ADULT COACHING

Overview

BFCC remains committed to providing sport education and skill development for all our members. The Committee continues to invest and review the sports development in order to support the growing demands of our membership. The Club is rightly proud that we are recognised as an all-inclusive Club and welcome all riders of all abilities.

The Club’s overall aim is to make off-road cycling exciting and to encourage you to develop your newly learnt skills through regular riding. Our qualified and highly experienced coaches are committed to passing on the techniques that look so easy & yet can prove so difficult to execute. The dedicated coaching area continually evolves and provides a safe & friendly environment in which all riders can achieve new skills and confidence.

There will be a mix of four opportunities and routes to explore with BFCC throughout the year that will support your riding and skill development. Our aim is to achieve this through more relaxed and informal sessions (Social Club rides; Outrides and short refresher coaching) but can also be enhanced through more dedicated 1:1 personal coaching.

Refresher coaching – 9am to 9.45am

This informal coaching session is open to all members to join our coaches in the Training Area prior to the Social Club rides at Bedgebury. These are free of charge and an additional benefit to our members that we hope will be well attended. No need to book, just turn-up and get help with back-to-basic skills. At 9.45 we all ride back down to the social ride meeting point to collect fellow riders for the scheduled 2-hour social ride around the red route, followed by relaxing in the Café for a chat. For more information, view the schedule here

Adult MTB – Group coaching (Aged 18 or above)

Please email the Head Coach to express an interest in participating in a group course. Cost would be £50 for a 4-hour session with minimum of 3 riders to maximum 8 riders. There is a 10% discount for BFCC members.

Adult MTB – 1:1 coaching (Aged 18 or above)

An alternative offer to group sessions or when low numbers don’t fulfil our minimum criteria to run a group session, is to consider booking personal bespoke 1:1 coaching. These sessions run for approx. 2.5 hours and are subject to availability of an appropriately qualified coach. Please email the Head Coach to express an interest in booking a 1:1 coaching session. Charges and contract will be agreed between rider and the individual coach, not BFCC.

Social Club rides – alternative Saturday mornings and/or outrides

BFCC will be focusing on developing the members Club rides, where people can just turn-up and ride with fellow members on a relax ride of the 13km red route. As mentioned under the refresher coaching section, some dates will offer opportunities to refresh your MTB skills. These social rides, outrides and other events will run every couple of weeks, but please download the schedule of dates here for details.

For social rides at Bedgebury, we will meet at the bike wash meeting point for 9.45am and a prompt 10am start. These social rides will last approx. 2 hours, followed by post-ride chats at the Café.
The rides will be led and accompanied by BFCC coaches, who can offer friendly advice and first aid support, so every rider can participate, learn and enjoy. The pace is set by the group and allows for all abilities. This may mean dividing the group on the day into two groups – relaxed and not-so-relaxed!

Club Outrides: during the year, the Club will be offering opportunities to members to explore other riding locations by running a number of outrides to other MTB riding centres, forests and general local cross-country ventures. These will be Saturday mornings and open to all members, including our Advance Juniors. Riders will need to be competent MTB riders, self-sufficient and have a reasonable level of fitness, as these rides will be between 3 – 4 hours, including lunch stop. Qualified first aid support and friendly advice always on hand.

Dates and locations