Schedule
(http://www.mainehighschoolskiing.com ) This is the website for race information, clinics, and ski swaps.
Western Maine Conference
2014 Nordic Race Schedule - Preliminary
Date
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Location
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Host(s)
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Distance / Technique
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Saturday, January 4th 2014
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Telstar H.S., Bethel
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Telstar
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5k Skate - relay
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Wednesday, January 8th 2014
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Twin Brook
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Greely & Portland
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5km Skate
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Saturday, January 11th 2014
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Leavitt H.S. Turner
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Leavitt
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5km Classic
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5k Skate
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Wednesday, January 15th 2014
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Pineland
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Merriconeag & NYA
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5km Classic
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Monday, January 20th 2014
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Stark's Hill
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Fryeburg
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4k Skate - Relay
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(Martin Luther King Holiday)
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Saturday, January 25th 2014
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Black Mountain
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Chisholm Ski Club
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Sassi - 5k Classic (J2 qualifier)
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Wednesday, January 29th 2014
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Wednesday, February 5th 2014
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WMCC - Libby Hill
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Fryeburg
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5km Skate
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Saturday, February 08th 2014
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WMCC – Stark’s Hill
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Fryeburg
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5km Classic
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*Sunday, March 2nd 2014
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Eastern High School Qualifier
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Pursuit – 5km Classic & 5km Skate
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