The importance of racing in alpine skiing Skiers have been training in gates without participating in a race for more than a year now. It’s time to start the competitions,…

Aesop was right. Without being the tortoise in the fable, you can progress by taking small steps and in particular, by being steady in your efforts to develop your physical…

All too often, we take our way of doing things for granted. It works well and we don’t second guess ourselves. And everything does go well, as long as everyone…

I’am on the plane. We’re flying back from Sun Peaks, British Columbia. We have just completed a fantastic ski camp. I learned this morning that British Columbia has just limited…

Looking back over recent months, we can see that having young people stop their sports activities is very harmful both physically and mentally. It’s well known that our body secretes…

Every year, company leaders bring their employees to me for advice before their game. It’s a clinic that everybody calls “Walk the Line”. Quite often, 200 players are invited and…

Every season I give two or three training sessions for Ski Québec Alpin: mainly the on-snow modules at “development“ and “performance” levels. This forces me to keep up to date…

“Oh, those [# %^&*] parents!” That’s something I hear regularly as a coach. Curiously, it comes mainly from the parents themselves. Okay, let’s get something straight here. Parents who require…

Having children in a ski club means paying particular attention. For a second consecutive season, my children are developing within a Mont-Tremblant Ski Club program and my oldest is getting…

Coach’s tips So here we are: it’s December. For many of us, it’s the start of the season. Several skiers already have a few dozen days of skiing behind them….