COURSE DETAILS
LOCATION: Ae Forest, SW Scotland
DATES: Dec 18th, Jan 8th, Jan 29th, Feb 19th (all Saturdays) 3 weeks to get those practice rides in between each coaching day.
TRAILS USED: Red route, Orange & Enduro trails of Ae forest (previously raced)
COST: £380 per rider (max 4 riders per day)
What’s involved
These are four FULL days coaching with a lot of content crammed into each day. We’ll start off by getting the basics nailed and working through to advanced techniques covering everything from bike set-up to dynamic movement on the trail.
At the end of each day you’ll receive your own tailored report from goals to hit and specific areas to practice before your next session. You’ll also have online access to your coach between sessions for help or with any queries you may have.
This course has been specifically designed to deliver the best bang-for-buck in bringing your riding on leaps and bounds.
Each session ties neatly into each other, with a three week window to practice and ride between sessions giving a great opportunity for repeated learning without the chance of slipping back into bad habits.
This is not a single, expensive ‘learn for a day and send you on your way’ session. Mountain biking has so many intrinsic techniques to be learned, and we think this tailor made boot camp approach is a great environment to really mesh all of it together.
Day 1
build from the basics, body position, key and range of movement, cornering part 1
The first day may sound simple but think again, getting the basics dialled is so important to allow progression to continue.
What we teach you
- Proper body position on the bike to bring stability, control and confidence on the trail.
- Key movements on the bike that must first be dialed before advancing to more advance techniques. These will cross over techniques and come up more than once as sessions go on.
- Range of movement to smoothen out the trail and tame trail features
- Begin to learn where to be heavy on the bike and where to be light helping find grip, balance and control.
- Braking – how to brake & where to brake
- Cornering Part 1
- Bike set up tips and tweaks
Day 2
Jumps, flow finding, neutralising the trail, dynamic movement
The second day is a highly technical day of learning, it will be intense but getting this information early means you have more opportunity to build on it. This is be a really rewarding day if you’re willing to put the work in – with increased confidence, grip and bike control all coming your way.
What we teach you
- Learning to jump with control
- Learn to neutralise bumps, undulations and big trail features without losing composure.
- Cornering part 2 – adding dynamic movement to find even more grip.
- Use dynamic movement to rail berms and carry speed out.
- Use dynamic movements in all areas of the trail creating comfort, confidence, time & FLOW
- Use knowledge gained to read trail and pump for speed
- Bike set up tips and tweaks
Day 3
Finding grip in tech terrain, braking, how to tackle steep stuff
The third day is working on that love or hate steep stuff. With the knowledge already gained to this point you will already be feeling a lot better about it. Breaking it down on the day we will be hunting for that elusive grip and showing you where to find it in places you didn’t think possible.
What we teach you
- How to find grip in tech terrain
- How to utilise line choice to make the most of the trail
- Deeper dive into controlled braking on steeper technical stuff
- Use knowledge of body movement to maintain control and balance
- How to approach steep sections without losing your cool
- How to find grip on the steeps
- Be confident and not let steep stuff ruin your fun!
- Bike set up tips
Day 4
Putting it all together on the trail, reading the trail, track analysis and timed sections, the art of race craft
The fourth and final day will be a highly enjoyable one as we set about putting it all together and working through sections of trail.
There will be plenty opportunity to practise all aspects of the techniques covered so far couple with a lot of riding to really hit home and start to make these techniques autonomous. Before the day is done we will take time to talk and plan how we can all keep improving on our bikes without losing the fun.
What we teach you
- Learn how to read a trail quickly, pick lines and hit them with confidence and control.
- Sectioning trails, analysing line choice and putting it all together on a challenging trail.
- How to grade sections of trail from pushing the pace and backing off in the correct places.
- Relayed video analysis and feedback through section of trail under race conditions.
- Reputation of any technique not yet mastered
- Talking through how we can all continue to become better riders whilst keeping it fun!
- Bike set up tips
Is this course for you?
- You are over 18
- You want to grow your confidence and learn new skills on off piste trails
- You are confident on red grade trails, competent on “enduro/natural trails” but are looking to add to your riding
- You want to find more grip on loose, slippery, muddy, rooty or steep trails
- You want to have more control on endure/natural trails
- You want to unlock you and your bikes full potential
- You want to learn how to jump with proper technique but don’t know where to start
- You want your riding to have more flow and control feeling like you are commanding the bike
Course details
Location
Ae Forest, meeting at Ae Bike shop & Café
Timings
Morning: 9:00am start
Lunch: 12:00pm
Afternoon: 12:45pm – 3:00pm
Trails used
Red route, Orange, Enduro trails of Ae forest (previously raced)
Cost: £380 Per rider
(1 single full day standard coaching usually £100)
