Week 1 of our New Rider Clinics are ready to start!

Riders who completed the assessment last week are first up for week 1. Everyone that would like to participate in this program designed for riders new to BMX Racing the first step is to complete the Intro to BMX and Rider Assessment available every Thursday 6-7pm during Gate Practice. There we will explain how the sport of BMX Racing works and how to get started, along with an assessment of the riders current riding ability which will slot them for skill level specific clinics.

Here are just some of the topics we will cover as we go thru the clinic sessions. Clinics will be llmited to 1-2 topics per session.

- What are the parts of the bike and how to verify their bike is safe.
- How to perform basic maintenance on their race bike
- Race Day – What is a moto? Staging, transfers and all the other race day stuff you didn’t think to ask.
- BMX Rules – Covering the basics of the USA BMX rulebook
- Warm up exercise riders should perform before every riding session
- Basic Riding Skills – Correct body posture and pedal stroke
- Gate Starts – Everything from one footed starts to balancing in the gate.
- Turn skills – Best line, passing and defensive lines.
- Jumps – Everything from how to get over a jump safely to the basics of manually and jumping.
- Race Management and Strategy – In race stratigies for passing and maintaining positions on the track.
- Sportsmanship – What it means to be a BMX’er. Winning and losing like a champion.