// CATALYST EUROPEAN CAMPS SCHEDULE | u16 & FIS HP Athletes

CATALYST EUROPEAN CAMPS SCHEDULE | U16 & FIS HP Athletes – Fall 2025 – Saas-Fee, Switzerland **OPEN FOR REGISTRATION

Saas-Fee, Switzerland

Camp 1: September 15 - 24, 2025 (10 Days) | Camp 2: September 26 – October 5, 2025 (10 Days) | Camp 3: October 7– 16, 2025 (10 Days) | Camp 4: October 18 – 31, 2025 (14 Days) FIS & U16

This isn’t just another camp; it’s a meticulously designed program to unlock your next level. We’re talking about taking those raw talents you’ve been honing and sharpening them into razor-sharp tools that will dominate on the racecourse.

Hey U16 & FIS athletes! You’re at a pivotal point in your ski racing journey. You’ve tasted victory, you’ve learned from defeat, and you know what it takes to push your limits. But are you truly ready to DOMINATE? Are you prepared to make that leap from good to UNSTOPPABLE?

The Catalyst Performance Camps are your launchpad. We’ve distilled decades of high-performance coaching and sports marketing insights into a singular, explosive program designed to make you faster, stronger, and mentally more challenging than ever before.

What will you experience at Catalyst Performance Camps?

 

Precision On-Snow Training: The Micro-Edge Advantage

  • Gate-Specific Mastery: We’re not just running gates; we’re deconstructing them. You’ll work with former World Cup athletes and elite coaches on understanding line, pressure, and timing at a granular level. Think advanced drill progressions for slalom, giant slalom, super-G, and even an introduction to downhill principles.

 

  • Video Analysis (Next-Gen): Beyond just watching yourself, we’re implementing AI-powered analysis tools that break down your movements to milliseconds, pinpointing inefficiencies and highlighting areas for immediate improvement. This is like having a biomechanics expert in your pocket!

 

  • Variable Terrain & Conditions: From bulletproof ice to fresh snow, you’ll master adapting your technique to any challenge the mountain throws at you. Because champions aren’t made on perfect days, they’re forged in all conditions.

 

Explosive Off-Snow Performance: The Unseen Edge

 

  • Sport-Specific Strength & Power: This isn’t your grandma’s gym class. Our strength and conditioning specialists will put you through dynamic, ski-specific workouts designed to build explosive power, endurance, and resilience against injury. Think plyometrics, agility ladders, and core stability that translates directly to the racecourse.

 

  • Applied Sports Psychology & Mental Fortitude: The biggest race is often won in your head. Learn advanced visualization techniques, pre-race routines, focus drills, and strategies for managing pressure and bouncing back from setbacks. We’ll equip you with the mental toolkit of champions.

 

  • Nutrition for Performance: Fuel Your Body for Optimal Output and Recovery. Discover race-day nutrition strategies, hydration protocols, and learn how to utilize food as your ultimate performance enhancer.

 

The “Pro” Experience: Beyond the Finish Line

 

  • Equipment Optimization & Tuning Clinic: Discover the science behind ski tuning and learn how to optimize your equipment’s performance. Learn from expert technicians how to properly prepare your skis for different conditions and disciplines. This is about gaining every hundredth of a second.

 

  • Recovery & Regeneration Strategies: Learn the secrets of top athletes for accelerating recovery, preventing burnout, and staying healthy throughout a demanding season. Think active recovery, foam rolling, and mobility work.

 

  • Pathways to Success: Q&A with Industry Leaders – We’ll host virtual or in-person sessions featuring current and former professional athletes, college coaches, and representatives from ski brands. Get their insights on what it takes to make it to the highest levels of the sport and beyond.

 

  • Athlete Branding 101 (FIS athletes): For our FIS athletes, we’ll also cover the importance of personal branding, social media best practices, and how to establish relationships that can lead to sponsorships in the future. It’s never too early to think about your future in the sport.

 

Why are Catalyst Performance Camps different?

 

We’ve leveraged the best of our coaching staff’s combined 150+ years of elite coaching experience, combining it with strategic thinking and innovative technology. This camp isn’t just about repetition; it’s about intelligent progression. It’s about understanding the “why” behind every drill, every workout, and every mental strategy.

We’re a coaching staff with a deep understanding of what it takes to excel at the U16 level. Our coaches, who have not only coached champions but have often been champions themselves, in North America and Europe.

Are you ready to commit?

 

This camp isn’t for everyone. It’s for the athletes who are hungry, dedicated, and ready to push past their perceived limits. If you’re serious about taking your ski racing to the next level, if you’re prepared to embrace the grind and celebrate the breakthroughs, then the Catalyst Performance Camps are where you belong.

Spaces are limited. We’re not running a mass program; we’re focused on quality, individual attention, and creating an environment where every athlete can reach their full potential.

Don’t just chase the podium – own it. Join us at the Catalyst Performance Camps and define your future on the snow.

 

Participant Eligibility and Standards Policy*

This policy outlines the minimum age and ability requirements for all participants of Catalyst Performance Camps. These standards are in place to ensure a safe, productive, and consistent experience for all campers and staff.

1. Minimum Age and Skills Requirement

To be eligible for enrollment, all campers must meet the following criteria as of the camp's official start date:

  • Minimum Age: Campers must be a minimum of 12 years of age. No exceptions will be made to this age requirement.
  • Skiing Proficiency: Campers must demonstrate the ability to ski confidently and safely. This includes:
    • Parallel Skiing: The ability to execute controlled, parallel turns on blue and black diamond terrain in a variety of snow conditions.
    • Lift Usage: The ability to load, ride, and unload chairlifts independently and without assistance.
    • Equipment Management: The ability to carry their own skis and equipment, particularly on chairlifts, at all times. This is especially critical for our glacier camps where this is a required task.

2. Acknowledgment of Responsibility

By enrolling a participant in the camp, the parent or legal guardian certifies that the participant meets all the minimum age and skill requirements set forth in this policy. It is the responsibility of the parent or guardian to accurately assess the camper's ability and maturity to meet these standards.

3. Camp Management's Right to Act

Catalyst Performance Camps reserves the right to remove any camper from the program who, in the sole judgment of the Camp Director or coaching staff, is unable to meet these standards or poses a safety risk to themselves or others. In such a case, no refund, either full or partial, will be issued.

Catalyst Performance Camps: Fee Agreement & Refund Policy

This document outlines the financial terms and conditions of your enrollment in a Catalyst Performance Camp.

1. Fee Payment

To secure your place in the camp, the full balance of the fee must be paid in full no less than six (6) weeks before the official start date of the camp. Failure to meet this payment deadline may result in the forfeiture of your spot.

2. Refund & Cancellation Policy

  • Refunds Before Camp Start: If you cancel your enrollment before the two (2) weeks before the camp's start date, you are entitled to a refund of the full amount you have paid, less a deposit percentage taken by the resort.
  • No Refunds can be processed inside the two (2) week buffer period before Camp Start: No portion of the fee is refundable on or after the official 2-week date of the camp.
  • Reason for Policy: This policy is necessary because Catalyst Performance Camps incurs significant, non-refundable expenses in advance, including but not limited to staff salaries, facility rentals, and other operational costs. These expenses are based on the number of confirmed participants and cannot be recovered after the camp has begun.

3. Assumption of Financial Responsibility

  • Full Obligation: Each camper, or their legal guardian, is responsible for the full camp fee and any additional costs or charges incurred.
  • No Reduction for Absence: The obligation to pay the full fee will not be reduced, prorated, or waived due to any withdrawal or absence from the camp for any reason, including but not limited to injury, illness, personal matters, or disciplinary expulsion.
  • Acknowledgement: By signing this agreement, you acknowledge and agree that you are not entitled to a refund if you are expelled from, withdraw from, or are absent for any portion of the camp.

4. Legal Costs

You understand and agree that if it becomes necessary for Catalyst Performance Camps to take legal action to enforce any provision of this Fee Agreement, you will be responsible for and will reimburse Catalyst Performance Camps for all legal costs incurred, including but not limited to attorney's fees and court costs.

LIABILITY RELEASE, ASSUMPTION OF RISK, AND INDEMNITY AGREEMENT

Participant Name(s):

Date:

1. Acknowledgment of Risks

I, the undersigned , acknowledge that I am a participant, or the legal guardian of a minor participant, in a Catalyst Performance Camp (the "Camp"). I understand and fully accept that participation in skiing, ski racing, ski instruction, and all related activities (the "Activities") is a high-risk action sport.

I am aware of and voluntarily accept the numerous risks, dangers, and hazards inherent in the Activities. These risks include, but are not limited to:

  • Natural Conditions: Changing weather, variable snow and ice conditions, exposed rocks, earth, trees, tree wells, cliffs, crevasses, and other natural objects, some of which may be unmarked.
  • Man-Made Objects and Equipment: Impact or collision with lift towers, fences, snow-making equipment, grooming equipment, snowcats, snowmobiles, or other vehicles and structures.
  • Terrain and Surface Conditions: Variations in terrain that may create blind spots or areas of reduced visibility, as well as changes in the skiing surface or sub-surface due to natural or artificial causes.
  • Human Factors: Collisions with other skiers, snowboarders, or participants; the negligence of other participants; and the failure of participants to ski or act safely or within designated areas.
  • Instruction and Supervision: The risks inherent in receiving and following instruction, and the potential for a participant to exceed their skill level.

I understand that these risks exist throughout the Camp, on all lifts, ski runs, trails, racecourses, and other facilities, and that many are unmarked. I freely accept and fully assume all such risks, dangers, and hazards and the possibility of personal injury, death, property damage, and financial loss resulting from my or my child's participation.

2. Release of Liability and Waiver of Claims

In consideration of the Camp allowing my participation, or the participation of my minor child, and permitting the use of its facilities, I hereby agree to the following on behalf of myself, my heirs, executors, administrators, personal representatives, and assigns:

  • To Waive and Release: I WAIVE AND RELEASE all claims, demands, actions, or causes of action that I have or may have in the future against the Camp and its parent company, subsidiaries, affiliates, and all their respective directors, officers, employees, agents, contractors, volunteers, and representatives (collectively, the "Released Parties").
  • From All Liability: I RELEASE the Released Parties from all liability for any loss, damage, expense, or injury, including death, that I or my child may suffer because of my or my child's participation in the Camp.

This release includes claims arising from any cause whatsoever, INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE, BREACH OF CONTRACT, OR BREACH OF ANY STATUTORY OR OTHER DUTY OF CARE on the part of the Released Parties. This explicitly includes, but is not limited to, the failure of the Released Parties to safeguard or provide protection from the risks, dangers, and hazards of the Activities.

3. Indemnity Agreement

I further agree to HOLD HARMLESS AND INDEMNIFY the Released Parties from all liability, claims, demands, actions, causes of action, or expenses, including but not limited to legal fees, that may be brought against the Released Parties by a third party as a result of:

  • My or my childs participation in the Camp.
  • My or my childs use of any of the facilities within which the Camp operates.
  • My or my childs negligence or intentional misconduct.

4. Binding Effect

I agree that this Liability Release, Assumption of Risk, and Indemnity Agreement is effective and binding upon my heirs, next of kin, executors, administrators, and assigns in the event of my death or incapacity.

I HAVE READ AND UNDERSTOOD THIS AGREEMENT. I AM AWARE THAT BY SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT I AM WAIVING CERTAIN LEGAL RIGHTS, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO SUE.

Printed Name:

Date:

VENDOR

In entering into this Agreement I am not relying upon any oral or written representations or statements made by the Releasees other than what is set forth in this Agreement.

I HAVE READ & UNDERSTAND THIS AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE CHILD AND I AM AWARE THAT BY SIGNING THIS AGREEMENT I AM WAIVING CERTAIN RIGHTS TO WHICH I OR MY HEIRS, NEXT OF KIN, EXECUTORS, ADMINISTRATORS, ASSIGNS & REPRESENTATIVES MAY HAVE AGAINST THE RELEASEES

Catalyst Performance Camps Inc., Catalyst Global Racing, Catalyst Holdings Corporation, each of their affiliated companies and subsidiaries, and His Majesty the King in Right of the Provinces of British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Quebec, Newfoundland, Yukon.