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The Alberta World Cup Academy/AWCA will further the development of cross-country skiing as a sport, through the development of programs and services for athletes, coaches and officials enabling them to
- compete
- deliver and
- organize
at international standards of excellence.
Vision
Athletes, Coaches and Officials from the Alberta World Cup Academy will be recognized leaders of and contributors to Canada's national cross-country ski program, competing with the best in the world.
Mission
To initiate and augment development opportunities in Alberta that target nationally competitive Athletes, Coaches and Officials, preparing them for subsequent levels of success.
The Academy will:
- Deliver an athlete development system that supplements existing local, regional and national programs
- Develop new long term coaching apprenticeship opportunities
- Expand development opportunities for officials
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 | The song in the title of this blog has a line that goes "I'm so lost, and I live just around the corner." That line has always made me think of being so confused and in such a tough situation that you can't even tell which way is up. » more » |
| |  | Wow, talk about a big time life change. You don't realize how much food you eat until you're buying it yourself! These past few weeks have meant some big adjustments in my life, but now that I've been here for a while and met the incredible people on this team, moving away from home in Ontario doesn't seem quite as hard as it did three weeks ago. » more » |
| |  | The Alberta World Cup Academy returned Monday from a successful seven day training camp at the Haig Glacier in Kananaskis Country. Despite rain in the first two days of the camp the weather and conditions were perfect for the final five days of training. » more » |
| |  | The Alberta World Cup Academy team - a squad consisting of this country's top up-and-coming cross-country ski stars - has announced the hiring of coaches Christian Flury and Eric Groeneveld for the upcoming 2009-2010 season. » more » |
| |  | The athletes of the Alberta World Cup Academy were suited up and cowboy hat clad on their roller skis for the Canmore Canada Day Parade on Wednesday. » more » |
| |  | A tough week of testing culminated on Canada Day for the Academy Team. The past week included VO2 treadmill and body composition testing based out of TCR Sport Lab in Calgary. This was followed by two field tests: a short uphill roller ski double pole test lasting around 4-6 minutes and an uphill skate roller ski test lasting about 12-16 minutes. » more » |
| |  | The Alberta World Cup Academy is pleased to welcome Christian Flury and Eric Groeneveld as coaches for the 2009-2010 season. Christian and Eric join Head Coach Mike Cavaliere and the rest of the Academy support group. » more » |
| |  | The Alberta World Cup Academy hosted a barbeque on Tuesday, June 2nd to welcome the new 2009-2010 racing team and celebrate the contribution of several members of the cross-country ski community. » more » |
| |  | Photos of the Alberta World Cup Academy skiing at Sunshine in late May and early June. » more » |
| |  | Bow Valley skiers will be taking up half of the roster announced by Alberta World Cup Academy on May 11, as they head into the 2009-2010 season. » more » |
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