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The wife and a friend of hers are considering a skills day. My suggestion was jedi. Although I've not trained with him, it does seem to be the default answer on stw to such a question, plus she could check it out before I book anything.
Anyway, back to the wife. She's looking for: -
Either 2-to-1 training or a girly only day.
Within reach of the east midland//nottingham
They both ride the peaks but will walk bits of the beast/cavedale/chapel gate.
Love bits like the fairholmes decent from the top of hagg farm.
Ride Welsh trail centre blacks but are probably more at home on reds.
Both talk about finding a beginners course but I think they're both above that level.
Prefer natural stuff to trail centres.
The wife did comment that jedi's training ground looks a bit artificial. I'm guessing that's either something he could be flexible with or it's just the clips she's looked at.
Both have no interest in leaving the ground but I think they'd both be high for weeks if a little air was achieved.
Your thoughts and comments please folks.
Try Emmy Hoyes of this parish, she runs courses in Marple/Roman Lakes area of E Manchester. I've had 2 friends, both female, do a day course and come back much more confident. 1 in particular was a nightmare, would get off at the slightest obstacle. She does intermediate as well as beginners and in reasonably small groups. [url= http://emmyhoyesmountainbikeinstructor.blogspot.com/ ]Here[/url]
I've had a one-to-one session with jedi and can highly recommend him. He quickly works out what needs to be sorted and, in my case, wheels firmly on the ground. The session was at Woburn where there's some cool singletrack as well as other stuff. Came away feeling much more confident.
Tbh I've tried group group tuition before and everyone has different issues about different things.
Really need to do another one. 🙂
Campbell coaching - nuff said...
Based near Llandegla but will travel to say Cannock Chase
They run great courses from complete newb to pro and are very good at tailoring course to suit
Onzadog we do womans only weekends, always at least one per month ... some people find the group enviroment works for them but as CG says, a group isn't for everyone. For those who prefer not to be in a group we offer 1-2-1, 2-2-1, etc. Something we don't do is charge any extra for the privilege, to me it always seems a little unfair to penalise someone for either having to or choosing to be on their own.
As with Jedi, some of the stuff here is artificial. It's designed and built to be ridden and to help address certain issues / skills. If the techniques / skills, etc have been taught well then they're easily transfered over to someones more usual terrain.
www.forestfreeride.co.uk
some of the stuff here is artificial. It's designed and built to be ridden and to help address certain issues / skills. If the techniques / skills, etc have been taught well then they're easily transfered over to someones more usual terrain
I couldn't agree more.
Yes Jedi could also take you somewhere more natural, but then you would also end up wasting half your day moving from one feature to the next.
I can't sing Tony's praises enough, your wife and her friend wouldn't regret going to UK Bike skills for a minute.
(Mr MC posting)
just finished a half day with tony/jedi yesterday. "artificial" is one way of describing it, purpose built to highlight and work on specific issues is another. We must've spent 2 hours on what was effectively 150m of single track, but it was breaking down different areas of technique on different types of terrain, before slowly putting it all together.
I've had professional skills training (eg. advanced police driver which is a 3 week course) and tony's approach of introducing one thing at a time, working on and mastering that then introducing something else is used because it works.
He will assess your/your other half's riding skills and figure out what needs work, and the skills are fundamental stuff that would apply to all your riding.
He is a top bloke, very enthusiastic and clearly loves what he is doing, makes everything look and seem simple (prompting "why on earth did i do it any other way?") and we all came away buzzing and keen to put it all into practice.
Cant comment on others, but we went with him based on reputation he has established here and elsewhere from happy customers and it was money well spent. Though "Trimix" on here now needs a new helmet!
Oh, and dont be psyched out by the shore stuff. I've ridden most of the stuff in Chatel but seeing Tony's stuff made me feel sick. Thankfully all we did was stand under it drinking coffee 😆
Ed Oxley of Great Rock was good fun to spend time with last weekend at Gisburn Forest. I was on his "Flow" course and came away with a few new tricks (and some stiffness and bruises - first time on flat pedals).
I think he's a very good coach, particularly in the way he manages energy levels through the course of the training, is very patient and develops confidence.
Jedi 😀
Cheers guys. Thanks for all the comments. I'll pass all of this on when she gets home. How much time do you actually get on a training "day"?
I was with Mr MC & Trimix ^^^ with Jedi yesterday and we had a morning (4hrs) scheduled. I thought that mightn't be enough given how much I had to learn (!) but in actual fact I think much longer and we'd have started to regress.
It's physically quite tough walking/riding back up the hill to session the sections, but it's also tough concentrating for long periods and it's when your concentration goes that you're really in trouble!
In actual fact Jedi didn't stop until we were clearly done which was over our alloted time anyway.
We then went off to the pub for lunch and to talk over what we'd learnt. I went out later that evening to put it into practice and thankfully some of it had stayed with me! Just got to practice now....
A friend and I did a 2 to 1 day with Jedi last month and it was brilliant! And much to our surprise, our wheels did leave the ground a bit. It was much better than being in a group and we got as much time as we could concentrate for, which was about 5 hours I think. That was plenty!
Oh, and dont be psyched out by the shore stuff. I've ridden most of the stuff in Chatel but seeing Tony's stuff made me feel sick. Thankfully all we did was stand under it drinking coffee
Did you not have a walk over it all? Walking on the high skinny bits was the scariest part of the day for me 😯
Tony is a great teacher and got me over my fear of gap jumps - somehow when riding there I didn't even think "that gap looks scary" I just thought of it as another small jump that I could easily get over.
I did one a couple of years ago with AQR up at sherwood pines and that was very good and that had several girls on it- including some off here.
They managed to sort out my dodge cornering
you hold me in too high regard i'm sure guys and gals 🙂
Thanks for posting about my courses Pistonbroke. I can't recall having had any nightmarish people on my courses! Cautious yes, but once people are shown what to do it is amazing how quickly they start riding more difficult stuff!
Onzadog, sounds like your wife and her friend would be ready for the intermediate course. And so far everyone on it has got their wheels off the ground and loved it! I am very lucky doing the courses at Roman Lakes in Marple as we have all types of natural terrain in a small area, all very typical for the Peak District, so plenty of both big and small rocks here! I run the courses through[url= http://www.mountainbikeskillscourses.co.uk ]Mountain Bike Skills Courses[/url] if you need more information and also will do 2-1 sessions if desired at no extra charge on a weekday.
Jedi's park might look artificial* but the fear is real and the same
The difference is you don't spend 20 minutes riding to the next feature you spend 20s
He could call it accelerated learning and management development and charge per hour what he charges per day
* nearly all natural trails are artifices
I did a public day with Jedi and it was fantastic. I honestly cant sing his praises enough.
From a distance I can see what your missus may think about the jumps, but they're very very real when you're riding them and the skills learned there will give her the skillset needed for jumps and drops she may encounter on a ride (and then some!!)
Don't worry about Jedi's trail looking artificial, it just compacts all the types of features found at trail centres and natural trails into a small area. Riding there and having been coached by Jedi (twice) has transformed and totally improved my riding, most of which is on natural trails rather than trail centres. He's an exceptional coach, particularly with the mental/pyschological side of things, and puts you at ease straight away, which means stuff sinks into your head without realising it and you quickly progress. He also figures how you learn best very quickly which helps you get the best out of your session. Its nearly 12 months since my last session and I can still feel the benefits from it and my riding is still progressing (getting quicker, smoother and more flowy 🙂 )
Thread title still making me chuckle - nice one OP
Go to Jedi!!!!
What he did for me..
http://www.singletrackworld.com/forum/topic/was-my-skills-course-worth-it
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