TRAINERS
 
 
We have an experienced and motivated team of trainers. Joanna Pilarska (Greig), recently retired after 7 years on the British Ladies Alpine Team, Rob Webb, Taryn Archbold, Amanda Pirie, Lyndsay Webb, Jas Bruce, Rob Gulden, Tom Gulden, Dave Morris and current members of the British Alpine Ski Team, when they are available. Joanna, Lyndsay, Rob and Amanda are all former Kandahar trainees. Emma Carrick Anderson, who was on the British Team for 10 years and has been to 4 Olympic Game is a consultant trainer and Mike Barker, current Head Coach of the English Alpine Ski Team also acts as a consultant.

Our policy is to rotate groups of trainees with a trainer on a daily basis within their age categories, therefore ensuring that every trainee gets a chance to work with every trainer and vice versa. The trainers have daily meetings to discuss the progress of each trainee. This ensures that the trainers are all working along the same lines and give consistent messages to the trainees. Groups are compiled on skiing ability for the relevant activity, be it gate training, free skiing or powder skiing and trainees are moved between groups according to their needs and abilities. Thus we hope to ensure that each trainee can get to know each trainer and can feel confident in approaching any of the training team for help and advice. Most importantly, we strive to see that the trainees are not put under undue pressure and have fun. Athletes will only perform if they are motivated and enjoy what they are doing.

Rob Webb

Jo Pilarska

Amanda Pirie

Taryn Archbold

Rob Gulden

Mike Barker

Emma Carrick Anderson

Jas Bruce