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Monday Roller Training

edited January 2014 in General
Hi all,

The club coaches are going to start roller training on Monday evenings at the United Reform Church Hall in Ashwell. Rollers are an ideal tool for developing your pedaling technique and other balancing skills. Rollers are a key skill for those looking to go on to track riding/racing at Welwyn or Stratford.

This will be a 4 week trial starting from Monday 13th January. If numbers are good we will continue until track training starts on Monday's at Welwyn. The first couple of weeks will concentrate on starting off and stopping safely but we will soon move on to skills and some fitness work. We also have a couple of fitness testing protocols that we can use.

Arrive to set up at 6:30pm, finish by 8:30pm.
£3 per person
Freewheel bikes (with gears) with a calibrated computer preferred but not essential
Up to 2 riders per set of rollers, please make sure you either have a set or have arranged to share with someone
Don't forget a towel and drinks
There is a kitchen for parents to make teas and coffees for themselves

If the sessions go well then we will look to buy a couple of extra sets of rollers for the club to expand capacity.

Sign up below if interested.

Best wishes,
Mark.

Comments

  • Mark
    Archie would like to attend the session if possible. He has his own rollers.

    Thank you
    Sallie
  • Sophie and Holly would like to go. We have a set of rollers.
  • Hi Mark

    Sophie would like to come along but she will be slightly later as she does not get home till 6.30. We have a set of rollers that we will bring along.

    See you Monday.
    Claire
  • Sallie,
    Archie is welcome, as are you if you want to bring your bike.

    Claire,
    Setting up is from 6:30pm so it's no problem if Sophie is a bit later.

    I will set up a registration and pay station, so sign in and pay your money on the stage when you get there.
    Mark.
  • Hi Mark - great thank you - I will bring my bike - could you put me in a cupboard do no-one can see me go flying!
  • really great to see this coming back as a proper planned series of sessions...hope it goes well Mark and Coaches.
  • I have to work this

    Monday evening unfortunately but will come along to these sessions as am free most Mondays.
  • i'll be there
  • Thank you so much for tonight, Archie loved it and it's helped with his confidence for training on his rollers at home. Great session - thank you
  • Yes, thanks Mark. I think we had 8 or 9 riders tonight and if we can keep those sort of numbers up we should be able to keep this going through the winter.

    Just to be clear this is not just for youth riders but any club member.
  • This is what our young and not-so-young riders got up to last night: http://youtu.be/PxyNscw9qnU

    And, yes, that *is* actually Chris Froome in the Sky jersey riding next to Jon at 59 secs. :)
  • Well done all those who took part on Monday.

    Future sessions will be more structured with a warm up, skills session then a harder training element.

    Any novices should bring a helmet until they can ride unsupported.
  • Will bring the Gold bike as well as track bike tomorrow. Not sure if its useable. Don't have second set of rollers though.
  • Just a reminder that rollers is on tonight. Everyone welcome, Adults and youths.
  • Is rollers on tonight ?
  • Yes it's on.
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