MalMay 46 min2022 Balance Mountain Bike Course and Program Updates2022 has been a busy year for me, but not because of mountain bike coaching. I had intended to do less coaching for the first half of...
MalMar 133 minCore Skills Program Updates - Mountain Bike ConfidenceBefore I get into telling you about some course re-writes, I'm just going to say that I'd completely forgotten just how much goes into...
MalAug 31, 20217 minBalance MTB - Spring Coaching, Course and Ride UpdatesCan you believe it's Spring already? The year just seems like it's flying past. The days are beginning to get longer and the weather a...
MalJul 19, 20215 minBalance MTB Winter Course Updates - Part 2: The Active & Healthy, Flow A and A X programs.Well, as usual my adult job has kept me pretty busy of late. But I have managed to progress a few more things so I thought it might be...
MalJul 1, 20216 minBalance MTB Course Updates - Winter 2021Well, after a little bit of a break it's time to get back into helping people ride, surprise COVID lockdowns not withstanding! Winter is...
MalJun 1, 20216 minA Coach's Job"How do you feel about your protege leaving?" my boss from my adult job asked me. He was referring to one of my managers with whom I'd...
MalMay 25, 20213 minIntro to Mountain Bike Riding Skills Course UpdateWhen I wrote the original mountain bike skills programs I deliberately designed them to allow a rider to progress from never having...
MalJul 19, 20204 minThe Art of Achieving Stretch Goals and ObjectivesI've been a bit quiet on the blog for a few weeks now and for good reason. Between my day job through the week and coaching both days on...
MalJun 4, 20204 minWeight Training - Fitness with an E-BikeIn recent times, I've been periodically heading out on Kerry's e-bike - a Merida eOne Sixty in its most basic form. In fact, some of you...
MalSep 9, 20193 minThe Complexities of CorneringOf all the skills in mountain bike riding the one that I focus the most on is cornering. It is quite simply one of those skills that...
MalAug 14, 20194 minWhat Grade Are You In?What is the Grading System? I'm not a fan of labels. Especially ones that categorise people into a specific box. But as people we're...
MalJul 16, 20192 minWhere Are You Focused?This particular post was inspired by a conversation that came up during the last session of a Core Skills B-Line course.
MalMay 30, 20195 minProgressing Your Riding Skills - A Guide to Our Skills Development ProgramsFrom time to time we get asked if we'll be holding a single session Skills Clinic on how to jump. There is a large market of people that...
MalMay 20, 20193 minThe Need for Speed Versus The Search for FlowThis particular post was originally inspired from a session I had a with a student several months ago. Despite having regular 1:1...