Niki had previously attended a group session with me so she knew the skillset requirements.
Niki said she has a fear of steep decents and that she feels out of control, so i worked with her on braking and control which built up her commitment and confidence .
Niki picked up cornering really well and once three of the skils were in place ,we started adding speed. her confidence grew and grew.
Now a BIG fear of niki's are drops/steps so we worked on that for a while and quickly over came it.
Over all a really progressive day that gently moved along technically whilst remaining well within a comfort zone.
Joost attended a group session a while ago , so todays session was about expanding the skill set and applying it in a jump/drop session. i began with weight shift pumping.
Then Joost applied that to the jumping technique and was comfortable with it in a very short time.
I demonstrated it's application in drops and Joost took to the air!
Eventually jumping the 10-12ft across this into the bomb hole!
We worked on his cornering further and he started really getting over his bike and weighting the front wheel. We stitched all the techniques together on the trails and flowed with the trails .
Woburn Sands, bucks.
We began the day as always by installing the skillset and then going through the technique of pumping using the skills.
I then coached on how the pumping technique relates to jumping.
Oh, and drops!
Here's Sam appling the skills to cornering.
Jason took to ttrails with his new skill set and applied it to all the techniques on the trails
We ended the day riding various trails and applying what they had learned .
By the end of the day everyone demonstrated the understanding of trail energy management and how to identify where to use the skills set and apply it to all techniques present.
