DONT CHOKE
June 22, 2019
Choking: How to Help Prevent It From HappeningWe’ve either all been there or know of someone who is no doubt the fastest rider on the gate but something always seems to go wrong. They absolutely kill it in practice and moto’s, but then the pressure rounds kick in and the...
LONGEVITY
June 22, 2019
So you're doing really well, progressing consistently and hitting those podiums. How do you keep a long term vision and love for the sport without burning out before the peak?
All too often we see riders at a young age with an Olympic dream, only to fizzle out after over tra...
SKILLS CHEAT SHEET
June 21, 2019
THE ULTIMATE CHEAT SHEET ON DEVELOPING SKILL IN BMX RACING
In BMX today, everyone knows well that simply being fast isn’t enough, you need to have the skills to back it up. A mistake commonly made is to go straight into training (sprints and gym etc), where realistically t...
MEDICINE BALLS
June 21, 2019
Unlike Olympic lifts which take long periods of time, energy and focus to build technique foundations and can be be risky leading to injury, medicine balls are one of thee safest and time effective ways to build/produce power.
Further, the ability to use these at the majorit...
STRUCTURE
June 21, 2019
Do you have structure to your training year?
Having structure to your training is key! How you periodise/plan your season and plot/conduct your training can enable you to finding the secret recipe to how YOU as an individual react to certain training phases and what tr...
FEEDBACK
June 21, 2019
COACHES & PARENTS
We could talk about this all day!
Are you confusing and jumbling your riders learning or are you encouraging it? The style and way you deliver feedback is key to their learning.
A lot of trainers are very authoritative (you do this, do that, do as I say) and vocal with...
RACE LINES
June 21, 2019
Do you even practice these or are you a bull at a gate charging to first the turn, then to the second turn or are you ridding the lines smart making your job easy?
Are you just focusing on getting stronger, faster and more powerful or are you being smart with it all?
Riding ...
LAYING FOUNDATIONS
June 21, 2019
Here’s a little insight to the model we live by and prioritise when personally training all our athletes which we thought might help YOUR training focus.
Laying the foundation or base is KEY to building your pyramid as high as possible to allow your speed on the bike (icin...
ATHLETES & COACHES
June 21, 2019
A very large wheel in the game of getting faster is your environment YOU create!
If you have a positive core group to train with who push each other on the regular on a challenging facility, coaches, we can set back and watch progression, and athletes, you will go past what ...
