"PMTS Racer development". This is a new focus for us, running parallel to PMTS Direct Parallel education, camps and training. At Harb Ski Systems we have worked on a race specific coaching program over the last season or two. The reason is there is a demand and we have had requests for this that we are answering.
This season we are using it formally. We will hold Coaches training and accreditation for race development programs and ski teams. USSA is just not moving forward with educational materials, training programs and accreditations that can used to develop a broad based national program. Actually, USSA and the US Ski Team have some serious obstacles to overcome if they are to develop broad based training and education for a wider pool of racers to draw from for a development system in the US. In one arena there is the department that puts out, Skis Quest and 20 year old PSIA materials to explain technique. Then you have the US Ski Team, which isn't coaching with these materials. I polled many of the most influential program coaches in the country and they say they don't use Skills Quest. There is a void and we are filling it.