SWAT CLUB TEAM

The SWAT Club Team competes in a recreational level league that is comprised of 6 teams/clubs from the Southeastern Wisconsin area. Each team hosts a race at their home ski hill on a Saturday (or the occasional Sunday) beginning the 1st weekend in January which athletes from all the clubs compete in. This recreational team offers children an excellent opportunity to improve their skiing skills, in addition to experiencing the excitement and team spirit that comes from ski racing competitions. The goal of these competitions is "to provide an enjoyable club experience for the racers and families, while providing the best skiing/racing experience and athletic growth opportunity possible."

Athletes are required to participate in two (2) training sessions per week. New athletes should plan to attend all practice sessions during the month of December.

Parent participation in the program is essential. No athlete under the age of 16 may be left alone without a parent/guardian on the premises where the practice or scheduled event is being held; i.e., Alpine Valley Resort and the ski areas where the races are held - NO EXCEPTIONS. Parents are responsible for all travel to practices and race events. Parents are required to work 1 away race as a Gate Judge. For our home race at Alpine Valley all families need to provide a worker for the positions needing help.

U-14 to U-18 Training:

All athletes must be able to proficiently and comfortably ski all runs at Alpine Valley Resort.
Athletes in these age groups, while still focusing on proper fundamental skiing techniques, begin to focus more specifically on racing techniques.
Athletes will train in Slalom (SL) and Giant Slalom (GS).
Athlete progression is achieved through technical drills and running training courses.
These groups will have a more structured goals, physical conditioning planning and season planning.
Athletes will receive video analysis of practices and races, when time permits.

U12 - U18 Competition Races:

Class 1-4 athletes race format for the season will be divided as follows: 3 Giant Slalom courses and 3 Slalom courses. The competitions offer challenging, but safe competition. At each race each competitor will take 2 runs per race.

Clubs and ski hills hosting races for local competitions are:

SWATeam: Alpine Valley Resort, East Troy, WI
Parks Race Team: Sunburst Ski Area - Kewaskum, WI.
Ausblick Race Team: Ausblick Ski Area [Private hill] Sussex, WI
Heiliger Huegel Race Team: Holy Hill [Private hill] Hubertus, W
Lakers Race Team: Little Switzerland Ski Hill in Slinger, WI
Mad Alpine Team: Tyrol Basin, Mount Horeb, WI

SWATeam's goal is to develop athletes with a lifelong passion for the sport of skiing, who learn to ski technically sound and race to the best of their ability.

This program is designed for athletes who want to race competitively in a recreational format. The program challenges each racer to become better fundamentally and to gain a better understanding of race tactics and techniques. It provides supervised training and race day coaching at each event.

During the month of December our scheduled practice sessions includes three (3) weekly training sessions at Alpine Valley Resort, East Troy, WI.

Beginning in January, 6 races are held on Saturdays (and some Sundays) at ski hills in southeastern Wisconsin. Once races begin in January we will have two (2) training sessions a week, eliminating the Saturday or Sunday (race day) practice.

Your athlete should be interested in training one weekday night and every weekend throughout the ski race season. Athletes in this program receive approximately 140 hours of training and racing time during the season.

U8 - U10 Training:

All Athletes must be able to proficiently and comfortably ski all runs at Alpine Valley Resort.
All athletes must be able to load, ride and exit all chairlifts on their own.
Coaches will work on refining your athlete's current skiing skills & techniques.
Coaches will address many of the basic fundamentals required to ski correctly.
Athletes will train in giant slalom and get introduced to slalom via stubby courses.
Coaches will provide a fun atmosphere as each athlete develops better skiing techniques, while participating in training drills.

U8 - U10 Competition Races:

Class 5 & 6 race format will be 5 Giant Slalom courses & 1 Slalom course utilizing stubby gates. Each athlete will take 2 runs per race, offering challenging, but safe competition.

WHAT THE SWAT CLUB TEAM PROGRAM FEES COVER:

Price includes the racing fee to the competition organizer.
Price includes dryland training on Sundays, beginning in September at Mukwonago High School track from 4:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Price includes on-the-snow training on.
Price includes coaching at competition races.
Course inspection & instruction prior to each run.
Start assistance and course reports.
Ski inspection prior to each run.
Race run evaluation.
Video analysis, when available.
Session for goal setting, physical conditioning planning and season planning.
Member receives a team sew-on patch for jacket, backpack or boot bags.
1:10 ratio coaching at training sessions.

WHAT THE PRICE DOES NOT INCLUDE:

• Season pass for Alpine Valley Resort (required). Obtain forms from the Alpine Valley web site and remit payment to Alpine Valley Resort.

• Lift tickets at the other ski areas on Saturday race days (required).

• Thanksgiving and/or Christmas camps when/if scheduled.

• Coaching/training at the Regional USSS Championship races, additional fees will be charged if your athlete attends this event.

• Coaching/training at Rocky/Central Championship events, additional fees will be charged if your athletes attnds this event.

• Coaching/training at any other race event outside of the 6 scheduled MWAR races. Additional fees may be charged if your athlete attends these events.

SWAT Club Team - Program #1 (MWAR Competitions)

Southeastern Wisconsin Alpine Team Racing