About Us

As a ski racing team, we are devoted to managing a program to allow athletes in the program the opportunity FIRST to POLISH THEIR SKIING SKILLS and to train them to compete in a Recreational Ski Race to the best of their ability. The coach's commitment is to make learning an exciting experience for the race students. They will encourage the athlete to learn from every opportunity and find the positive aspect in their skiing and racing skills. Their focus will be on developing well-rounded skills for levels of skiers beyond the beginner stage, prepare them for the technical and physical demands of ski racing to the best of their ability in a safe and enjoyable recreational ski team setting and encourage a love for skiing.

PHILOSOPHY:

The SWATeam Inc., (Southeastern Wisconsin Alpine Team Racing, Inc.) program is founded on the philosophy that sound ski racing techniques develop from a strong skiing foundation and that the learning process should be a positive and fulfilling experience for the student racer. EARLY emphasizes is placed on LEARNING SKILLS AND FUNDAMENTALS and later emphasis is placed on practicing and testing these.

The SkillsQuest system utilizes a systematic approach with a sequence of techniques or drills that move from one step to the next by introducing them one at a time, which leads to the movements that make up the final product. The athletes practice these skills until each movement becomes a reflex. So, what is SkillsQuest all about? It’s a program in the U.S. Ski Team’s Alpine Training System comprised of specific tasks to address pressure-, edge-, and rotational-control skills at different levels of athlete development. It is divided into 6 phases that consider age, maturity, and experience level in pursuit of long-term athlete development

Southeastern Wisconsin Alpine Team Racing, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit organization formed for charitable and educational purposes to teach amateur athletes in the sport of alpine ski racing.

Ski Racing, like other sports, requires time and patience in learning fundamentals. During the learning process, it should be the goal of all involved to make the learning experience a positive and fulfilling one. The coach’s will direct the team’s focus and energy toward high quality racing experiences for the young racers.

COACHING:

All teams have individual programs coached by certified coaches under the direction of Program Director/Head Coach, George Loomans. SWATeam is the only program where your athlete(s) are assigned to a coach for the whole season due to their age and skiing skills. Individual coaching is a result of our policy, thus creating better athletes in the sport of ski racing.

Because of our system of coaching athletes, we due tend to have a large waitlist of athletes. As athletes move from one group to another and as our athletes move on to college, we will have limited openings in those specific groups. As part of the waitlist process we do schedule tryouts and a skiing skills evaluation to help us determine which group that athlete would best fit into and benefit from. We are limited to the number of athletes we can have on our training hill; therefore, we are limited to the number of athletes on our roster.

As qualified coaches, we feel confident in our ability to give the best possible ski coaching to your athletes, and as coaches, we feel training is entirely our responsibility. Naturally, you will be curious as to your child’s progress and we encourage you to feel free to talk to your child’s coach before and after training should you have any concerns. We encourage the staff to communicate on a regular basis with the parents of the athletes they are responsible to train.

The SWATeam Coaching Staff is geared to training your athletes to compete in a Slalom and Giant Slalom race course. They follow training techniques found in the “SkillsQuest” program of the Alpine Training System [ATS] which is a system designed to assist coaches to motivate and reward athletes in working toward and improving abilities in the key areas of emphasis of the ATS. It is a journey, a quest toward success in ski racing by focusing on skills. It will include activities and competencies for skiing skills, techniques and tactics, conditioning, equipment preparation, performance psychology and racer management.

GOALS:

First of all SWATeam would like to "Thank You" for your interest in enrolling your children to ski, race and compete with SWATeam Racing, Inc. We hope that everyone finds a mutually satisfying experience. We truly value your respect and trust we can continue to earn it in the years to come. Each year, as SWATeam Racing undergoes improvements the quality of skiing gets better and better and we believe our program improves steadily as well. It is our goal to assure that your children look forward to skiing and racing, not only with SWATeam, but for life!

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