Coaching Clinic: Essential MTB Skills
Cost: Included with MiSCA coach registration (in-person)
Deposit: $25 (refunded upon successful completion, space is limited – no refunds for missed clinics)
Time: Approximately 4 Hours
Prerequisite: Coaching on the Trail
Coaches that attend the training will feel capable of teaching their student-athletes the Essential Skills.
Objectives:
- Coaches will be able to set up a skills instruction session
- Coaches will be able to teach and demonstrate the Essential Skills
- Coaches will be able to detect rider errors and provide appropriate corrections
Skills Included:
- Neutral and Ready Position
- Braking
- Side to Side Bike/Body Separation
- Forward and Back Bike/Body Separation
- Intro to Cornering
- Tight Turns
- Shifting
- Climbing
- Seated climbing
- Crouched climbing
- Standing climb
- Climbing Dismount
- Climbing Restart
- Descending Dismount
Upon course completion, submit your certificate in the Coach Requirement Submissions page in CCN.
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