Enduro & Downhill Race Skills
£95.00
This course covers all key elements to prepare you for an enduro or downhill race.
Over and above riding as a hobby, enduro & downhill racing requires technical and physical preparation. I’ve raced bikes extensively over the last 15 years. And I’ve competed in over 200 races in 5 disciplines. I will help you understand the demands of MTB racing and provides methods to train for these races
This course is designed for riders who are both new to racing and have raced before. These sessions are a good way of getting you physically in gear, as well as improving your skills.
Course details
Preparing you – skills, fitness and mental training
- Ride with flow to progress your racing
- Improving skills and technique
- Trail practice. We’ll ride trails at a range of levels, from easier trails, progressing to a similar difficulty to National Enduro & DH races
- Building awareness of skills which require improvement and integrating them into your training
- Reading and learning a race course effectively.
- Improving skills under pressure
- Race scenario situations to replicate the pressure of racing, including timed laps on unfamiliar trails
Race preparation
- Logistics of racing
- Equipment and bike preparation – including a pre-race bike check.
- Looking after yourself – nutrition, sleep, mental preparation
Practice and race day
- Warm ups for racing
- Making the most of practice time – learning the trail, identifying lines
- Positive mindset under pressure
Things to consider
You must be able to ride black graded trails, even if you can’t ride all the A-lines. You also need to have a reasonable amount of experience riding natural trails outside of trail centres.
It’s strongly recommended that you have undertaken other coaching before this course (with myself or another coach).
What to bring to your coaching session
- A mountain bike in full working order
- Helmet, gloves and knee pads &/or long trousers
- Suitable warm clothing. The locations can be exposed and you’re not riding continuously
- A completed rider information and consent form. Follow the link at checkout
- Lunch/drink/snacks
- Everything else you’d carry for an enduro including tools & spares
- Tools to carry out a pre-race check. Including hex & torx keys as appropriate for your bike. We will do this in the car park. If you are riding to the session I will have some you can borrow.
Location and meeting point
Greno Woods MTB trails & Wharncliffe Woods. Meet at the Grenoside Woods car park, S35 8RS: https://goo.gl/maps/jPxu2hmGRY3Vynz77
Timings
6 hours, 9.30am to 3.30pm.
We will take a short break for lunch.
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