WHISTLER CUP PROJECT 2012 REPORT. Report by IR Professional Staff April 2012

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1 WHISTLER CUP PROJECT 2012 REPORT Report by IR Professional Staff April 2012

Participating athletes 1. Maddi Hoffman (TSRC) C1 2. Annie Hough(TSRC) **- C1 (unable to race due to injury) 3. Lucy Neill (TSRC) C1 4. Ned Neill (TSRC) C1 5. Alex Percy (MBRC) C1 6.

2 Participating athletes 1. Maddi Hoffman (TSRC) C1 2. Annie Hough(TSRC) **- C1 (unable to race due to injury) 3. Lucy Neill (TSRC) C1 4. Ned Neill (TSRC) C1 5. Alex Percy (MBRC) C1 6. Billy Spanos (MHRS) C1 7. Lexxy Brial (MHRS) C2 8. Louisa Davies (MHRS) C2 9. Sarah Dennis (MHRS) C2 10. Eliza Honan (MBRC) C2 11. Lily Newton Brown (FCRC) C2 12. Zoe Spanos (MHRS) C2 13. Phoebe Wood (TSRC) C2 14. Georgia Wood (PWSC) - C2 15. Nick Biggins (MHRS) - C2 16. Philip Chen (MBRC) - C2 17. Harrison Coull (MBRC) C2 18. Zac Kelly (PWSC) C2 19. Oliver Thompson (TSRC) C2 Coaching & Support Staff 1. Brett Smalley Team Captain Head Women s Coach 2. Trent Kaufman Women s Coach S & C Manager 3. Chad Weir Women s Coach 4. Jeff Books Head Men s Coach Athletics Director 5. Zuzanna Smercikova Men s Coach 6. Brett Allan Men s Coach 7. Jennifer Books Multi Mark (ski tech) / Pastoral Care 8. Jan Derpak Sports Psychology

3 The # s 23 days on snow 3 race days 20 training days 16 SL sessions (incl. 3x night sessions) 14 GS sessions 8 SG sessions 4 free ski sessions 19 athletes from 5 clubs 1x from Falls Creek (FCRC) 2x from Perisher (PWSC) 3x from Buller (MBRC) 6x from Thredbo (TSRC) 7x from Hotham (MHRS) 3x C1 women 8x C2 women 3x C1 men 5x C2 men

Training Statistics Gates On Snow Physical Training International Racer Training Statistics Gates summary SL stubbies / brushes 1232 SL panels 728 SL gates 7640 GS brushes 416 GS gates 3360 SG

Proprioception (balance) 11% Pillar prep. 12% Pillar strength 21% Movement - ABC's 15% Strength - general / func. 8% Strength - Endurance 7% Strength - Power 9% Anaer. Alactic (speed work) Max.

free skiing Drills Ice hockey Kick boxing Yoga Recovery - regeneration Max. power Anaer. Alactic (speed work) Strength - Power Strength - Endurance Strength - general / func.

4 Training Statistics Gates On Snow Physical Training International Racer Training Statistics Gates summary SL stubbies / brushes 1232 SL panels 728 SL gates 7640 GS brushes 416 GS gates 3360 SG brushes 0 SG gates Activity summary Drills 20% Technical free skiing 4% Drill courses 30% Gates (specific) 27% Duals 2% Starts 2% Free skiing & park 15% 100% Physical Training summary Proprioception (balance) 11% Pillar prep. 12% Pillar strength 21% Movement - ABC's 15% Strength - general / func. 8% Strength - Endurance 7% Strength - Power 9% Anaer. Alactic (speed work) Max. power Recovery - regeneration 12% Yoga 0% SG gates SG brushes GS gates GS brushes SL gates SL panels SL stubbies / brushes Free skiing & park Starts Duals Gates (specific) Drill courses Technical free skiing Drills Ice hockey Kick boxing Yoga Recovery - regeneration Max. power Anaer. Alactic (speed work) Strength - Power Strength - Endurance Strength - general / func. Movement - ABC's Pillar strength Pillar prep. Proprioception (balance) Gates, Activity Summary, Physical training, weather, terrain and snow summaries (2 pages) % 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 16 slalom sessions 1232 brushes & stubbies 7640 gates 7 time trials 14 GS sessions 416 brushes 3360 gates 6 time trials 8 Super G sessions 1824 gates 4 time trials 4 free ski sessions 2x big spring powder days at Nakiska + a massive couple of days in Whistler

Training Statistics Terrain Snow Weather conditions Terrain summary

20% Rolly steep 7% 15% 10% Other 3% 100% 5% 0% Flat Rolly flat Medium

Grippy (hard) 34% Soft 24% 35% 30% 25% Powder 16% 20% Slush / wet 2%

Weather summary Snowing 18% Overcast (flat) 19% Sun & cloud 36% Foggy

5 Training Statistics Terrain Snow Weather conditions Terrain summary 30% Flat 30% Rolly flat 4% Medium 29% 25% 20% Rolly medium 7% Steep 20% Rolly steep 7% 15% 10% Other 3% 100% 5% 0% Flat Rolly flat Medium Rolly medium Steep Rolly steep Other Snow summary Injected 0% Icy 24% Grippy (hard) 34% Soft 24% 35% 30% 25% Powder 16% 20% Slush / wet 2% 100% 15% 10% 5% 0% Injected Icy Grippy (hard) Soft Powder Slush / wet Weather summary Snowing 18% Overcast (flat) 19% Sun & cloud 36% Foggy 3% Sunny 24% Snowing 18% Sunny 24% Foggy 3% Sun & cloud 36% Overcast (flat) 19%

6 Training Schedule March 11 to April 9 Year, month, day D TRAINING DETAILS Session 1 Pillar preparation Session 2 CW Movement preparation Main training segment Session 3 Main training segment Session 4 Physical Training & Regeneration Session 5 Regeneration (PT) Mar-12 Sunday 11 Rest Canmore Mar-12 Monday 12 Pillar - movement prep. SL - drills SL - drills Pillar strength Regen. ESD - flex. Nakiska Mar-12 Tuesday 13 Pillar - movement prep. SL - drills SL - drills Boxing Regen. ESD - flex. Nakiska Mar-12 Wednesday 14 Pillar - movement prep. SL - drill courses SL - drill courses Pillar strength Regen. - flex Nakiska Mar-12 Thursday Pillar - movement prep. SL - drill courses SL - drill courses ESD - balance Regen. ESD - flex. Nakiska Mar-12 Friday 16 Pillar - movement prep. SL - dual slalom SL - night time trials Paintball Regen. ESD - flex. Nakiska Mar-12 Saturday 17 Rest Rest Rest Rest Rest Canmore Mar-12 Sunday 18 Pillar - movement prep. Rest GS - drills Pillar strength Regen. ESD - flex. Nakiska Mar-12 Monday 19 Pillar - movement prep. SG - gliding GS - drills Agility & coord. Regen. ESD - flex. Nakiska Mar-12 Tuesday 20 Pillar - movement prep. SG - gliding GS - drills ESD - balance Regen. - flex Nakiska LOCATION COMMENTS Mar-12 Wednesday 21 Pillar - movement prep. SG - gates GS - drill courses Starts Regen. ESD - flex. Nakiska Can Am Games - Panorama Mar-12 Thursday Pillar - movement prep. GS - gates GS - gates Pillar strength Regen. ESD - flex. Nakiska Can Am Games - Panorama Mar-12 Friday 23 Pillar - movement prep. GS - gates GS - gates Jumps (plyos) Regen. ESD - flex. Nakiska Can Am Games - Panorama Mar-12 Saturday 24 Rest Rest Rest Rest Rest Canmore Can Am Games - Panorama Mar-12 Sunday 25 Pillar - movement prep. Rest Boxing GS - drills Reg. sess.-movement Nakiska Mar-12 Monday 26 Pillar - movement prep. SG - gates GS - gates Starts - GS ES 1 - balance Nakiska Mar-12 Tuesday 27 Pillar - movement prep. SG - gates GS - gates Pillar strength Regen. ESD - flex. Nakiska Mar-12 Wednesday 28 Pillar - movement prep. SG - gates GS - gates ESD - balance Regen. - flex Nakiska 19 Mar-12 Thursday 29 Pillar - movement prep. SL - gates SL - gates Pillar strength Regen. ESD - flex. Nakiska Mar-12 Friday 30 Pillar - movement prep. SL - gates SL - gates Jumps Regen. ESD - flex. Nakiska Mar-12 Saturday 31 Rest Rest Regen. Pool session - movement Rest Canmore Apr-12 Sunday 1 Pillar - movement prep. Travel - fly from Calgary to Vancouver - bus VAN to Whistler Whistler Apr-12 Monday 2 Pillar - movement prep. SG - gates (race piste) Free ski - explore Paintball Whistler Apr-12 Tuesday 3 Pillar - movement prep. GS - gates (race piste) Free ski - explore Pillar strength Whistler Apr-12 Wednesday 4 Rest - Explore Whistler Whistler Nations Cup dinner Apr-12 Thursday 5 20 Pillar - movement prep. Train (disc. Tbc) Regen. Pool session - movement Regen. - balance Whistler Nations Cup - all meals Apr-12 Friday 6 Pillar - movement prep. Regen. - pillar (core) Whistler Nations Cup - all meals Whistler Cup Apr-12 Saturday 7 Pillar - movement prep. Regen. - balance Whistler Nations Cup - all meals K1 - SL, GS & KK / K2 - SL, GS & SG Apr-12 Sunday 8 Pillar - movement prep. Regen. - pillar (core) Whistler Nations Cup - all meals Apr-12 Monday 9 Travel Whistler

7 WHISTLER CUP 2012 THE RACES Whistler Cup parade

8 9 days in Whistler On April 1 st 2012, the members of the Australian Children s plus a few invitees came together in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada to complete in the 20 th annual Whistler Cup (one of 12 FIS Children s races on the calendar for ). All together there were 18 athletes attending and 1 athlete (Annie Hough) who could not make the journey due to injury the previous week (check out page 3 for a complete list of attending athletes & staff) Plan A train Monday Tuesday, rest Wednesday, train Thursday, then race Friday to Sunday. Objectives for our training time in Whistler Nurture team dynamic Become familiar w. race pistes & surrounds Become familiar w. Whistler snow High quality / high intensity training Plan B Heavy snowfall (43cm overnight w. another 16cm s through the day) changed the plans a little and the team an amazing opportunity to explore one of the best mountains in the world (definitely one of the best days of the season super deep). Wednesday saw the clouds breaking and the snow stop and allowed the K2 s some train on the SG track, while the K1 s trained GS everyone came together Wednesday afternoon to finish off with an SL session. Thursday was a day off for most (some were on individual plans based on sickness and injury earlier in the week), allowing them to catch up on homework and prepare for the busy block of racing ahead. Sunday arrive in Whistler Monday train GS / GS drills Tuesday powder skiing deep! Wednesday SG / SL (GS / SL K1 s) Thursday rest for most / controlled SG freeski for Nick and Lexxy - SL training for Georgia W Friday K1 Kombi race / K2 SG Saturday women s GS / men s SL Sunday women s SL / men s GS Monday travel

9 Day 1 K1 Kombi & K2 Super G Friday morning started with an amazing sunrise as we ascended into the alpine on the gondola, giving some of the best views Whistler has to offer. By time the K2 girls were on course for the SG, the light on the track was perfect, the snow was rock solid about as good as it gets. Solid skiing from the girls. When the K2 men descended down the track, it was still in amazing condition, no grooves or ruts to speak of. Oliver Thompson came across the finish line in a time of , which would end up being the fasted time of the day. This historic win marked Australia s first Gold medal at the Whistler Cup, and created an enormous feeling of pride in the entire team. Zac Kelly was not far behind with a time of , landing him in 6th. The race series was off to a great start. The K1 s were racing on the upper portion of the Dave Murray Downhill (the Olympic DH & SG run). The Dave saw softer snow conditions, but thanks to amazing help from the Weasel Works (a dedicated (& somewhat notorious) volunteer group based out of Whistler), the race ran smooth and gave all athletes a fair race. Solid skiing from the K1 s this was the first international race for all five of them fair to say that there were some nervousness amongst the group solid skiing overall gave them a confidence boost to start attacking day 2. The annual parade was a huge hit, with the Canadian team making their entrance on a 1950 s circa fire truck with Canadian Alpine team members Robbie Dixon, Manny Osbourne-Paradis, Mike Janyk and Erin Mielynski. Being the 20 th anniversary, the ROC brought in a special guest Tina Maze (Slovenian World Cupper 2 nd in the overall standings this year, - she won all three races in her 2 nd year K2 in Whistler). She was inspirational to all, and encouraged everyone to keep fighting to be the best.

10 Oliver Thompson (men s Super G winner) proudly waving the Australian flag whilst the Australian national anthem is being played

11 Day 2 Women s GS & Men s SL Day 2 brought more sunshine, and great racing conditions again, with the women racing GS & the men SL. Women s GS Maddi Hoffman finished ripped a clean run to secure 7 th place, with Lucy Neill tying for 12 th very solid from both girls (watch this space loads of talent w. both) The fastest K2 AUS girl was Lily Newton-Brown coming in 16 th, with some good moments Phoebe (ripping in sections), Zoe, Sarah, Lexxy and Louisa. NB: Eliza Honan sat out the GS to prepare for Sunday s SL, as part of her return to play coming back from an injury. Men s SL Ned, Alex and Billy skied solid in the 1 st run, but a few costly mistakes took their toll. 2 nd run proved to consistent for all 3 lads particularly for Ned who ripped in pretty tough track conditions. Pretty tough day in the office for the boys, all but Zac came out in the first run. This didn t phase Zac, who skied into a rock solid 6 th for the second time in 2 days very good skiing. Inspection women s GS

12 Day 3 Women s SL & Men s GS The sun was out again for day 3 (not super common for Whistler at the best of times we were loving it). Women s SL Maddi Hoffman was super consistent in both runs, wrapping up the day in 5 th (we think that Maddi had another gear, but this was solid, particularly for a 1 st year). More good skiing from Lucy Neill winding up 25 th. The K2 women were ready to charge, and perhaps not quite as consistent as the K1 s as a team. Pheobe Wood went out in run 1 (slaying it until she came out), great sections from Lexxy, consistent skiing from Lexxy, stable skiing from Georgia and Zoe. Eliza DSQ 1, solid skiing, but a straddle took her out play for run 2. Louisa was solid 1 st run, although was unable to participate in the 2 nd run. more consistent skiing from Lily ending the day in 15 th, Sarah Dennis threw down on run 2 (10 th fastest run). Men s GS Perfect track conditions and sunlight were the order of the day for K1 s. Solid from the boys w. Ned, Billy and Alex skiing clean runs. Good skiing from the lads although lacking risk, good skiing certainly worthy of a pat on the back for a job well done. Good opening leg for the K2 men with all but Zac (skied out mid course run 1) and Philip (the victim of a bit of a cranky left footer 3 gates from the finish). Harrison and Oli skied into the top 30 and were prepared to take advantage of good track conditions for 2 nd run. Nick had a few misadventures run 1 meaning that he would start a little further back. Oli was sitting.84 out in 3 rd after run 1, but skied a little (a lot) too conservatively in run 2 getting bumped back to 7 th Harrison Coull rock solid in the 2 nd leg wrapping up in the 23 rd more consistent skiing from Nick for run 2 moved him up a few spotsoverall not quite the day that we had hoped for in GS, but not so bad.

13 Madi Hoffman C1 women s GS K1 women & men - results summary Kombi GS SL Neill, Lucy 31 st 12 th 25 th Hoffman, Maddi 13 th 7 th 5 th Neill, Ned 67 th 38 th 39 th Percy, Alex 75 th DSQ 2 90 th Spanos, Billy 73 rd 57 th 58 th Results

14 Zoe Spanos C2 women s GS K2 women results summary SG GS SL Brial, Lexxy 42 nd 56 th 55 th Davies, Louisa DNF 1 DNF 1 DNS 2 Dennis, Sarah 29 th 34 th 17 th Newton Brown, Lily 16 th 16 th 15 th Honan, Eliza DNS DNS DSQ -1 Spanos, Zoe 40 th 61 st 29 th Wood, Georgia DNS DNS 38 th Wood, Phoebe 34 th 54 th DNF 1

15 K2 results summary men SG GS SL Biggins, Nick 55 th 56 th DNF 1 Chen, Philip 58 th DNF 1 DNF 1 Coull, Harrison 35 th 23 rd DNF 1 Kelly, Zac 6 th DNF 1 6 th Thompson, Oliver 1 st 7 th DNF 1 Results

16 Results Summary x countries AUS 5 th in the Nations Cup standings 75x C1 women 87x C2 women 101x C1 men 96x C2 men 1x win first AUS win at Whistler 1x top 5 3x top 10 4x top 15 4x top 20 5x top 30 Zac Kelly 7 6h men s K2 SG & SL Oliver Thompson Men s Super G winner

17 GALLERY Highlights from training & racing

18 Oliver Thompson GS training Sarah Dennis SL warm up Lexxy Brial K2 Women s GS Whistler Cup Morning Pillar Prep IR Gym Canmore

19 Oliver Thompson physical training Annie Hough GS training Louisa Davies SG training

20 Van pushing physical training Phoebe Wood, Lexxy Brial, Lucy Neill, Louisa Davies, Lily Newton Brown, Sarah Dennis

21 Van River pushing physical recovery training Phoebe Wood, Lexxy Brial, Lucy Neill, Louisa Davies, Lily Newton Brown, Sarah Dennis The tail end of a speed-power session River recovery it s not so cold A few jumps at the end of a speed-power session

22 Phoebe Wood- women s GS Lily Newton Brown - women s GS Ned Neill men s slalom Lucy Neill - women s GS Inspection women s GS

23 Old school Lou Davies Shaw TV interviewing Super G winner Oliver Thompson after the race Powder stack Eliza Honan

From left Jeff, Harrison Coull, Oliver Thompson, Zac Kelly,

24 Van pushing physical training Phoebe Wood, Lexxy Brial, Lucy Neill, Louisa Davies, Lily Newton Brown, Sarah Dennis Above From left Jeff, Harrison Coull, Oliver Thompson, Zac Kelly, Nick Biggins & Philip Chen Sarah Dennis going deep in Nakiska powder

Thank you Whistler Mountain Ski Club for another great race (this was the 20 th annual Whistler Cup) Fiona and Graeme Dennis for the very cool ski straps Jan Derpak for the sports psychology support

25 Thank you Whistler Mountain Ski Club for another great race (this was the 20 th annual Whistler Cup) Fiona and Graeme Dennis for the very cool ski straps Jan Derpak for the sports psychology support through the week check out Jan s website on Emma Hoffman for the tasty feed on Tuesday evening To the parents (on the ground & at home) for your support To the athletes for their enthusiasm, participation, teamwork and effort

TECH TALK COIL at the panel STACK Above the gate 1 Back of the shoulder to the panel ATTACK At the gate in the fall line 2 3 GLIDE Below the gate Coiling (back of the shoulder to the panel) for: 1.

26 TECH TALK COIL at the panel STACK Above the gate 1 Back of the shoulder to the panel ATTACK At the gate in the fall line 2 3 GLIDE Below the gate Coiling (back of the shoulder to the panel) for: 1. Level shoulders (lateral balance) Grip Deflection - Power 2. Body on the panel hip and shoulders on the panel Skeletal stability (more available horse power) - aligning the joints against the forces 3. Long outside leg (longer is stronger) Linking (ability to adjust radius +/-) maintain rhythm Efficiency Direction Skier: Oliver Thompson Date: March 3 Location: Nakiska Terrain: moderate Snow: grippy

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