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Mountain bike skills courses
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Guided mountain bike rides
Mountain Bike Skills Coaching: Coaching Clinic
Course description
Perhaps you're a mountain biker who would like a quick check-up on your trail skills, or maybe you've attended one of our training courses in the past and need a reassuring refresher. A mountain bike skills Coaching Clinic could be for you.
Our highly experienced MTB coaches will review your skills in the context of a guided ride. There'll be plenty of time to session terrain that you may be having particular problems with and to examine your riding style in the tiniest of detail.
Course outline
The skills reviewed on our coaching clinics can include repetition of sessions for our regular mountain bike courses including:
- Core riding skills
- Cornering & advanced cornering
- Climbing & effective pedaling
- Descending skills
- Breaking down the trail
- Energy management
- Manuals, rear wheel lifts & powered front-wheel lifts
- Manual & wheelie drops
- Bunny hops & lateral bunny hops
- Track Stands
Typical programme
Although the course is flexible it will usually keep to the following programme:
- 9:00-9:30 Arrival at course venue
- 9:30-10:00 Course commences, introductions and equipment check
- 10:00-13:30 Guided ride with coaching sessions
- 13:30 Course ends
Any questions?
If you wish to discuss our mountain bike skills courses or have specific requirements, please call our team of experts to discuss your needs on 0800 756 6999.
Course information
Pricing
£45.00 per person
Course dates & locations
- The Surrey Hills
- SH103 - 04 Sep 2010 - full
- SH103 - 18 Sep 2010
- SH103 - 02 Oct 2010
- SH103 - 16 Oct 2010
- SH103 - 30 Oct 2010
- SH103 - 13 Nov 2010
- SH103 - 27 Nov 2010
- SH103 - 11 Dec 2010
- SH103 - 08 Jan 2011
- SH103 - 22 Jan 2011
- SH103 - 12 Feb 2011
- SH103 - 26 Feb 2011
- SH103 - 12 Mar 2011
- SH103 - 26 Mar 2011
Bike Rental
£25.00 per day
Duration
Short course (3 hours)
Teaching ratio
3-6 students per coach
Previous experience
To get the most out of our Coaching Clinics you will probably be a relatively experienced mountain biker.
You may have attended one of our courses in the past, but this is not essential.
Preparation and fitness
The good news is that you don't have to be ultra-fit to get the most out of this course.
We will be riding our bikes for about four hours, though not constantly and at an easy pace.
We will be stopping regularly to coach different skills.
Consolidation and practice
We recommend that you take what you've learned straight out on the trail and practice the skills as much as possible.
Riding once or twice a week will help cement your new skills. Don't forget to session the bits you have the most difficulty with as this will help them become natural.
Equipment required
Please refer to our equipment page for a complete list.
You won't need to carry tools, a trailside repair kit or a first aid kit as your coach will have all of these.
