Getting nervous at the top of the course is probably one of the worst thing for you, even though everybody usually gets nervous. If you get really nervous you tend to mess up in your run. The most important thing is to stay relaxed, have fun and do your best! When I made it to states this year my first run I fell, because I freaked out and got really nervous at the top. So my second run I knew I didn’t want it to end up like my first, so I put my best effort in to it and ended up beating my time by like 2 seconds, which is a lot of time in ski racing.
Here’s a video that shows you some ways to calm down before a race.
GS skiing is not a speed event like Downhill and Super G. The event is usually composed of two runs held on different courses but held on the same run. The girls and the boys course has a different length limit, the boys course length range is 250-450 metres.
