• Both beginning racers and those aiming for the Junior Olympics will find LMRT's JIII Program can help them achieve their skiing and racing goals.
• The program provides opportunities for young athletes to build solid skiing techniques and learn more advanced gate tactics.
• The coaches help create a fun and social environment, but participants are also challenged to work harder to improve and achieve their individual goals.
• Weekend morning sessions focus on gate tactics using training gates as well as with full-length flex-poles, portable timing, and video analysis as applicable.
• Weekend afternoons emphasizes hard, fast skiing in challenging terrain and specific drills to build confidence with greater speeds, more advanced techniques.
• Free skiing - both directed and undirected - remains a central part of this program and accounts for about 50% of the time on snow.
• Athletes are encouraged to develop a higher level of concentration and focus.
• Weeknight gate training is also offered on Tuesday and Thursday evenings for an additional one-time fee.
• For practice dates, times, and other logistics, check out the Practice Information page.
• Newer athletes generally enter one or two local races, and focus the majority of their time training.
• However, experienced athletes travel to races ski at different areas around Central PA, and aim to be selected for the PA JIII State Championships (i.e. Derbies).
• The JIII Coaches support participants at all of PARA Central Division qualifier races, and those invited to the State Championships. (See the Race Schedule for details.
• Athletes are also encouraged to participate in some form of conditioning program in the off-season. Contact your coach for more information.

The prerequisite for this program is the ability to ski at an advanced level.