Road / Gravel Skills

Road / Gravel Skills 

This module is officially titled NCCP Ready to Race! Introduction to Competition Skills & Tactics Practical: Road in the Coaches Association of Canada LOCKER system.

This outdoor club skills module helps you practice teaching intermediate mountain bike skills and tactics to participants in the “Learn to Train” and “Train to Train” stages of Long-Term Development.

The module builds on the concepts covered in the theory modules and takes place on local mountain bike trails. To pass the module, participants must prepare two lesson plans (one skill and one tactic) and be ready to teach them to the group.

The module includes:

• Skills (choose 1)
  • Brake modulation
  • Riding in a straight line
  • Slow-speed turns
  • Medium-speed turns
  • Changing gears for terrain
  • Pedalling at various cadences
  • Seated Accelerations
  • Pedalling out of the saddle
  • Sprinting out of the saddle

• Tactic (choose 1)
  • Following a wheel
  • Single Paceline
  • Rotating Paceline
  • Echelon
  • Breaking Away
  • Descending at speed
  • Feedzone etiquette
  • Mechanical etiquette

Recommended Pre-Requisites:

• Register as a Cycling BC Club-Assistant or Club-Certified Coach (cyclingbc.net/edu)
• Skills & Tactics Theory
• Basic Cycling Skills (Saturday, May 24)