Riding Skills Courses

Afan Valley MTB Mountain Bike Skills Courses These courses will introduce and develop the skills and techniques required for off-road mountain biking. Group / individual tuition also available. These Mountain Bike Skills Courses, which are available in Scotland, Wales and England, are delivered by approved mountain bike skills course providers.

Skills Development Modules are integrated into each course.

Developing Single-track Skills, focusing on the skills needed to handle technical and high speed single-track riding maintaining overall bike control and rider balance. Controlling the brakes is an important element on this module before tackling high and low speed cornering, an encounter with Berms, negotiating Rooty and Rock strewn sections.

Tabletops, Jumps, Drops and Stumble bumps

This Skills module of the course shows you the right way to tackle these obstacles and really start to enjoy riding over them. Riding centre trails are incorporating more of the above and still many riders choose to roll over them or just hit them at speed with fingers crossed. We work on body position to control and guide takeoff, prepare for landing and show you how to control every element of the jump.

Speed and Flow

This module that can be incorporated into your course. This module is all about going very fast. If you want to race or just enjoy high speed riding on all parts of the trail then this is for you. This module is not one we programme into the schedule as it contains a mix of elements from the above two courses, can be run over 1 or 2 days and is generally booked by groups of friends or mountain bike clubs, rather than individuals. This option is also available as 1-2-1 training

Developing your Personal Riding Skills

Courses are run every day of the week for groups and individuals.

Expert tuition over the best trails in the Afan Forest Park.

Our MIAS qualified Instructor Guides are recognised as the best Coaches on the Mountain Bike riding skills development scene here in Wales.

Each course is structured around the individuals taking part.

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Coaching and developing your skills is the name of the game. We will with constant observation develop your riding skills and move you onto the next level.

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Getting professional instruction early on in your Mountain Bike career means you learn the best ways to ride over all parts of the trail, so your cornering, braking, flow through rocky terrain and overall bike control will get a huge boost in just a half or one day training session.

All modules of our training courses have been developed in line with the best teaching practices. These come from over 20 years of experience within the MIAS Training Organisation.

We Run Personal riding skills courses almost every day of the year so just give us a call and see what we can offer .

You may pay for these courses by Credit Card ring 01639 893661 Gift Vouchers Available.

Half Day 1-2-1 £75.00

Full Day 1-2-1 £149.00

Groups Min of 2 Riders

Half day £40.00 pp

Full day £75.00 pp min of 2 riders

Half day 3-5 riders

£35.00 pp

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Developing Single-track Skills, focusing on the skills needed to handle technical and high speed single-track riding maintaining overall bike control and rider balance. Controlling the brakes is an important element on this module before tackling high and low speed cornering, an encounter with Berms, negotiating Rooty and Rock strewn sections.

Gift Vouchers Available

This module that can be incorporated into your course. This module is all about going very fast. If you want to race or just enjoy high speed riding on all parts of the trail then this is for you. This module is not one we programme into the schedule as it contains a mix of elements from the above two courses, can be run over 1 or 2 days and is generally booked by groups of friends or mountain bike clubs, rather than individuals. This option is also available as 1-2-1 training