All RNST coaches must be members of RASC
For liability reasons it is important that all coaches be members of RASC as that is the umbrella organization that provides insurance coverage for all RNST activities.
If you are NOT a RASC member, you can join up here.
Policies for handling Covid during the 2021/2022 season
Updated 10/23/2021
A group of RNST coaches, led by Joan Rabe worked on a set of policies to address the impact of Covid-19 on the 2020/2021 ski season. Below is the revised RNST plan for the coming 2021/2022 season.
Policies (Athlete Safety & Abuse Prevention)
Updated 12-1-21
All coaches are asked to review the RNST Policies for Coaches. Once you have reviewed the Policies, please send an email to David Herbert at dherbert4320@gmail.com, indicating "I have reviewed and understand the RNST Policies for Coaches." Below are links to the RNST Policies for coaches. This version is a pdf file, and this is a Word document.
The following have confirmed review of the above:
Date Name
10/31/19 Baranczyk, Shawn
12/14/19 Baum, Curtis
10/16/21 Behrends, Mark
10/08/19 Bennett, Jim
10/27/19 Bothun, Darald
07/19/20 Dewey, Erin
10/31/19 Furst, Joey
07/23/20 Gyura, Joe
11/12/19 Hale, Curt
10/07/19 Herbert David
10/13/19 Hocraffer, Henry
11/18/19 Keillor, Joey
11/24/21 Kennedy, Nate
10/25/19 Knapp, Barry
10/27/20 Listowe, Jen
01/03/21 McBride, Catherine
10/29/19 MacCarty, Robert
01/03/21 Manulik, Bob
07/28/20 O'Connor, Michael
10/15/21 Ostby, Brett
10/30/19 Rabe, Joan
08/31/21 Ratelle, Jacob
11/09/21 Reynolds, Austin
10/08/19 Russell, Luke
08/06/20 Sortland, Anna
01/29/21 Suriano, Piersan
10/08/19 Teigen, Katherine
10/29/19 Trantow, Mike
10/23/19 Truelson, Denny
10/29/19 Van Camp, Kelly
11/15/19 Walker, Henry
02/03/21 Webber, Grant
10/06/20 Welch, Robb
11/10/19 Ziegler, Chris
Plan for Handling Medical Situation during RNST Practice
While we hope not to have any severe injuries or medical issues occur during practice, we want to have a plan in place should a situation arise with a skier. We want to ensure the affected skier has their coach with them as they go back to base and that there’s a plan for the other skiers in the group. Click here for a brief summary of the plan, a copy of which is also included in the RNST Coaches Policy.
Concussion Training Module
While we have never had a skier suffer a head injury, it is good to know what to do should a skier or biker crash and bang their head. Below is a link to the on-line training modules on concussion. The Center for Disease Control (CDC) module takes about 30 minutes and is quite comprehensive. State law now requires all high school coaches take some training in concussion and we believe that it is important for all of us to take the course as well. When you do take it, please let Michael O'Connor (mkoconnor@mayo.edu) know.
The following people have completed the module (note: certification is good for 3 years from date of completion)
Date Name
10/07/19 Argo, Katherine
12/14/19 Baum, Curtis
12/28/16 Baranczyk Shawn
09/15/19 Behrends, Mark
09/20/19 Bennett, Jim
10/08/17 Berg, Kevin
09/15/19 Bothun, Darald
09/22/19 Cattaneo, Roberto
09/01/19 Derauf, Chris
07/19/20 Dewey, Erin
09/06/11 Ehling, Paul
10/14/19 Felton, Steve
08/22/17 Furst, Joey
09/19/19 Gyura, Joe
11/12/19 Hale, Curt
10/09/19 Herbert, David
09/13/19 Hocraffer, Henry
11/01/18 Johnson, Nick
01/26/21 Johnson, Sarah H
01/04/17 Karsten, Leah
10/10/19 Keillor, Joey
11/24/21 Kennedy, Nate
10/01/19 Knapp, Barry
07/24/20 Luetmer, Marienne
08/02/16 MacCarty, Robert
01/03/21 Manulik, Bob
01/03/21 McBride, Catherine
12/07/18 Napton, Ella
01/05/17 Nath, Dan
07/28/20 O'Connor, Michael
10/16/21 Ostby, Brett
11/27/18 Peter, Rich
10/30/19 Rabe, Joan
01/07/17 Ratelle, James
08/31/21 Ratelle, Jacob
10/16/16 Resman, John
11/09/21 Reynolds, Austin
12/03/15 Rinkleff, Franz
08/01/19 Russell, Luke
08/06/20 Sortland, Anna
01/29/21 Suriano, Piersan
10/29/19 Trantow, Mike
09/19/19 Van Camp, Kelly
10/24/16 Walker, Henry
02/03/21 Webber, Grant
10/06/20 Welch, Robb
01/09/17 Whipple, Danny
09/08/20 Wollan, Peter
09/12/19 Wood, Andy
11/21/19 Ziegler, Chris
Asthma Training Module
An asthma action plan or AAP is an individualized plan created in collaboration between a patient and their health care provider. While almost all AAP’s direct the use of an albuterol inhaler for symptoms – there can be differences in doses and frequency.
There are many different AAP’s available but the majority use a green, yellow, red format to categorize and relay information. It doesn’t happen often but best practices for asthma means a coach should technically have an AAP for any player who has asthma. That action plan will tell you what symptoms may appear for a single player if their asthma is flaring up and what medication (albuterol or levalbuteral) to use and how much or how often to use it.
The biggest problem is that many coaches don’t know some of their players have asthma – then when they start having some rather startling symptoms, the coach didn’t know what to do, or they might have known but the player didn’t have any albuterol/rescue inhaler with them.
Here’s the web page describing an AAP along with a copy you can download. We will be asking parents for a copy from their health provider. All kids with asthma should have an AAP – it’s a requirement in MN that all prescribing providers provide one.
https://www.health.state.mn.us/diseases/asthma/professionals/healthcareprofessionals.html
Date Name
09/14/17 Greymont, David
09/19/19 Gyura, Joe
11/24/21 Kennedy, Nate
08/04/20 Knapp, Barry
01/03/21 Manulik, Bob
01/04/21 McBride, Catherine
12/28/17 Rabe, Joan
11/09/21 Reynolds, Austin
10/29/19 Trantow, Mike
02/03/21 Webber, Grant
10/06/20 Welch, Robb
10/12/17 Wollan, Peter
We now have a Dropbox account to store documents, reports etc. You can access the dropbox account by clicking here. Note: you will need to have a Dropbox account in order to access it, but this is very easy to set up.
RNST 2021 Preseason RNST Coaches- Minutes.pdf
Click above for the minutes of the pre-season coaches meeting held virtually on 10/06/21
RNST 2021 Postseason RNST Coaches Minutes.pdf
Click above for the minutes of the post-season coaches meeting held virtually 03/23/21
RNST 2020 Preseason RNST Coaches- Minutes.pdf
Click above for the minutes of the pre-season coaches meeting held virtually on 9/27/20
RNST 2020 Postseason RNST Coaches Minutes.pdf
Click above for the minutes of the post-season coaches meeting held virtually between 03/23-04/03/20
RNST 2019 Preseason RNST Coaches minutes.pdf
Click above for the minutes of the pre-season coaches meeting held on 09/24/19
RNST 2019 Postseason Coaches minutes.pdf
Click above for the minutes of the post-season coaches meeting held on 04/03/19
RNST 2018 Coaches Preseason meeting minutes_.pdf
Click above for the minutes of the pre-season coaches meeting held on 09/26/18
RNST 2018 post season meeting.pdf
Click above for the minutes of the post-season coaches meeting held on 04/12/18
RNST 2017 Coaches' Preseason Meeting Minues.pdf
Click above for the minutes of the pre-season coaches meeting held on 10/05/17
2017 Spring RNST Coaches Minutes.pdf
Click above for the minutes of the post season coaches meeting held on 03/29/17
Click above for the minutes of the post season coaches meeting held on 03/29/16
Click above for the minutes of the pre-practice coaches meeting held on 09/22/15
Click above for the minutes of the coaches meeting held on 03/25/15
Click above for the minutes of the pre-practice coaches meeting held in Elton Hills school on 11/13/14.
Click above for the minutes of the beginning-of-season coaches meeting held in Darald's house on 10/3/13.
Click above for the minutes of the end-of-season coaches meeting held in Joey's house on 3/26/13.