I have coached Damo, Sean, John, Pat and Dan previously and their riding buddy Craig wanted to come along on their session too. I worked on the physical skills first and then really focused on their mental game.
What a session and what an end to a week of coaching. Im blown away by these guys!
Adrian was given a voucher for a private session and his riding buddy Simon joined him. Ade rides an ebike and Si a standard mtb but this didn’t matter at all.
I worked on the physical and mental skills in this session and they really improved in a short space of time. Even errors were being self diagnosed too.
I moved them on through section after section and linked jumps, drops, gaps, berms and so on together. What a session guys!
Kev and Jon wanted a private session to focus on jumping and ironing out any habits their collective years of mountain biking had embedded. When I said how about the good stuff you already do they looked puzzled. I focused on foot positioning, looking and body positioning to begin with and after a set up change to enhance this, I started to unlock their mental game too. It’s not about the bike either as Jon rode an ebike and kevin rode a regular mtb.
Paul Has rode on and off road but mostly road cycled. He wanted to get into mtb more and a coaching session was the way he wanted to go. I was able to talk to him in skiing terms during this session as he had far greater experience doing that. Footwork, looking and positioning were adjusted and worked hard on throughout the session.
What an awesome start to the week’s coaching. I had coached Jason a good few years back and he wanted to return with his mate Jon to identify and correct any errors in their skills sets.
I worked on looking and positioning for this session and then applying the mental skills to judge speed and whether to ride things.
Sam was given gift vouchers for his birthday and his mate Keith joined him on the session. I was able to use their muscle memory from football to really enhance their skills sets for mountain biking and everything from drops, jumps, pumping, corners, drop offs and wall rides were all easier than ever before.
Marcin took advantage of my short notice availability to have a private one to one session. footwork and positioning were in great need of correcting and then we applied the complete skills set to steeps, cornering, pumping and drops.
