[NCNCA] Lesson Plans for Early Birds Week #1 - Basic Pack Skills

[Shawn Mehaffey]

Here's what we will work on this Sunday.  Note that I will be away from my email for a few days and won't be able to respond until Saturday.
 
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Lesson Plans for Early Birds Week #1 - Basic Pack Skills
 
Discussion Items: Getting comfortable in the group, riding a smooth and steady pace and being a predictable rider (avoid over-reacting), being aware of overlapped wheels, being comfortable with riders close on either side, the front 1/2 of the field has the smoothest pace, pedaling the corners and staying off the brakes, handling the evil Bots Dots.
 
Warm-up: Warm up in groups of 8-10 w/ 2 mentors each, ride double pace line for 2 laps w/exchanges every 20 seconds, (talk the riders through the process of moving from front to back as needed).  
 
Practice: Focus on maintaining speed in the corners (coasting or pedaling but NO braking), limited lateral movement, closing gaps gradually and awareness when wheels are overlapped. Work to increase comfort levels for riding close. Bots Dots: Teach the riders that these are harmless and can be ridden over and through safely by keeping pressure on the pedals and riding straight until they can safely move aside back to smooth pavement. Safety Issue: Side to side movement is unnecessary and a major cause of crashes at this event. 
 
 
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