Alpine Skiing Training

As a coach, you need to become familiar enough with your athletes to know how each athlete learns and develops. The coach must incorporate all aspects of how the athlete learns in the development of a season plan so that the athlete can achieve success within the sport. The coach should know the athlete's physical abilities, including but not limited to: strength of limbs, endurance, range of motion and ability to balance. The coach should know the athlete's cognitive strengths/ weaknesses, including but not limited to: information retention, spatial awareness, following commands, information processing and social skills. Analysis should also determine the athlete's learning preferences (visual, auditory, kinesthetic), which will dictate your teaching style (command, task, reciprocal, group, guided discovery). After becoming aware of these abilities, you will be able to construct a training plan to best fit the needs of the athletes.