Trail Domination Mtb skills course
All 3-Day courses taught by Gene Hamilton
Tired of the Trail Getting the Best of You?
Feel that your Core Skills are Fairly Solid but there are still Sections of Trail where you aren’t as
Smooth, Fast, or Confident as you would like to be?
My Trail Domination Course is the course for you!
what They’re Saying
Client Testimonials
Me and Craner talk about your coaching all the time. I am riding so much faster since the camp. I am so much more confident and I can’t believe how fast I am cornering, thanks man.
I love how you have broken it down to science. From course inspection to the mental game to how to practice at a race you have all the details figured out. I am so excited right now!
I am going to hit as many World Cups as I can in 2009 and between what you taught me and my F1 Jedi I am going to tear it up.
Thanks again, you were a great part of my
Your instruction,
I have to thank you again for everything that you did for me. In a matter of three days your clinic had a profound effect on my riding! And I assure you that I am going to practice my drills as I have no intention of loosing any of what you have taught me.
I am so eager for the race at Bootleg on the 23rd of this month. I have never in the 5 times that I have ridden Bootleg been so relaxed and not fearing for my life and yes I think I know exactly why.
You will definitely see me at another clinic this season as I want to keep learning as much as I can and practice makes a Better Rider (no more by the seat of my pants stuff).
Tonight was the first night of practice cyclocross races. The cornering techniques I learned in your camp last weekend rock on the cross bike. I was able to carry speed through the corners and off cambers that I could only dream of last year!
I actually found myself cranking up the speed before the corners instead of braking.
Nobody else is using this technique.
I found myself keeping pace with stronger riders just on cornering skill alone. Imagine after I’ve had a few weeks to practice.
I had best time of my life on a mountain bike at your camp, and look forward to doing another one next spring.
Learn the Skills to Get
Faster
More Efficient
Balanced
In Control
Sometimes it isn’t just about how well you can execute a skill but how well you can SUBCONSCIOUSLY apply it based on need and trail conditions.
THIS IS HOW YOU DOMINATE THE TRAIL – being smooth and creating flow using the right amount of the right skill at the right time – even when the trail has no flow.
If you feel reasonably competent at the core skills of mountain biking (descending, climbing, cornering, and getting over obstacles in control and in balance) and would like a review of those skills, then this on-trail application course is for you!
Don’t worry if you don’t feel as competent as you would like. It took EWS stars Mitch Ropelato and Cody Kelly four of my core skills courses (and a lot of practice in between those courses) to truly master the mechanics.
Gene wants to teach you “situational competency” and the “situational awareness” to read the trail and pick the best lines for your goals.
THERE ARE 3 NEW SKILLS that he will teach you that will allow you to take advantage of your new found vision:
- trail reading
- the bump jump
- pumping and pumping corners
All of these subtle skills will pay off big when done correctly. They must be done at exactly the right time and in proportion with the trail and speed that you are going. A little too much and they can hinder you more than help you.
Core Skills Learned in a Trial Domination MTB Skills Course
Refresh your Core Skills from an earlier BetterRide Course/s and
Learn to Apply them on Trail
Learn the Subtle Skills that Pay off Massively
Learn How to Look at the Trail and see the Faster and More Efficient Pro Lines
Learn How to work WITH the trail instead of FIGHTING it
Learn How to Pump, Pump Corners and Bump Jump
This is not the second course in a series, it is simply a different course with different goals.
It is also much more physical as we will be getting more than twice the trail time/milage/vertical feet of climbing than in my core skills course.
Course Goals
The 1st GOAL for the Trail Domination Course is to get you to understand how to apply the same core skill differently depending on the trail conditions and/or situation:
Size and Steepness
Loose vs. Hard-Packed
Fast vs. Slow
Tight vs. Wide Open
Slick vs. Good Traction
The 2nd GOAL for the Trail Domination Course is getting you to look at the trail differently, having taught you all about vision, how our eyes work and how to use your vision on trail in my regular course.
The 3rd GOAL is to teach you how to look at the trail like a pro. Teach you to quickly see the best options and make quick decisions on the fly so you can use your newly improved skills to the best of your ability.
Layout Of The 3-Day Trail Domination MTB Skills Course
A typical Trail Domination Course Coaching day runs from:
8:45 am until 3:00 to 3:30 pm.
The structure of each day will be quite different:
You will start with coaching and drills like Gene’s signature skills course, but this time the off-trail coaching and drills will be shorter and you will spend a lot more time on trail!
The on-trail time will be a mix of Gene coaching and explaining, then you applying the skill while Gene helps make sure you are doing it right.
It should allow you to get the most out of the skills from the first course.
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Course Dates & Locations
Phone: 435 260 7696
Email: admin@dev.betterride.net
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