Unofficial UK Slalom BBS

I happen to be with Dave and Leo on this particular issue. I have been working on improving my posture for about a year now and have never had any individual shoulder problems other than the odd muscle twinge, which you tend to get when undertaking any form of strength and conditioning programme. I...

You are essentially saying that you don't breathe for slalom, maybe you can do that Dave, but I don't know anyone else that can . . . 'The benefit of a good VO2 max result is that it is an indicator of your ability to recover after exercise, i.e. you will be able to train at a higher intensity or f...

Having been promoted from div 1 to prem this season . . . I think that it is important to keep the system as it is! Yes it does mean that racing at the top end of div 1 gets easier as the season progresses, I experienced that all be it in the first half of the season. I would have been promoted on ...

I am inclined to agree with Mr Sturgess, in the balancing life area! It is more important that the individual gets the quality coaching relating to the participants training and racing to ensure that the individual doesn't overtrain and under compete or under train and over compete or overtrain and...

To be honest I just think that the date is ridiculous! I was promoted from div 1 to prem on the 1st of the 2 days at Nottingham. Since then others at the top end of div 1 have been promoted because of the number of race opportunities they've had. This has meant that I haven't been able to race unti...

I believe there is a great deal of difference between the Washburn and HPP for div 2's. HPP is quite flat in many areas with larger drops and quite a large river channel. The Washburn is a narrower river with a much faster flow rate which no other course I am aware of provides. With a lot less chan...