Youth Sessions: Finding Your Feet Core Skills

£65.00

If you’re new to the sport or if you’ve only been riding for a short while, this session is ideal for you and can give you a huge confidence boost.

The aim of the mountain bike coaching session is to tackle the fundamentals of mountain biking and to allow slightly older youth riders access our amazing sport, these sessions are designed for child from 14 Years old to 17 years old, but if your child falls outside this age range please drop us a line Contact PageContact

Topics covered during the course include the core skills of:-

Body position on the bike
Braking
Weight shift
Future trail
Gears
Small climbs and descents

The session will break down the fundamental basics of mountain biking and hone your core skills to improve your time on the trails!

The session is 3 hours Am sessions start at 9:30 and PM sessions start at 13:00. Please be ready to ride in good time for your session start

This is not a adult session and designed for youth riders

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Categories: Adult Rides & Courses, Youth MTB Courses Tags: Forest of Dean, Mountain bike Coaching, Mountain bike coaching Wales, Mountain bike skills, Pedalabikeaway

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The aim of ‘Finding your Feet: Core Skills’ mountain bike coaching session is to tackle the fundamentals of mountain biking. The course introduces skills such as body position on the bike, braking, gears and understanding the trail centre environment. Throughout the session, your coach will make use of a number of mountain bike specific coaching zones around the trail centre.

The coaching course is based at our local trail centre Pedalabikeaway which allows us to utilise the network of trails and allows you, the client, time to practice new skills all under the watchful eye of our British Cycling mountain bike coach.

There is a maximum of six participants per session so you’ll receive plenty of group and one-to-one time with the coach.

The session is 3 hours Am sessions start at 9:30 and PM sessions start at 13:00. Please be ready to ride in good time for your session start

Topics covered during the course include the core skills of:-

Body position on the bike
Braking
Weight shift
Future trail
Gears
Small climbs and descents

Finding your Feet: Core Skills is the first step of our comprehensive coaching pathway. It is a progressive structure for you, the rider, to develop from a complete beginner to exhibiting hardcore skills on your mountain bike! Already been on this course? Then have a look at ‘FOD Flow‘ to progress your mountain biking skills

This is an adults (18+) course, however 16-18 year olds can attend if there is an adult accompanying them on the course.