Junior Racing Program - J6, J5, J4 and Mountain Race Team

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Program Information

FS Junior Program (J4, J5, J6 and Mountain Race Team)

The Junior Program will have TWO groups working in parallel providing more options for children to race competitively or to use Ford Sayre's Racing platform to learn important skills and have fun.

The Junior Program is open to all skiers ages 8-13 (2003 -1999). No previous racing experience is required; however, participants must be able to comfortably ski all types of terrain. Skiers train and ski together and grow to be a supportive team.

The Junior Race Team - J5, J4 age classes (2002-1999)

The Ford Sayre Junior Race Team program is the program for kids who are ready to and want to race. Traditionally this program has accommodated many levels in a fun and supportive environment where children progress rapidly and enjoy the process of working through a ski racing year from early season dry land and on snow training to the State Championships. Ford Sayre is known throughout the State for being the most spirited Team and is always respected for the quality of its competitors and their sportsmanship. This is the perfect program for those who want to progress quickly and who have an interest in competing. Parents are required to work at home races during the season - three races per family, plus 1 additional race for families with more than one child in the program. $800 Security Deposit is required.

The J6 age class and Mountain Race Team - (birth years 2003 -1999)

The J6 Team and Mountain Race Teams were conceived to support children who are beyond Devo in skill or age (i.e. having completed two years in Devo) and want to give racing a try. This group includes the USSA J6 age category as well as other J4 and J5 aged children who may want to get into racing, but don't yet have the technical skill base to progress in the J4/5 program or aren't sure they want to be racing full time. The premise is to teach solid skiing skills using a race platform but also to focus on all mountain skiing and building confidence on all terrain.  Three or four races will be offered and some big mountain days at mountains such as Burke, Stowe and Jay Peak will be scheduled.  This program runs in parallel to the Junior Race Team Program and will support children of different skill and interest levels in a structured and fun learning environment. Children who want to and are ready to move up to the FS Junior Race Team are encouraged to do so. Parents are required to work at home races during the season- three races per family, plus 1 additional race for families with more than one child in the program. $800 Security Deposit is required.

The FS Christmas Camp is offered to all FS Race Team, J6 and Mountain Race Team skiers.  It will be held, as it is every year, at the Skiway and will provide a terrific early season learning progression including a lot of free skiing and fun challenges with very experienced coaches. 

The FS Race Team skiers will be using this time to begin more intensive gate training moving from their usual course of early season balance and fundamental skills routines to drill courses and then into full race training.  This Camp is very important for those children from the J5 thorugh the J4 age categories who want to race competitively.

The children who are just getting on snow, are just beginning racing or do not want to pursue racing will work with coaches on a structured and fun progression that will get them up to speed and help them find out how much or how little racing or all mountain skiing they want to do during the winter. 

 Online Registration  - You may also come to see us in person at information night (Oct 18th at the Montshire Museum 6-8 pm) but this is optional.