Hans-Christer Holmberg - BC Tour, September 2019
Hans-Christer (H-C) Holmberg is Professor of Sport Science at the Mid Sweden University and the Arctic University in Tromsø, Norway, as well as Affiliate Professor at the School of Kinesiology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, and Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. He has been involved in competitive Swedish cross country skiing since 1992; has written four books for Scandinavian cross country ski coaches that has been classics in the field; and acted as Head Coach and Physiologist for the Swedish National Cross Country Ski Team and personal coach/advisor to many of the most successful Swedish cross country skiers and their coaches. In addition, he founded the Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre in 2006 and has acted as its Director until 2015.
Holmberg’s scientific publications, including more than 190 articles and several book chapters, focus primarily on elite athletes (in particular cross-country skiers), using integrated physiological and biomechanical approaches to characterize and improve performance. Holmberg is also director of Research and Development at the Swedish Olympic Committee (attending all Olympic Games since 1994), thereby providing a key link between academic research and elite sport in Sweden. He has extensive experience in the development and training of elite athletes in a variety of sports and is highly appreciated lecturer on this and related subjects.
You could follow him on social media as follows
TWITTER: HCHolmberg1
INSTAGRAM: the_olympic_professor
LinkedIn: H-C Holmberg .
Lecture (Vernon, B.C.) “XC Skiing - trends and the latest developments”
This lecture covers trends and recent physiological and biomechanical developments within cross country skiing. It will also cover the differences between the Swedish and Canadian systems with a focus on the culture of the sport and where Canada should be aiming in that regard.
Date: Sept. 22, 2019
Time: 2:30 – 5:00 PM
Location: Sunrise Room, Vernon Recreation Centre
Eligibility: Coaches only; must be registered on Zone4; minimum NCCP Community Coach (CC) Trained
Online Registration (no fee): https://zone4.ca/register.asp?id=21749
Lecture (Vancouver B.C.) “XC skiing – fast, faster, and even faster”
This lecture deals with training both junior and senior XC skiers. In recent decades, considerable developments in skiing techniques and improvements in equipment and track preparation have increased skiing speed. Today’s cross country skier must master a wide range of speeds, terrains, and racing distances and formats (e.g., distance races with individual start, mass-start or pursuit; knock-out and team-sprint; relays), continuously adapting by alternating between various sub-techniques. Moreover, several of the new events in which skiers compete head-to-head favour technical and tactical flexibility and encourage high-speed techniques (including more rapid development of propulsive force and higher peak forces), as well as appropriate training. Moreover, the trends toward more extensive use of double poling and skiing without grip wax in classic races have given rise to regulations in connection with Olympic distances that are designed to preserve utilization of the traditional classic sub-techniques.
Date: Sept. 24, 2019
Time: 7:00 – 9:30 PM
Location: UBC – details TBD
Eligibility (athletes): Must be registered on Zone4
Eligibility (coaches): Must be registered on Zone4; minimum NCCP Community Coach (CC) Trained
Online Registration (no fee): https://zone4.ca/register.asp?id=21751
For more information about registration and location contact Nancy Beaumont at 250.545.9600 or programs@crosscountrybc.ca