PAGE 6 — THE COUGAR CRY, JANUARY 22. 1974
COUGARS IN ACTION
BURKINBINE GOES HIGH OVER
1
SNIPES FOR TWO POINTS
ANDERSON LAYS IT UP
COUGAR BASKETBALL
Following Is The Fifth Installment in an Eight-Part Series
Of Pointers for Ski Duffs.
PLANTING
POLE
CORRECTLY
Your ski pole is actually a strong flexible unit
extending from your arm. The-feeling is tre
mendous power and control. Learning to con
trol the pole then is very important.
It is a timing device. The minute the pole
sinks into the snow is the time you must apply
turning power to your skis.
By applying a strong downward force to the
planted pole, you can unweight your skis. Mak
ing your turn easier.
It is a shock-absorbant device. You can vary
the amount of pressure applied to the pole,
making the muscles and joints absorb it. Forces
produced from setting edges is lessened too.
Just as you touch the snow, you can feel the
supporting quality of it. This tells you how
much you have to unweight. Or how much and
how fast you must transfer weight from one ski
to the other. Also how far backward or forward
you can position yourself on your skis.
It tells you how much to lean in toward the
center of your turn.
In a manner of speaking, it tells, or spots the
approximate center for your turns giving you a
place around which to turn. It also helps to re
gain balance.
One important tip to always remember... It
is always the inside pole that is planted. If
you’re turning right-the right pole is planted,
left turn-the left pole is planted.
By Jimmy Kerley
As mid-season approaches,
we find the Cougars flounder
ing in a nightmare of costly
mistakes and brilliant opposi
tion. At least half of the
games have been lost due to
fouls and costly turnovers. Thus
we find the Cougars standing
2 and 5 in the league.
Although the Cougars are not
putting on any shining displays
on the court, they are begin
ning to play a more mature
and team-oriented game. If it
weren’t for the consistency of
the co-captains, Burkenbine and
Snipes, this maturity might
not have materialized. Two
other players must be recogniz
ed for their moments of inspir-
SKI P ATROL
Have you ever noticed the
guys in the rust parkas, or the
youngsters in their blue parkas
with the yellow cross and the
blue belt? These are the uni
formed National Ski Patrol.
The rust parka is for the 18
year-old and above patrollers,
including doctors and some
professionals. The blue parka
is the uniform of the junior
patroller (below 18 years of
age).
How do you become a patrol
ler? First of all, you have to
have the Advanced First Aid
Card from the American Red
Cross. Then every year you
have to attend a National Ski
Patrol System Refresher
Course and an “on-the-hill” re
fresher course at the slope
where you patrol. Also, you
have to be a better than aver
age skiier, and it’s necessary to
pass written tests on the or
ganization, procedure, and pol
icy of the ski patrol. You have
a skiing test, a toboggan test,
and then you demonstrate your
ability to be cooperative. That’s
all it takes.
Furthermore, as a patroller
you’re responsible for buying
your own belt, parka, and any
thing that you may need as
skiing equipment. Sometimes
special prices are available to
patrollers. In addition, you
get a lift ticket, and usually the
meal that is served during
patrol.
Where did ski patrol start?
Back in the 40’s, two men were
skiing when one suffered &n
injury and died of exposure.
His partner decided that no
one should ever have to die of
a ski injury such as that again,
and he formed a group of vol
unteers to provide service to
fallen skiers. They skied all
the trails and slopes, trying to
help where they could. It was
such a good service that other
slopes tried it, and soon the
volunteers from all the slopes
shared problems and solutions.
That was the beginning of the
NSPS, Now there are patrols
on all the slopes, including for
eign countries where the Arm
ed Forces ski.
How can you become a
patroller? The guy or girl who
works at a ski area becomes
known to the Ski Patrol Leader
and the Management as an ac
complished, responsible skiier
is eligible. As a patroller you
are not necessarily allowed to
patrol other slopes in your
own area unless they need ad-
ing play: Ron Hunt and Alan
Whittington. In the last few
games, Ron has shot the eye
out of the basket, and Alan has
been vicious under the board.
The surprise starter at guard
(iRicky Anderson) has displayed
a cool head and ability to con
trol the ball, yet he had a
tendency to not shoot enough.
It wouldn’t be fair to the
Cougars to overlook the fact
that out of seven games only
two have been home games.
ditional patrollers. Upon rec
ommendation of the Patrol
Leader, you can take the Senior
Patrollers Test which will allow
you to patrol any slope in your
section where help is needed.
The NSPS awards a National
Ski Patroller for outstanding
service. Such patrollers £u:e
given a permanent number.
They can patrol any slope in
the system and in a foreign
country, and the outstanding
patrollers are honored each
year by the central office in
Denver.
You can be a patroller, but
you have to put in the effort
and the time. If you are in
terested, get your advanced
First Aid Card from the Red
Cross, and start now by helping
and making youTself known at
your ski slope. Even where
the patrols have a fidl member
ship, you can help the training
patrol and earn a place. Most
of the local slopes have need
of patrollers during the week
because many of the regular
patrollers are only weekenders
from other areas.
— Craig Russing
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