UK BIKE SKILLS

[...] , or put back to the ones that had been with us before. We moved to drops and introduced the mental skills set. Soon enough, everyone was landing perfectly off the larger drop. We then worked on [...]

[...] where she broke her collarbone had smashed her confidence too. I knew I had to work on her mental skills and also the missing skills collectively in the group that were, footwork, looking and body [...]

[...] footwork, looking and body positioning and that had to be corrected before I worked on their mental skills. I adjusted their set ups and that made an immediate difference to them both and soon we were [...]

[...] he rode before his summer crash. Soon he was clearing the 6ft tabletop and used his renewed mental skills to decide to ride the gap jump side also. Cornering was next and I used three linked berms for [...]

[...] technique required that forms the basis of jumps and drops. We moved to applying it to the drop technique and then to linking drops to corners, of course I taught them some cornering first! The wind [...]

[...] 's set up too. We as ever, began with applying both physical and mental skills sets to the drop technique as soon they were riding them all in total control. I moved onto cornering and controlling [...]

[...] looking and body positioning and the all important mental skills too. We moved through the drop technique that I teach and they were all blown away at how simple it felt. I moved across to jumping as [...]

[...] and body positioning and once corrected, I was able to work on the mental skills too. The drop technique was first and that was followed by the jump technique and Steve remarked at how simple and [...]

[...] meter high and they were soon flying off the largest. From there I moved them straight to the 6ft tabletop. In afew short steps they sailed over the jump and landed perfectly on  the down slope. The [...]

[...] as they were ready and waiting and had already been riding to warm up. We first began on the 6ft tabletop, then moved to a 9ft tabletop and worked on pumping to gain speed to jump it before working on [...]

[...] crash he now knew why he crashed and how to stop that happening again. Onto jumping and the 6ft tabletop sailed beneath him after a few small steps and that left the 6ft gap. Vic used his mental [...]

[...] moved to jumping and landing on the backside of tabletops. Soon , Paul was sailing over the 6ft tabletop and then repeated the move as he rode the 6ft gap jump too. We worked on cornering and the [...]

[...] and mental skills to the techniques that i teach. We worked on set up, braking control and  line choice. Cornering was next and the levels of grip stunned them as they could now turn tighter and [...]

[...] camber and switchback turns were linked via pumping, jumping, steps, rocks and drops. line choice and braking areas were identified and used and soon he was flying along and getting [...]

[...] offs, rock gardens, pumping, steps, upslopes  and drops. We worked on  control zones and line choice and it wasn't long before he was linking the whole trail end to end. We moved to riding [...]

[...] and near vertical drop offs before moving to linking drops into corners and the required line choice and braking areas. We finished the session on the pump and jump trail and I demonstrated [...]

[...] trail top to bottom. Flat, bermed, off camber and switchback turns were linked to jumping, drop offs, steps, pumping and a rock garden for good measure. They knew why it was right or wrong in [...]

[...] sized chunks before later linking the whole trail together. Pumping, steps, rocks, drops and drop offs were linked with flat, bermed, off camber and switchback turns. By the time he was riding it top [...]

[...] trail together. I used the skills trail and we worked on pumping, jumping, drops, rock gardens, drop offs and steps and linked them to a variety of corners. The last drop of 4ft into the final corner [...]

[...] break. We resumed by working on the bottom 7 sections and choosing which technique to use on drop offs and steps as well as a fly out jump. The 4ft drop into the final corner was something that was [...]

[...]  Daniel asked for a skills session from his wife for his birthday as he'd wanted to come to see us at ukbikeskills for a while. [...]

 I coached Dan nearly five years ago and he wanted to return to push his riding on  and also help out his partner Rosanna as she was a beginner. I b [...]

[...]  Ben has wanted a skills session with myself for a couple of years and when the time was right, he booked in and today was the [...]

 Dee, Russell and Eddie turned up as arranged and i began with my all important skills check and discovered they needed work on looking and body posi [...]

[...] and I was able to work on Dad's mental skills again and we moved to a 6ft tabletop and then a 6ft gap jump, something he'd never jumped before and to his amazement John sailed over the gap time and [...]

[...] over the tabletop with ease and to their amazement, they both started comfortably riding the 6ft gap jump too. All this within 2 hours of us meeting. We began working on cornering and before long they [...]

[...] , they were both sailing over a 6ft tabletop withease and soon after they were clearing a 6ft gap jump too. I worked on their berm riding and soon they were linking three berms together and riding [...]

[...] errors were understood as he knew why it was correct now. Carl surprised himself by riding the 6ft gap jump a few times too. We ended our session after working on the effort/speed equals distance [...]

[...] become faster. We worked on a big drop off and used 2 very different techniques to ride the near vertical drop. We then moved back to 2 berms we'd ridden earlier but the gap jump that followed was a [...]

[...] of them, not just me showing riders they can blindly do. The ease at which Mark rode the near vertical drop off can be seen in the video above. We ended our session on the trail that included the two [...]

[...] diagnosed as he knew why it felt right or wrong. We moved to steeper terrain and even a near vertical drop off proved no issue to him now as his old sit way back technique was now a thing of the [...]

[...] together and the following jump too. Amazing stuff! We worked on steep drop offs and a near vertical drop off proved simple as I demonstrated different ways of riding such sections without having [...]

[...] too. Smiling, we moved to work on cornering and used 2 berms that just happened to have a 7ft gap jump after them and it wasn't long before he was sailing over that to whoops of joy. We took a [...]

[...] adrenaline really took hold of him and the shakes began. Another tea break followed linking a 7ft gap jump that comes after the 2 berms we began on and then linked the ladder drop that followed and [...]

[...] on jumping or pumping sections on a trail and linked 2 berms together followed by a 7ft gap jump and then added another 3 sections, 2 berms with a 9ft gap jump sandwiched between them. [...]

[...] jump at the end, which in Alex's words, he "sailed like an eagle". We then rode the 7ft gap jump that he ended on in our last session and he rode that ten or so times and it was easier than [...]

I love public singletrack sessions as it's a group of riders who've never met with different expectations. I corrected their set ups and began working [...]

 Today's session only had two riders as four had re booked onto a later course short notice, so I continued with Paul and Stephen. I worked on footwo [...]

 Barry and Kev arrived as arranged and I found what errors they had in their skills sets and I made some set up changes to enhance their positions. W [...]