The purpose of our Coaching Clinics.
We aim to prepare riders to get the most out of our Freeride days by building up their confidence and teaching the most useful techniques, which will also help riders to progress towards competing in races. Most importantly though, it is about enjoying and getting the best out of your riding and keeping one wheel in front of your friends.
We're moving away from level 1 level 2 Level 3 and we think it's better to use stages of riders development speed and ability.
Coaching clinic. Stage 1, 2, 3 and 4 explained.
Stage 1: Creating a good foundation for your skills. Especially flat corners and holding your body weight and position in the correct place for fast open going.
To Summarise: Bike control, technique and building confidence.
Stage 2: Building on the foundations and carrying more corner speed, breaking earlier and more efficiently and to increase your accuracy when accelerating.
To Summarise: Building your speed and confidence, these tracks are easier to ride if you can carry a bit of speed through the bumpy sections.
Stage 3: Starting to carry good speed and learning race lines to help overtake cleanly and easily. Starting to put the hammer down and how to work the bike and yourself as one.
To Summarise: riding smoothly but also picking up your pace and using less energy than when you first started.
Stage 4: Starting to learn how to rip the woods up, jump obstacles, make great line choices over roots and rip up the open going. This is where bikes set up starts to really matter and makes a huge difference.
To Summarise: We bring in talented riders and suspension experts to bring all the above together in a great package. Remember just as you are, we are always learning and looking to pass all our knowledge on at our coaching clinics.
Stage Extreme: To be good at extreme you need heaps of bike skills and that means first nailing all of the above stages! Only then can we help you to start firing those skills at hills and obstacles, we can also teach some unexpected skills for extreme sections. Trials bikes are very useful at breaking these skills down into small, manageable, safe steps but the flipside is you can also learn all this on your enduro bike but it brings higher risks.
Moving on from what you have learnt and where to go from here.
Learning is progressive, we can teach you huge amounts on the day and improve your riding in leaps and bounds but it's always good practise then to come back and refresh your technique, correct any bad habits and move your riding skills forward at another Coaching Clinic.
To ensure progression, from this point forward we've reorganised the steps riders need to learn and perfect into the clear stages of 1 to 4. After that we add in extreme riding, motocross, etc.
We will constantly review this and add stages when there is a need. We will continue to use a variety of venues for our clinics and it's a very valuable lesson to try out the same stage but at a different venue as it will give different aspects of riding to work on. For example. hills and descents, tough woodland sections or riding in the wet slippery conditions etc.
Join Mike our accredited ACU commercial coach and Ben our Professional Sports coach for a full day of training.
The Track n Trail Training Enduro Clinic is all about the most important Enduro riding skills, we will show you how to corner correctly for example where, why and how you need to move around on the bike when riding corners. Plus how to save the front end if and when it loses grip and how to keep the rear wheel griping keeping prefect control all the time.
The team will show you how to climb hills with ease and if it all goes wrong and you only make it half way up, we will show you how to get back down easily, with your dignity still intact!
To find out more you can give Mike a call or text Coaching to 07581 143212
A selection of the feedback received from riders attending Track n Trail coaching days
“Excellent service would recommend you to anybody wanting to start out or brush up. When I have practised more on the skills learnt in Level 1 will be in touch to get to grips with Level 2” Kevin Trott
“I was really pleased with the level 1 Training from you on the 7th December. The way you and Dave got the points across kept my attention all day”
“Had a cracking weekend with Mike and the team from TNT at scrubs. Started off sat with a day of coaching on improving my techniques in certain areas, towards the end of the day I noticed a big difference in my riding. Would definitely recommend this coaching to any level of rider. On the Sunday I was flying around the track trying my new techniques out.” Adrian Pearce
A selection of the feedback received from riders attending Track n Trail coaching days
“Massive thanks for an excellent days coaching this weekend. Level 2 skills where communicated really well and would totally recommend Mike and co workers for coaching; came away understanding loads without being overwhelmed. Thanks again!!!” Candice Wastell
“Had a cracking weekend with Mike and the team from TNT at scrubs. Started off sat with a day of coaching on improving my techniques in certain areas, towards the end of the day I noticed a big difference in my riding. Would definitely recommend this coaching to any level of rider. On the Sunday I was flying around the track trying my new techniques out.” Adrian Pearce
“I just wanted to follow up to say how much I enjoyed the Level 2 day. I thought the whole day was really well thought out with clear theory backed up by demonstrations and a lot of riding time. The informal, friendly environment removes any pressure and I almost forgot I was at a coaching session picking up new techniques. I’ve left with some old knowledge polished up and a good many new tips to use in future. I’ll definitely be back for more.” Gary Murphy
“I attended a level 2 training day run by Mike on 4 October this year. Despite the weather (rain for most of the day) it was very enjoyable and very well run. I would describe myself as a mid pack clubman level rider and I found the course perfect for my level. I have attended a three other moto x and enduro training days over the past couple of years run by national standard riders. But just because someone is a top national level rider does not necessarily mean they will make a good instructor. Mike admits to not being a top level rider (although he is clearly a very good standard) but he is an excellent instructor. Each skill was broken down into its component parts and thoroughly explained before we then went and practiced it. The Track n Trail training day was by far the best and the most beneficial off road training day that l have attended and I came away with plenty of things to practice and work on. (although the phrase old dog and new tricks does spring to mind). I would recommend the course to anyone looking to improve on their skills and who wants a very informative and fun day out with like minded individuals.” Simon
A selection of the feedback received from riders attending Track n Trail Level 3 coaching days
“A quick line to stay many thanks for the 2 days training which i really enjoyed. Some great tips and coaching on both days. We had a nice group of guys on both days and no injuries ...just aches!!! Also thank all your excellent team. I’ve just got remember everything now.” Dave Powley 15th May 2017
“I just wanted to drop you a line to say thanks for the level 2 and level 3 training events you put on last week. I noticed a vast improvement in my riding over the 2 days thanks to the expert knowledge of the trainers and their ability to get us all riding the proper way. The level 3 training in the woods was particularly useful as it highlighted the need for proper body position, line selection and overall control of the bike. I noticed that all of us were riding so much quicker and by the end of the day. I look forward to the next session Mike! ” Stuart WIschhusen 15th May 2017
OLD DOG, NEW TRICKS! If you are thinking about some coaching but are unsure what level to chose or indeed not sure if it is something you would benefit from, maybe my experience can help you decide.
Being a late starter to off road riding and enduro, when I started out nine years ago at the tender age of 49, seeking out some coaching was an obvious thing to do. 100+ race events on, including 2 Dawn to Dusk's and a couple of iron man's thrown in for good measure, what is left to learn you may ask? Well the answer is simple folks, plenty!
I felt that my riding was not improving in the leaps and bounds that it did when I first set out and perhaps some bad habits had crept in and I was losing focus. I have to admit here that forest or woodland events have always been my favourites, having never ridden motocross I was not a fan of all those flat corners and berms, although my early coaching helped me just enough to survive!
Seeing the Level 3 coaching advertised on the TNT website prompted me to get in touch with Mike and before you know it I was signed up and good to go.
So it was with an open mind and a keen determination to learn some new skills that I arrived at the Lychett training course on a lovely May Saturday morning. From the outset, the day was superbly relaxed. We were introduced to our coaches, given an outline of the skills to be covered and away we went to be observed and learn.
The format was a simple one, identify an obstacle on the course, for example a rooted corner, discuss in the group how you would negotiate it, clarify the best plan of attack, watch our two young coaches demonstrate the correct technique then have a go ourselves, simple!
These sessions continued throughout the day with regular drinks breaks and a decent lunch break, which included some student to student feedback!! (Banter!). It was great fun, a real good laugh but with the serious aspect you really were soaking up information like a sponge and putting it into practice.
I am happy to share two things I learnt that day. Before coaching, I would approach the rooted corner intending only that I would not fall off getting past it, quite slow, bounce, bounce, bounce, depending on how many roots!! Post coaching, picking a good line from a choice of several identified and attack the corner with confidence, some speed and still not falling off!! Happy days, job done.
Secondly, for when my bike fell over, hit the steel footpeg of another bike and snapped my clutch perch clean off, how big, really, really big cable ties can save the day, and indeed did! I now have big cable ties of my own and I am booked into Tenko practice to show off my new found skills. (Clutch perch fixed by a very clever son, lucky me!).
With the right attitude there is always something new to learn or skills you can brush up on.
I can thoroughly recommend TNT's coaching, you will have fun, learn plenty and get loads of bike time. You will be well looked after by a friendly group of coaches who will put you at ease from the outset. You will enjoy some good banter with like minded souls and at the end of a nice long day in the dirt, you will be a better rider than you were at the outset, no matter what your standard is at the beginning.
At 58¾ years old, if it works for an old dog like me, it could well work wonders for your riding too, so give it a try, you won't regret it I'm sure.
Pete Nash