GENERAL TEAM INFORMATION
Website information:
1st practice - Monday, November 10th
Coaching Staff –
Coach Jacob Teichroew - email - jteichroew@cotterschools.org
Coach Mork, Coach Brandt, Coach Trish, Coach Kelly, Coach Brad, Coach Miner, Coach Burger
Requirements for Success:
Coaching Philosophy –
The ski season is more than just fourteen weeks of sweating, stretching, thawing cold fingers and sitting on a bus. Nordic skiing will serve as a way to test each athlete's patience, self-motivation, and attitude. There will be opportunities to come up short and then to overcome and succeed. The coaching staff will be with you and available to you the entire way.
Because we will be functioning together in extreme weather, at high speed on dangerous trails, and hitting personal limits of exhaustion, you will experience a team atmosphere unique to high school sports. You will come to depend on your teammates for encouragement, assistance and their best performance. Each athlete will learn from other teammates and coaches how to better manage themselves. This includes: watching the forecast and planning daily attire, waxing skis and still accomplishing homework requirements. While it sounds over-whelming, these are challenges easily achieved through hard work, determination and positive attitude.
The coaching staff will provide a skiing experience tailored for anyone who wishes to learn to ski. In the end, the beginners will complement the senior racers and vice-verse. Someone who simply wants to learn a sport true to our Minnesota winters will get continued help from coaches and see great examples in senior skiers. Those wishing to race and test their physical limits will be reminded by new skiers of the basic enjoyment of skiing. While racing is not required, producing a successful team of boys and girls to achieve success at the Section and State Meets is a goal of this program. Everyone will play a role in our success: first-time skiers, experienced skiers, captains, coaches, parents, groomers, and the many other supporters.
Communicating Information to the Team
Dressing for success
(click here for discussion about dressing)
Practice times, locations, and pick-up:
Required paperwork items:
Rental Ski Equipment:
(click here for rental information)
(click here for used equipment links)
All skiers need boots that work with PILOT bindings. New skiers have the first option on renting team skis and poles. After 1st year skier needs are filled the remaining equipment will be rented out to returning skiers until nothing is left.
Adventure Cycle and Ski provides a team discount and is a great supplier of boots, skis, poles, clothing and accessories. Sole Sport is a great supplier of clothing and accessories. Links to used equipment are continuously updated on the website. Take advantage of the used options out there.
Rental Ski Equipment: the purpose of the rental ski equipment is to permit skiers/parents to slowly acquire equipment over several years rather than dropping significant money on everything at once. For example, attempt to first purchase skis and poles of preferred discipline (i.e. Skate skis) during or after the first season. Come the second season, the athlete only needs to rent classic skis and poles. Then acquire classic skis during or after the second season. Come the third season the athlete may only need a pair of poles. USED equipment is a serious option. BRAND NEW equipment is nice but it will never define an athlete's abilities or success. Lastly, consider acquiring equipment as gifts (birthday and holidays).
See Team Policies page regarding:
- http://winonanordic.weebly.com
- Daily practice schedule
- Race schedule
- Used equipment for sale
- Team information, Team policies
- Cancellations (these never happen!)
1st practice - Monday, November 10th
Coaching Staff –
Coach Jacob Teichroew - email - jteichroew@cotterschools.org
Coach Mork, Coach Brandt, Coach Trish, Coach Kelly, Coach Brad, Coach Miner, Coach Burger
Requirements for Success:
- Academics and attendance at school
- Be at practice
- Work hard
- Communicate with Coach Teichroew
Coaching Philosophy –
The ski season is more than just fourteen weeks of sweating, stretching, thawing cold fingers and sitting on a bus. Nordic skiing will serve as a way to test each athlete's patience, self-motivation, and attitude. There will be opportunities to come up short and then to overcome and succeed. The coaching staff will be with you and available to you the entire way.
Because we will be functioning together in extreme weather, at high speed on dangerous trails, and hitting personal limits of exhaustion, you will experience a team atmosphere unique to high school sports. You will come to depend on your teammates for encouragement, assistance and their best performance. Each athlete will learn from other teammates and coaches how to better manage themselves. This includes: watching the forecast and planning daily attire, waxing skis and still accomplishing homework requirements. While it sounds over-whelming, these are challenges easily achieved through hard work, determination and positive attitude.
The coaching staff will provide a skiing experience tailored for anyone who wishes to learn to ski. In the end, the beginners will complement the senior racers and vice-verse. Someone who simply wants to learn a sport true to our Minnesota winters will get continued help from coaches and see great examples in senior skiers. Those wishing to race and test their physical limits will be reminded by new skiers of the basic enjoyment of skiing. While racing is not required, producing a successful team of boys and girls to achieve success at the Section and State Meets is a goal of this program. Everyone will play a role in our success: first-time skiers, experienced skiers, captains, coaches, parents, groomers, and the many other supporters.
Communicating Information to the Team
- The team website should be your first stop for times, locations, etc
- A weekly detailed email will go out Saturday night with the week's plans, but small changes will occur
- Foreseeable changes in the schedule are included in the weekly schedule
- Significant changes and cancellations occur by dinner time the day before
- Mass email sent out for last-minute cancellations and major changes
Dressing for success
(click here for discussion about dressing)
- Early season: dress for the weather
- Later season: bring warm clothes for all practices and meets (winter boots, gloves, winter jackets, hats)
- Dress in layers and stay away from cotton.
- Hats that cover entire ears are required when below freezing.
- Helmets are required for roller skiing.
- Wear a watch.
- Consider acquiring clothing as gifts (birthday and holidays)
Practice times, locations, and pick-up:
- Weekday practice time 4pm-6pm, Saturday practice time 9am-11am
- Weight room: Tues/Thur mornings at 7:00am
- Pick – up locations will be listed on the practice schedule.
- Pick-up times need to be respected as coaches cannot leave until the last athlete does.
- Practice Schedule will be emailed and posted by Saturday evening on the team website.
- Tentatively: First three weeks @ high school, rest of season @ SMU - basement of Brother Leopold Hall (very near outdoor track)
Required paperwork items:
- Register for Nordic through the Athletic Office at Winona Area Public Schools (Due by Nov 11th)
- Parent/Athlete informational sheet for head coach (Due by Nov 11th)
- Rental Equipment sheet (Due by Dec 2nd)
Rental Ski Equipment:
(click here for rental information)
(click here for used equipment links)
All skiers need boots that work with PILOT bindings. New skiers have the first option on renting team skis and poles. After 1st year skier needs are filled the remaining equipment will be rented out to returning skiers until nothing is left.
Adventure Cycle and Ski provides a team discount and is a great supplier of boots, skis, poles, clothing and accessories. Sole Sport is a great supplier of clothing and accessories. Links to used equipment are continuously updated on the website. Take advantage of the used options out there.
Rental Ski Equipment: the purpose of the rental ski equipment is to permit skiers/parents to slowly acquire equipment over several years rather than dropping significant money on everything at once. For example, attempt to first purchase skis and poles of preferred discipline (i.e. Skate skis) during or after the first season. Come the second season, the athlete only needs to rent classic skis and poles. Then acquire classic skis during or after the second season. Come the third season the athlete may only need a pair of poles. USED equipment is a serious option. BRAND NEW equipment is nice but it will never define an athlete's abilities or success. Lastly, consider acquiring equipment as gifts (birthday and holidays).
See Team Policies page regarding:
- Academic Requirement
- Absence from practice/meets
- Travel release policy
- Captains
- Guidelines for a Nordic varsity letter
- Removal from event, practice, letter consideration, team for any of the following
