Greg and Kamil wanted to gain confidence in their riding, particularly cornering and jumping. They commonly washed out the front wheel in turns and wanted to know why. The skills check showed them why as I found foot and body positioning were in need or changing and that led on to developing their mental skills sets.
I have coached Gerald before, two years ago in fact and he wanted to return to find out why he feels so sketchy in corners but also to move his riding on further. He showed me a video of his riding and washing out in turns but I’d already seen why when watching him ride his bike during the skills check. I worked hard on his footwork and positioning and linking drops and gaps into turns all session long. What a session it was too!!!!!
I coached Jim and Paul two years ago and they returned to work on their jumping for next years planned Alps trip and wanted to know how to gain height and distance when jumping. I isolated the physical skills set and then worked on the head game. I then built the session gradually, always checking the pace of the session was ok for them. What a session it was. Riding over obstacles, tabletops, gap jumps, drops to 5ft and smooth and fast cornering too.
I have coached Si and Steve before and they return with James, Steve’s 11yr old son for another session. I worked on looking, positioning and footwork throughout this session as well as the head game. Drops, jumps, wall rides, pumping, cornering and gaps to 9ft were all on the menu.
great session guys!
Steve has never been able to jump or indeed get his front wheel off the ground so he came to me after being recommended by his friend. I ran Steve through my skills check and I corrected his foot positioning, his body positioning and showed him where to look. Sounds simple, which it is but not easy to implement. Steve suddenly found it easy do all the things he’d struggled with and confidently started to get over large obstacles, drops, jumps and cornering was a vast improvement too!
11 Guys from Barclays bank arrived as arranged . I’d coached some of the guys before and they all wanted to have a session together and enjoy their time together. I moved them gradually through the skills set and techniques I teach and they all improved loads. Some had the things I taught them before really cemented in their riding and others explored the real possibilities in their riding. Great day guys!
This was Dan’s 4th mountain bike skills coaching session with me in as many years and he wanted to gain more confidence when jumping gaps and judging effort and speed when linking jumps together.. I tweaked his cornering too!
