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Mountain Biking Instructor Training

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Introduction & Overview

▶ Welcome Introduction 📄 Course overview

Preparing a group to go Mountain Biking

▶ Gathering information on Pre-existing Medical Conditions, Injuries and relevant health information — Reinforcing Learning: Managing Pre-existing Medical Conditions and Injuries ▶ Checking Participants Gear and Equipment — Reinforcing Learning: Checking Participants Gear and Equipment ▶ Management strategies if the instructor becomes incapacitated & disclosing hazards to the group — Reinforcing Learning: Management strategies if the instructor becomes incapacitated & disclosing hazards to the group. ▶ Briefing groups for expected weather and the impact that may have for participants. — Reinforcing Learning: Briefing groups for expected weather and the impact that may have for participants

Skills to lead a group

▶ How to assess participants ability — Reinforcing Learning: How to assess participants ability ▶ Group Management — Reinforcing Learning: Group Management, Part 1 — Reinforcing learning: Group Management, Part 2 ▶ Group management strategies when off the bike and instructor positioning — Reinforcing Learning: Group Management Strategies when off the bikes and instructor positioning ▶ Hazard management strategies — Reinforcing Learning: Hazard management strategies ▶ Adjusting a bike to fit a client: Part 1 ▶ Adjusting a Bike to fit a client: Part 2 — Reinforcing Learning: Adjusting a bike to fit a client ▶ Fitting Helmets — Reinforcing Learning: Fitting Helmets

Instructing Mountain Biking

▶ How to Instruct: Climbing — Reinforcing Learning: Climbing ▶ How to Instruct: Descending — Reinforcing Learning: Descending, Part 1 — Reinforcing Learning: Descending, Part 2 ▶ How to Instruct: Cornering — Reinforcing Learning: Cornering ▶ How to Instruct: Corner progression — Reinforcing Learning: Corner progression ▶ How To Instruct: Trail Scanning — Reinforcing Learning: Trail Scanning ▶ How to Instruct: Braking, Part 1 ▶ How to Instruct: Braking, Part 2 ▶ How to Instruct: Braking, Part 3 — Reinforcing Learning: Braking ▶ How to Instruct: Efficient cadence and use of gears — Reinforcing Learning: Efficient cadence and use of gears ▶ How to Instruct: Drops, Part 1 ▶ How to Instruct: Drops, Part 2 ▶ How to Instruct: Drops, Part 3 ▶ How to Instruct: Drops, Part 4 — Reinforcing Learning: Drops ▶ How to Instruct: Basic Pumping, Part 1 ▶ How to Instruct: Basic Pumping, Part 2 — Reinforcing Learning: Basic Pumping, Part 1 — Reinforcing Learning: Basic Pumping, Part 2 ▶ How to Instruct: Picking Lines, Technical Positioning, Confidence and Judgement — Reinforcing Learning: Picking Lines, Technical Positioning, Confidence and Judgement

Care for the environment, Teachable moments & Te Ao Maori

▶ Kaitiakitanga and Teachable Moments — Reinforcing Learning: Kaitiakitanga and Teachable Moments ▶ Integrating Te Ao Maori into Mountain Biking — Reinforcing Learning: Integrating Te Ao Maori into Mountain Biking ▶ Knowing Your Location — Reinforcing Learning: Knowing Your Location

Trail Etiquette & Development of MTB in New Zealand

▶ Trail Etiquette — Reinforcing Learning: Trail Etiquette ▶ Development of Mountain Biking in New Zealand, Part 1 ▶ Development of Mountain Biking in New Zealand, Part 2 — Reinforcing Learning: Development of Mountain Biking in New Zealand

Equipment & Clothing

▶ Clothing for school students Mountain Biking — Reinforcing Learning: Clothing for school students ▶ Clothing and equipment for non school clients — Reinforcing Learning: Clothing and equipment for non school clients ▶ Equipment carried by Instructors, Part 1 ▶ Equipment Carried by Instructors, Part 2 — Reinforcing Learning: Equipment carried by Instructors, Part 1 — Reinforcing Learning: Equipment carried by Instructors, Part 2 ▶ Gloves — Reinforcing Learning: Gloves

Safety Management

▶ Documents — Reinforcing Learning: Documentation ▶ Applying an organizations Emergency Response Plan — Reinforcing Learning: Applying an organizations Emergency Response Plan

Bike Maintenance and Repair

▶ Parts of a Mountain Bike — Reinforcing Learning: Parts of a Mountain Bike ▶ Full suspension parts — Reinforcing Learning: Full suspension parts ▶ Suspension set up and adjustment — Reinforcing Learning: Suspension set up and adjustment ▶ Brake pad replacement — Reinforcing Learning: Brake pad replacement ▶ Chain replacement — Reinforcing Learning: Chain replacement ▶ Chain lubrication — Reinforcing Learning: Chain lubrication ▶ Replacing a tube — Reinforcing Learning: Replacing a tube ▶ Wheel truing — Reinforcing Learning: Wheel truing ▶ Tuning Gears — Reinforcing Learning: Tuning gears ▶ Tighten the Headset — Reinforcing Learning: Tighten the Headset ▶ Cleaning a bike — Reinforcing Learning: Cleaning a bike ▶ Bike storage — Reinforcing Learning: Bike storage ▶ Improvised repairs — Reinforcing Learning: Improvised repairs

Reinforcing Learning: Tighten the Headset

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