Alpine Skiing Coaching Guide
This guide is designed to help you become a better Alpine Skiing coach.
These links lead you to detailed information on Alpine Skiing, including illustrations and video clips. Downloadable versions of the Alpine Skiing materials are also available at right.
Planning a Training Season
Teaching Sport Skills
On-snow Training
Sport Rules, Protocol and Etiquette
Acknowledgements
Special Olympics wishes to thank the professionals, volunteers, coaches and athletes who helped in the production of the Alpine Skiing Coaching Guide. They have helped fulfill the mission of Special Olympics: to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for people 8 years of age and older with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
Special Olympics welcomes your ideas and comments for future revisions of this guide. We apologize if, for any reason, an acknowledgement has been inadvertently omitted.
Contributing Authors
Jeff Byrne, Special Olympics, Inc. — Alpine Skiing Technical Delegate
Kathy Chandler, Alpine Skiing Sport Resource Team Member
Patty Federer, Alpine Skiing Sport Resource Team Member
Ryan Murphy, Special Olympics, Inc.
Jim Tuttle, Alpine Skiing Sport Resource Team Member
Special Thanks To the Following
for Your Support
Paulina Baudet, Special Olympics Latin America
Nevenka Byrne
Floyd Croxton, Special Olympics, Inc., Athlete
Armando Gómez, Special Olympics Latin America
Dave Lenox, Special Olympics, Inc.
Matt McGarraghy
Paul Whichard, Special Olympics, Inc.
Special Olympics Latin America
Special Olympics Chile
Video Clips Starring Athletes from Special Olympics Chile
Javier Arancibia
Valeria Cuevas
Moisés Mercado
Kiara Muñoz
Camila Torres
Camila Valenzuela
Jesus Valenzuela
Ximena Puelles — Coach
Video Clips Starring Volunteers from Special Olympics Chile
Antonia Baudet
Juan Pablo Délano
Maria del Pilar Délano
Pia Délano
Sebastián Délano