Coaching

06 Dec 2018
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Kelvin’s Session

Sticky Post By On December 6, 2018

Kelvin contacted me a couple of weeks ago looking for a mountain bike skills coaching winter session . He wanted to understand what to do and why when he rides. The skills check and set up changes made sense to him as I identified footwork and positioning needed some work and I made various small adjustments that made a colossal difference.

Jumping tabletops, gap jumps, drops, drop offs , corners and pumping were all worked on, demonstrated by me before Kelvin repeated.

Brilliant session and fantastic progression

09 Nov 2018
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Two Tftuned Ladies

Sticky Post By On November 9, 2018

Dee and Amy work for Tftuned.com suspension tuning company and arrived as arranged for 10am. We chatted about their needs and expectations for the mountain bike skills coaching session. Cornering and possibly getting air under their wheels was on that list. The skills check showed the areas in their physical skill sets that needed work and a small set up change assisted the skills change further.

It wasn’t long before they could easily get their front wheel into the air and then off of drops to 3ft too. I worked on cornering next and also pumping and maintaining connection to the ground when riding multiple mounds on a trail. Soon they were choosing to jump them instead and flow through three berms. Steeps drops were a bit of a mental barrier, but by application of their new mental and physical skills it all clicked into place and became easy.

 

 

 

 

02 Nov 2018
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A two to one mountain bike skills session

Sticky Post By On November 2, 2018

Pete and Andrew wanted a two to one private session so they could find answers in their riding experiences for when it was right or why they crashed. The skills check revealed the missing skills I needed to fix and then I worked on the mental game.

Drops, drop offs, cornering, pumping, tabletops and gap jumps were all ridden and they were self diagnosing any errors too!

I worked on foot and body positioning and applying techniques in the correct timing and style.

I have availability for private bookings so contact info@ukbikeskills.co.uk

25 Oct 2018
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Dan gets his wings

Sticky Post By On October 25, 2018

Dan came to me for mountain bike skills coaching to understand what to do and why when riding off road. Previous to today he had never jumped or anything. The skills check showed me the areas that needed correcting in his physical skills set and it wasn’t long before he could pop either wheel off the floor and ride over obstacles with ease. Drops, jumps, gaps, pumping, cornering and steep drop offs were all ridden and Dan’s riding by his own admission had changed dramatically.

05 Oct 2018
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Three brothers find the truth in their riding

Sticky Post By On October 5, 2018

 

I coached Pete back in December and he wanted to return with his brothers Joseph and Tom for another session. I was able to use their skiing experience to develop a new understanding of their skill sets. They said it was like being shown how to make fire for the first time.

04 Oct 2018
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More riders from the Isle of White

Sticky Post By On October 4, 2018

Darrell, Steve and Rob got the ferry over from the Isle of White for mountain bike skills coaching after hearing about my coaching from riders at bike park wales. I have coached quite a few Sunday social riders from the isle already and today was all about rebuilding their skill sets so they can ride the things they want and some stuff they never dreamed was possible for them 🙂

02 Oct 2018
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Cyclo-cross skills for Steve

Sticky Post By On October 2, 2018

I have coached Steve on his mountain bike but he really struggled on his cross bike to relate the skills set to it. He said grassy off camber turns were his nemesis, especially right turns. Steve was amazed that I showed him why that was and by working on his hips and feet I changed his cornering on his cross bike dramatically.  Drops, drop offs and linking turns all seemed easier suddenly 🙂

Great session, really enjoyed the change