{"id":22,"date":"2009-08-11T06:42:57","date_gmt":"2009-08-11T11:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greggsmith.com\/boc1\/?page_id=22"},"modified":"2025-09-05T13:19:24","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T17:19:24","slug":"jiii","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/bromleyoutingclub.com\/boc\/programs\/alpine-racing\/jiii\/","title":{"rendered":"U14 (12 &#038; 13yrs)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Head Coach:<span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"> <a style=\"color: #0000ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/bromleyoutingclub.com\/boc\/about\/coaching\/erik-smith\/\">Erik Smith<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/bromleyoutingclub.com\/boc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Erik1.jpg\" data-rel=\"lightbox-image-0\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-6669\" src=\"https:\/\/bromleyoutingclub.com\/boc\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Erik1-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The\u00a0U14 level emphasizes ski racing techniques in slalom, giant slalom and the introduction to super G. U14&#8217;s race 8-10 times a season at various mountains in Southern Vermont, and are eligible to qualify for Vermont State Championships and Junior Olympics (JO&#8217;s). \u00a0Much of the season the program is based around a set progression. \u00a0This progression allows for optimal success for each athlete as their season progresses. \u00a0At the start of the season the focus is purely on drills and directed free skiing. \u00a0Following that an introduction into gate training starts with brushes and or stubbies. \u00a0After this step of gate training, full gates will be introduced as the season progresses. \u00a0This age group also competes within the Skills Quest events; in such we ask that your son or daughter take a look at the website to see just a few skills\/drills we would work on in the beginning of the season.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">Athletes at this level are coming into an age where having a complete understanding of t<\/span><span style=\"line-height: 1.5em;\">heir sport is beneficial for their development. \u00a0In such, goals are a keys to the success that the athlete wants to achieve.\u00a0 Coaches help build and facilitate each individual\u2019s goals at the beginning of each season; making sure they are obtainable. \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Registration is OPEN, click <a href=\"https:\/\/bromleyoutingclub.com\/boc\/weekend-competitive-program-registration\/\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">HERE<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Head Coach: Erik Smith The\u00a0U14 level emphasizes ski racing techniques in slalom, giant slalom and the introduction to super G. U14&#8217;s race 8-10 times a season at various mountains in &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":9,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-22","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bromleyoutingclub.com\/boc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bromleyoutingclub.com\/boc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bromleyoutingclub.com\/boc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bromleyoutingclub.com\/boc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bromleyoutingclub.com\/boc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/bromleyoutingclub.com\/boc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7919,"href":"https:\/\/bromleyoutingclub.com\/boc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22\/revisions\/7919"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bromleyoutingclub.com\/boc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/9"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bromleyoutingclub.com\/boc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}