The following resources include PDFs and videos for the Biathlon Program, courtesy of former biathlon Head Coach Alan Ball

How-to Safety

• How to Store a Rifle Safely
• How to Transport a Rifle Safely
• How-To: Minor PAL Rules

How-to Training

• How to Stay Warm
• How to Take a Nap
• How to Increase Aerobic Capacity
• Increase Core Strength with Pilates
• Nutrition: Sport Performance and Iron
• Sleep: Sleep Information Linked to the LTAD Model
• Shooting YTP, Program Summaries
• Biathlon Long-Term-Athlete-Development (LTAD) Model

Female Athletes:

• Coaching Female Athletes
• Training Female Athletes, Hormone Effects

 Dry Firing:

• Designing Dry Firing Practices
• Dry Firing Targets (4Up)
• Dry Firing – May/June
• Dry Firing – Summer
• Dry Firing – Fall
• Dry Firing – Pre-Competition
• Dry Firing – Competition

Position Taking:

• Setup Video: Slow motion (mov)
• Setup with Analysis: Fourcade (mov)
• Setup with Analysis: Zaitseva (mp4)
• Shooting Position – Mental Script
• Shooting Positions – Work Sheets
• Shooting Position – Prone, Blank
• Prone Position – Check Points
• Prone Position – Side View Drawings
• Prone Position – Side View Photo
• Prone Position – Top View Photo
• Standing Position – Check Points
• Shooting Position – Standing, Blank

Mental Training:

• The Adolescent Brain
• Two-Minute Mental Training
• Attention: Number Grid Games
• IBU Cup Video: Mental Training
• Range Plan – Goals
• Range Plan – Work Sheet
• Autogenesis, Introduction
• Autogenesis, Breathing Relaxation
• Autogenesis, Breathing Relaxation, podcasts
• Autogenesis, Warm Relaxation
• Autogenesis, Heavy Relaxation
• Autogenesis, Integration
• Relaxation: French Biathlon experience
• Relaxation: Swedish Biathlon experience
• Visualization script

Combination Training:

• Agility Combos
• Dryland Combos, Various
• Shorties
• Sprinties

How-to Maintenance

Range Maintenance:

• Air Rifle Targets
• Bullet boxes: Replace the front face
• Lane Markers
• Metal Target Sliders: Replace Bearings
• Wind Flags

Rifle Maintenance:

• Izmash Parts List and Manual
• Anschutz 1827 Parts List
• Anshutz Harness Parts List
• Rifle Cleaning Instructions
• How to Replace a Fortner Firing Pin

How to Run a Biathlon Competition

• Competition A-Z: Detailed Manual for Chiefs
• Shooting Scores: Build and Operate a DIY Sticker Board Scoring System
• Range Scoring: Manual Scoring with Stickers
• Equipment Check Recording
• Finish Order – Manual Recording
• Finish Times – Manual Recording
• Penalty Loop Recording Sheets
• Course Marshal Recording Sheets
• Course Signs, Junctions and Marshall Locations