Neil brought John a skills session for his birthday, so
after they arrived I began the session with the skills check where I discovered
that Neil had perfect footwork, I just needed to work on body positioning and
looking, and John had perfect body positioning and footwork one way, but needed
work on looking, as well as the other skills in order to corner in both
directions. After a few set up changes, we moved to drops, where they were both
putting these physical skills together, in order to land both wheels together
of a drop of their choice. I then gave them a quick cornering exercise where
they could feel for themselves how body positioning is such an important part
of cornering. I then took them to the skills trail, where they linked bermed
and flat corners, rocks, fly outs, steps and drops, and where soon riding the
trail from top to bottom. After a quick lunch break, I then showed them the
table top, where they both began to get both wheels in the air. I then showed
them a much larger table top, where they could experiment with their speed and
push, in order to jump further. I then showed them some steeper roll downs, and
got them to use their mental skill set in order to choose which they did. I
then showed them a start of another trail, where they began to link roll ins,
corners, and fade away jumps, but mental tiredness took over and our session
came to an end.
Good one guys!
Nath.
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