Mountain Bike Skills Courses
Sheffield & The Peak District
Course Dates Open For Booking (private bookings also available):
The Whistlestop Skills
In this course we will take a whistlestop tour of all the key areas of mountain bike skills. This will help you to highlight what techniques you need to focus on and give you a feel of how MTB skills coaching will benefit you.
- Core Techniques
- Pumping Jumping and Berms
- Technical descending
Core Techniques
These movement and bike handling skills are the foundation on which complex skills are learnt. This is not a 'beginners' course. During the course we will set exercises at a suitable level of challenge for each rider, focusing on the most important elements for the individual.
These are some of the areas that are covered
- Weight shift - front and rear wheel lifts, holding a line
- Spatial awareness & line choice- being aware of the trail ahead of you and how your bike and body will move through it
- Cornering
- Braking & grip
- Pedalling and gearing
- Bike setup - Suspension, Tyre Pressures, Bike Setup.
Pumping, Jumping and Berms Course
These techniques are key to flowing through trails. In particular, man-made style trail centre tracks.
- Pumping - Speed gain on trails is mostly achieved by pumping, this is key to learning to jump.
- Jumping - Build on the movement skills of bunny hopping, to using your momentum to clear jumps.
- Berms - by putting together cornering skills and pumping, you will learn to carry more speed through berms.
Its recommended you complete the in-Depth Core Techniques Course, the Whistlestop Skills Course or a 1.5hr Private Session before signing up for this course. This will ensure that you get the most out of this course.
Steep & Technical Descending
This course is specifically for riders who have mastered the basics and are looking develop discipline specific skills for Downhill, Enduro and XC.
- Control with limited grip
- Flowing through rough terrain and rock features
- Drops and jumps
- Discipline specific tactics (Cross Country, Downhill, Enduro)
- Very steep trail features
Whilst we will never push you to take risks you are not comfortable with, this course will involve riding downhill/enduro orientated trails which are harder than many black graded trail-centre trails. Its important that you are confident at cornering, jumping, drops, loose/slippery/rooty descending, and steep trails. If you are unsure whether this course is suitable, please get in contact via phone or email.
