Race group

All the way to the World Cup.

In our race group, led by Clemens Caderas, children and teenagers prepare for licensed ski races in their age category.

Gate 1 · Training

Summer. Glacier. Gates.

Children of JO age compete in the Altherr Trucks & Vans JO Cup with around eight ski races. The younger ski aces, accompanied by Fiona Zoller and other assistant coaches, take part in the Raiffeisen Animation Cup, with around four races.

The coaching team always strives to prepare the athletes optimally for upcoming races. That is why there is fitness training on Thursday evenings in Gossau, and ski training already starts in summer. The athletes train for four days in the summer holidays and, from September, one weekend every two weeks on the glacier. Training locations are chosen according to snow conditions. During the autumn holidays the annual training camp takes place on the Hintertux glacier, with race-specific gate training and work on ski technique. As soon as winter arrives in our region, there is extra training on Wednesday afternoons and Saturdays when there are no races. For the U14 to U16 categories there is also training on Thursday evenings at the Horn. Exact details are in the annual plan.

In principle every keen skier can join the race group. Certain basics are needed though: a portion of talent, will, lots of motivation, joy in skiing, independence, parental support, willingness to learn and much more are the requirements for a successful start to a ski career.

Contact: Rahel Dünnenberger, duennenberger@sunrise.ch