In this Issue

1. Letter from Wisconsin League Staff
2. Pitzone registration for teams, coaches, and student-athletes – Refund Policy’s
3. Monthly Coaches Collaboration calls on “ZOOM”

Letter from Wisconsin League Staff and NICA National….

While the stay-at-home order in Wisconsin has been extended, it shouldn’t dampen our spirits for riding this spring and summer. Mountain bikers are part of a strong community and now more than ever we need to keep that community connected. While we can’t predict when things will be back to the way they were, we can look forward to getting out and riding our bikes (while following social distancing guidelines).

Our obvious plan is to move forward with the 2020 season taking into consideration we may need to modify and/or revise our activities based on Wisconsin’s Covid-19 directives…..we will be sharing lots of various strategies on accomplishing this at the “team” level. We will be sending out regular updates with Wisconsin specific updates concerning Covid 19 Stay at Home Order with changes. As of now, Safer at Home order will remain in effect until 8 a.m. on Tuesday, May 26, 2020.

Please continue to ride your bike and spend quality time with your immediate family,

Season Registration for student-athletes

Registration for student-athletes will open May 1, 2020.

Team Director’s -You should have already registered your team and invited all of your coaches to register. If not, that will need to be done prior to inviting student-athletes to register. To invite student-athletes to register, you will need to go into your team’s profile in the pitzone and re-invite existing student-athletes as well as invite new student-athletes.

Important – Once you have any virtual or other connection with coaches or student-athletes your team, coaches and athletes must be fully registered in the pitzone for insurance reasons.

Refund Policy for 2020 – Teams, Coaches, and Student-Athletes

IF we are forced to cancel the 2020 season due to Covid-19, the following fee’s are non-refundable (insurance and administrative costs)
* Team Fee – $125
* Coach Fee – $25
* Student-athlete fee’s – $25/NICA and $40/WI League

Race Registration will not be open until we are positive we are able to hold races!

We are currently building a contingency calendar that will allow for a viable racing season (minimum of 3 regional races plus State Championship)

Monthly Coaches Collaboration via ZOOM

Due to the huge success of the on-line Leaders Summit and our coaches requests, our team of Wisconsin League Coach Supporters will be offering monthly “Coaches Collaboration and Sharing Calls” via “Zoom”.

These calls will be on the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 6:00.

The 1st one will be on Wednesday, May 13, at 6:00 pm and will cover “Teaching Skills and Providing Great Feedback”.

You must register in advance by clicking here These virtual meetings have a 100 person capacity so sign up asap!

Below is the rest of the schedule. We will supply links for these in the near future.
2nd Wednesday of the month May – August 6pm
May – Coaching Skills and Providing Great Feedback
June – Practice Planning and Games for Post COVID NICA
July – Performance Training Plans Explained
August – TBD

Stay positive, take care of yourself and those around you and continue to social distance.

If you have any further questions or concerns, please email Kathy Mock