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Really useful. Some similarities with the Bikeability training.
Bike checks and maintenance, clothing/helmet checks for participants.
Ensuring basic control skills, log hops, bunny hops, attack position, weight shift for descents, braking techniques. All done by eliciting and explaining, demonstrating, getting participants to imitate and then practice.
A fair bit on route planning, access issues, map reading, which was really useful, including practicing these. Breaking the ride into manageable segments, giving warnings of potential hazards, reminding participants of the relevant skills they will need to deploy. Managing groups on and off road, how to handle differences in participants ability etc.
It was interesting to be on the receiving end of training again, rather than giving it, so was quite aware of a lot of the actual teaching techniques being used.
A lot of it confirmed things that I have been doing already when out with groups at Swinley, but has put a little more formal structure in place too.