Camps

December Development Camp

Three days of Fundamentals-based early season training
December 20-23, 2017
Stay in the dorms at Burke Mountain Academy, experience the improvements to our training hill – including a new high-speed T-bar! – eat in the dining hall, work with our coaches, and get a sense of what life is like at Burke Mountain Academy!

Fundamentals-based on-snow training

At BMA we believe that strong fundamentals are the key to long-term success in ski racing. BMA student-athletes typically spend 20-50 days (depending on age) on snow training before their first races of the year, and a significant percentage of those days are spent free-skiing and working on drills and technique. For younger athletes, the percentage of free-ski and fundamental work should be even higher!

This camp is an opportunity to focus on superior technique and then learn how to begin moving your free-skiing into gates. Camp athletes will work with our own BMA coaches and have the opportunity to ski with BMA students.

For athletes who haven’t skied prior to this camp, we’ll work through a fundamentals-based athletic curriculum (the same curriculum that we use for our own BMA athletes in their prep-period training). For athletes who have already skied quite a bit, we’ll build on strong fundamentals with drill courses and increase volume to build repetition.

Who: U14s, U12s and second-year U10s (2004-2008 birth year athletes), space limited to ensure quality training!
When: December 20-23, 2017
Where: TRAIN – Burke Mountain Academy/Burke Mountain Resort
Where: STAY – in the dorms at Burke Mountain Academy!
Why: Technique/skill is more easily learned as a younger athlete (it’s the same theory for why kids learn language more quickly than adults!) so a focus on fundamentals and technique as a younger athlete is a long-term investment in your kids’ success in ski racing!
Cost: $700, includes lift tickets, lodging, meals and activities

Camp Schedule:

December 20
4-6pm Camper Arrival and Registration
6pm Camper and Coach Dinner
7pm Dorm Meetings
9:00 Lights out

December 21
7:15 Morning warm-up and Breakfast
8:30 Departure for Mid-Burke Lodge
9-11:30 Slalom session 1
11:45-12:45 Lunch on campus
1-3:30 Slalom session 2
4-5:15 Activities
5:30pm Dinner
7pm Games
9:00 Lights out

December 22
7:15 Morning warm-up and Breakfast
8:30 Departure for Mid-Burke Lodge
9-11:30 GS session 1
11:45-12:45 Lunch on campus
1-3:30 GS session 2
4-5:15 Activities
5:30pm Dinner
7pm Games
9:00 Lights out

December 23
7:00 Breakfast
8:00 Depart for Mid-Burke Lodge
9:30 1^st GS race run
10:30 2^nd GS race run
11:00am All campers return to BMA for brunch
11:45 Awards & Raffle BMA Dining Hall
12:30 Campers depart

Camp application can be found here.

For questions, please contact Tory Amorello, Director of Enrollment
tamorello@burkemtnacademy.org
802-427-8013