MX coaching entry

[f4ctry]

Hi All,

My names Gerry. Longtime reader, first time poster (always wanted to say that)

I run coaching schools throughout the North Island and have 2 x 2 day schools coming up that some of the posters here might be interested in.

5/6 March and 12/13 March we will be running 2 x 2day schools at the Tokoroa MX Track. Great time to be doing it as Junior Nationals are not long after that. This school is open to any age and capacity motorcycle over 65cc. Have had vet riders do this course and love it.

The school will be run by myself, Glen McDonald and Jarrod Long.

Glen "Maca" McDonald is Australias winningest coach. His full bio is at www.macacoaching.com for your reading pleasure.

Jarrod Long is also from Autralia and finished 2nd in the Aussie Under 19 titles in its first year.


Each 2 day school, will consist of no more than 25 riders and there will be 3 coaches on hand at all times.


I have 4 spots left at each school as I type this, so be in fast if you are at all interested. These schools are designed with the intermeadiate/ to expert rider in mind so some level of skill is expected, but mainly a good attitude is wanted.

If you are interested please email me on gokane@xtra.co.nz for more info.

Thanks,

Gerry

[White trash]

Hey Gerry, good plan. I've often wondered about specialist off road coaching.

To what level do you cater? For example, someone such as myself, having NO experience (except one race 8 years ago), no style, no technique and no clue, would you advise spending some time at club practice days first and working on particulars or can your coaching be undertaken from zero experience?

Cheers

Jimmy

[f4ctry]

Jimmy,

When it just myself coaching, I cater up to intermeadiate level riders, slower "A graders". I cant help find tenths of seconds that these top level guys need, that I leave to the Aussie coaches when they are here or the other top NZ coaches.

For your question though their is 2 schools of thought that apply.

The first is ride, ride, ride and develop your own style and after a while get some coaching to point our what your weak areas are and how to fix them. This is good if you have the abilty to adapt however if you have a few years on your side, the old saying "teaching an old dog new tricks" springs to mind.

The second school of thought, which I find the most logical, is when your first starting, get some lessons right from the outstart so that any bad habits can be erased early on. Sort of like swimming lesson. Ever see anyone go to their first swimming contest and try and win it without some guidance from a coach. This applies to basically every ball sport in NZ. Problem is everyone spends a fortune on their first bike, new gear etc, and dont want to fork out any more coin for lessons. Logic seems to fly out the window at this point.

From the sounds of your situation however, sounds like you have been riding quite some time and just need a couple of suggestions on where to improve. Sometimes you know what you need to do, its just a matter of someone explaining it.

Prob best if you shoot me an email if your interested in the training, I mean you cant be that slow from 8 years riding right? :yes:

[scott411]

Prob best if you shoot me an email if your interested in the training, I mean you cant be that slow from 8 years riding right? :yes:

you are Gerry, so it is possible,

[f4ctry]

you are Gerry, so it is possible,

Its actually 7 years and 8 months Scott.....

[f4ctry]

Actually your right Scott ( I hate saying that)

Its actually 8 years and 8 months

[Jay GTI]

Experience definitely doesn't mean speed, as my shite riding skills attest to...

Maybe if there's enough interest on here, we could club together for a 'slow old person' lesson or two. I got a few tips a couple of months ago from an ex mx racer, made a huge difference to my riding, a full on lesson session would be awesome.

[f4ctry]

Experience definitely doesn't mean speed, as my shite riding skills attest to...

Maybe if there's enough interest on here, we could club together for a 'slow old person' lesson or two. I got a few tips a couple of months ago from an ex mx racer, made a huge difference to my riding, a full on lesson session would be awesome.

Im based in Auckland but travel the North Island with work. Shoot me an email if your interested gokane@xtra.co.nz

[Ktmboy]

Why not a clinic closer to AKld. I have 2 that need coaching at Int/expert level but time is short. Surely clinics here would be better.

Saying that, what days are the junior nationals and where are they?

[takitimu]

Good to see you made it on here Gerry :).

I'm struggling to stay in one place for long at the moment so tough to organize training, though I'm with Tony, I'd be more interested in north of the bridge. With birchy going for Krugerrands a little less competion to.

I went for the second school of thought, worth it I reckon, mind you if i was able to add more consistent riding it'd be even better.

[scott411]

Why not a clinic closer to AKld. I have 2 that need coaching at Int/expert level but time is short. Surely clinics here would be better.

Saying that, what days are the junior nationals and where are they?

the NZ junior motocross champs are at tokoroa this year, so it suits there,

problem with running these schools in auckland is the lack of access to full blown mx tracks, both harrisville and ardmore are very restricted in hours of use,

[f4ctry]

Scotts right (there I go again), land access in Auckland is terrible and to be honest, other than harrisville and occasionally Ardmore when prepped right, majority of tracks dont offer to much variance in track surface and conditions.

The other thing is Aucklanders only make up about 20% of the riders at these schools. We have riders attending from Dunedin, Oamaru, Christchurch, Wellington and Palmerston North to name a few. If I could get 15-20 Auckalnders who would actually commit to a school more than a few days out I would run them. Aucklanders are terribly apathetic and really dont support anything like the rest of the country does. Look how many major events have been lost to other cities because the population base backed it.