For more than 10 years, student-athletes have been training with the KMS Snowboard Team at the East's largest resort. We've got the terrain for training and one of the most enthusiastic, creative and committed coaches in the business. 

Options

• Nine-Month full-time, grades 9 to 12

• Five-month full-time, grades 7 to 12
• Two-week sessions in conjunction with our full-time program via the KMS BOOST Program,
  grades 6 to 9 (ages 11 to 15)
• Weekend snowboard program via the KWSC/KMS Competition Program, ages 6 and up

Here's our approach to helping our riders achieve success. 

Multi-D Approach

Repeating the same moves on the same terrain is repetitive and can slow real progress. KMS and KSC student-athletes train using a multidimensional approach—not just riding rails, jumps and halfpipe. Riders explore movements for effective riding all over the mountain and bring those movements back to the target venue. By practicing these movements in safe and varied terrain, student-athletes master them before committing to metal or air, leading to greater success. This approach is used both on and off snow. Skateboarding, climbing, yoga, trampolining, core training, and other movement-based activities help to improve the strength and balance skills necessary to propel riders to the next level.

Movement-Based Feedback

Coaches should help riders improve physically, affectively and cognitively. Period. KMS/KSC Coaches focus on how riders need to move to improve physically, not on what they need to do. Body movements are tied to specific snowboard outcomes. For example, coaching for a pipe rider might be, “You need to pump that transition on your frontside wall more to carry more speed.” KMS/KSC coaching includes “Try pushing your board away from your hips by extending both legs as you enter the transition, like this.”  Body movement coaching is the key to progression.

Feedback Delivery in Methods that Athletes Understand

KMS/KSC Coaches work to understand how each individual student-athlete learns and strives to deliver coaching that suits each rider’s learning style. Some riders need soft and encouraging words. Some riders must see an example of how the move needs to happen. Some riders learn better when they are pressed and pressured. Coaches assess each individual’s learning style and then apply the appropriate individual teaching techniques so that riders will see more progression, faster.

The Consummate Pro Athlete

Being a professional snowboarder is not just about competition snowboarding. KMS/KSC student-athletes also are coached in filming, sponsor relations, event choice, product placement, and snowboard industry issues.

Team: Synergy is real; teamwork benefits all team members. This theory applies not only in snowboarding, but to the entire KMS/KSC community. We train together, hang out together and travel together. The more support the better! 

Success through Accomplishing Realistic, Attainable and Measureable Goals: Not all KMS/KSC student-athletes will choose to compete in contests, but regardless of this decision, success should be measured by accomplishing goals. KMS/KSC Coaches work with riders to establish realistic, attainable and measureable goals and then create a training plan to accomplish those goals. These goals are re-assessed often to assure progression at an appropriate rate.

Come join us and see how the best terrain, best facilities and the best coaching can help you succeed.