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Athletics and Activities
Nordic Skiing - Letter Policy
Team Member Responsibilities
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Have a positive, cooperative attitude.
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Do your best.
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Follow team and High School league rules.
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Wear school issued uniform in all meets.
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Recruit more skiers.
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Be willing to help less experienced skiers.
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Complete all workouts to the best of your ability. (No short cuts. No stopping early.) You will be skiing on your own a lot. You are expected to do all workouts even when the coach is not with you.
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Please pitch in for gas for drivers. We need to drive to practice a lot, so do your share and help out.
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Be on time for practice. We have very limited daylight.
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Buy a Minnesota Ski Pass. They are cheap and the proceeds go to groom trails we use. (Consider buying a 3 Rivers Park Pass so we can go to county parks for a change of pace.)
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Ski outside of practice.
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SKI SKI SKI!!!!
Lettering Standards
Points: In order to earn a letter, you must accumulate 35 points. Points must come from all three categories. Note: You must have at least 1 full point from each category!
Points are earned in the following manner:
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CATEGORY I (Attendance) |
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10 pts
5 pts
2 pts |
90% attendance required.
85% attendance required
< 85% attendance. |
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3 pts |
Bonus for 98% or better attendance |
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2 pts |
Bonus for 95 - 97% attendance
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CATEGORY II (Competition) |
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6 pts |
Conference Meet Team Member |
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10 pts |
All Conference |
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5 pts |
Honorable Mention |
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6 pts
(2 pts pursuit bonus!) |
Section Meet Team Member |
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4 pts |
First alternate to above teams |
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2 pts |
Second alternate to above teams |
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10 pts |
State Meet competitor |
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2 pts |
Each time place in top 5 for team in meets. (Pursuit races count double)
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CATEGORY III (Extra) |
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5 pts |
Attend a ski camp OR
Participate in summer ski training with organized group
(Team Birke, Minneapolis Ski Club) |
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1 pt |
Extra kilometer points: One point for every 10k (6.2 miles) skied, roller skied, or run outside of practice (This means that if we have practice, you must attend practice that day and ski again to get extra k’s. If we don’t have practice any k’s are extra) No limit on number of points to be earned in this category. Register distance online. Honor system is expected! |
Additional Lettering Information
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Skiers with 100% attendance (not counting any "bonus" days) will earn a varsity letter.
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Seniors with 2 or more years of participation and at least 90% attendance will be awarded letters at coach's discretion.
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A skier must participate in all meets for which she/he qualifies in order to be eligible for a letter.
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Coach reserves the right to withhold or award a letter in situations in which the point system is inappropriate (ex. lack of snow, illness, injury, or behavior detrimental to team).
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Ski season is 14 weeks long (84 days). If you subtract Sundays and vacation days, there are about 62 days remaining. Subtract meet days and you end up with about 50 days of practice. Then subtract the days after November 15, when we don't have snow, there are 29 days (or less) of good snow. In a sport like skiing where technique is everything, you just HAVE to be at practice to ski well. Since we work on technique every day, missing a day hurts you, as well as the team. Practice is essential!
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| Note about attendance: |
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All absences, whether excused or unexcused, count against the total |
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Any absence from a practice or a meet must be cleared with the head coach
IN ADVANCE and IN PERSON (see team rules) or it is considered unexcused. |
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Three or more unexcused absences will result in an athlete's automatic ineligibility to letter for that season. |
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EXAMPLES OF UNEXCUSED ABSENCES:
Work, Overslept, Forgot. |
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EXAMPLES OF EXCUSED ABSENCES:
Family obligations, Religious obligations, School work. | |
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