KIDS ACADEMY

LINE DRIVE MOUNTAIN BIKE ACADEMY caters to athletes of all ages and experience levels with my wide variety of courses. Whether you are interested in working on a particular facet of your game or would like to improve your overall athletic performance, you’ve got many options to choose from. Check out my offerings and let me know what you’re interested in.

FIRST HIT ACADEMY

$100

If you want your child to get into riding mountain bikes then this is the place to send them. Little Rippers is all about having heaps of fun and good times riding bikes, whilst learning the skills required to tackle blue (and eventually red) trails safely and confidently with their peers.

Takes place over three consecutive mornings and covers body position, safe braking, trail etiquette, drops, corners and pumping. It’s a great way of setting your kid up for success through giving them control on their bikes, and will put your mind at ease that they have all the tools to ride safely in the future. 

This is the course to choose if you have a young rider who is already riding bikes and knows how to stand up and use their brakes as a minimum, but equally caters for kids who’re already keen young riders - we often split the groups in First Hit to keep it at the right level for all.

What They'll Learn

• How to properly stand on their bike and find a good neutral body position letting them stay balanced over uneven terrain

• How to use range of motion to deal with undulating terrain and remaining in control

• Proper line choice and body position for flat and supported corners

• How to deal with drop offs safely and in control

• A bike safety check

• Trail etiquette

• What to take with them on a bike ride

THE DOUBLE PLAY ACADEMY

$120

Aimed at young riders aged 10-14, our Double Play Academy looks at developing stable techniques in more detail. From our local trails that we ride in, to the skills that we cover, this is a step up from our First Hit course.

Double Play Academy takes place over three consecutive afternoons and looks at everything in more detail for an older age group. We cover body position, corners, jumps, drops technical trails. Look at some more advanced skills like manuals and bunny hops. 

Choose Double Play Academy if your kid is aged 10 or over, they’re comfortable riding Blue trails at a minimum and they want to feel stable and confident on their bike.

What They'll Learn

• A strong and balanced riding position

• How range of motion can help you find grip and balance over rough sections of trial

• How to lift your front wheel off the ground and use your legs to find extra traction

• Learn to generate speed down the trail by using dynamic movement through turns or over rollers

• How to jump with control and understand how a berm and a jump use the same technique

• Finish the three days with a Report Card tracking riding progress

AROUND THE HORN ACADEMY

$195

Ages 12 - 16 years

For Around the Horn young riders who already regularly ride challenging enduro / downhill style trails.

Designed as a place for very experienced kids that live and breathe mountain biking to continue to improve their skills with our highly experienced coaches. The Around the Horn Academy assumes riders can already ride technical trails with ease, and have a good level of experience riding enduro / Downhill style trails under their belt. 

Running at the same time as our Double Play Academy, here we start to dive further into our lineup as we work towards taking our riding to the next level. During the three consecutive afternoons, we’ll cover pumping, hops, manuals and how to apply these skills to increasingly technical trails and discover how to find grip and control when there doesn’t appear to be any - and lots more.

Due to the complex terrain covered on this course, if your slugger hasn’t already been advised they’re ready to move up by our coaches after attending Double Play Academy, or hasn't been coached by us before, please contact us before booking to make sure this course is suitable.

What They'll Learn

• Fine tune your body position and utilize dynamic movement fully to increase traction and control on technical terrain

• How to turn with your hips, keeping your upper body neutral and balanced

• Progress your riding on steeper and natural enduro trails 

• How to manual

• How to find flow and link together tricky sections of trail

THE CYCLE ACADEMY

$195

(hitting for the cycle)

Ages 13 - 17 years

For expert / elite level riders, Line Drive MTB Team Riders

The Cycle Academy, inspired by our The Cycle College course and run from the most challenging trails in the Southeast, is delivered over four days and is both physically and technically a step above anything else that we offer. The Cycle Academy is designed to prepare expert to elite level youngsters for performance mountain biking. It’s aimed at those who’d like to develop their race results at regional, national or international level and provide an insight to progress their technical riding to an elite level.

At this level, our experienced coaches borrow a lot of the same techniques, sessions and locations from  ADD REFERENCES

We’d expect riders to have already been through our Around the Horn Academy a few times and have been advised they’re able to progress by their Around the Horn Academy coaches before joining this course. Equally, we accept riders from across the country

Please contact us before booking this course if our coaching team hasn't already offered your young rider a place.

What They'll Learn

• What goes on at our The Cycle College Technical Session

• How to stay balanced and in control over some of the most challenging trails in the southeast 

• Use dynamic movement over difficult terrain to maintain flow and speed

• How to turn with your hips, keeping your upper body neutral and balanced

• Understand the concept of ‘perceived exertion’ and how this related to racing

• How to make your riding ‘scalable’

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Intense Sessions are a great choice to improve your athletic performance. Through a strategic mix of theoretical lessons and practical sessions, class participants become comfortable with the game both on and off the field. If you’re looking to elevate your game, Intense Sessions with LINE DRIVE MOUNTAIN BIKE ACADEMY are for you.