Team Spirit Cycling Camps Limited

 

Just as we need to check our vehicles on a regular basis by an experienced mechanic checking all the working parts and checking all parts are working as they should be in order to get you from A to B, then doesn’t it make sense to simply have regular check-ups by your doctor?  Before taking on any regular form of exercise that involves levels of intensity your body is not used to then visit your doctor for advice.

Team Spirit Cycling Camps Limited offer a total service from Corporate Business Networking Events to Team Building Cycling Sessions that will see your staff / employees buzzing with excitement yet tinged with nervousness having to perform individual and team tasks in a safe, controlled yet enthused environment. 

Steve Bonnici is Team Spirit Cycling Camps Limited lead Coach and has helped Tour de France stage winners, Great Britain Track Cycling Teams, Australian and Swedish Cycling Teams.  His approach to motivating individuals and teams is unmatched within cycling, his ability and knowledge has pushed World class teams to achieve truly staggering results.

With the right level of enthusiasm, will to win and guidance from our World class cycling coaches we can not only promise a truly memorable day that will be fun packed and not to mention the rewards and gifts your team will receive:

• Individual and team certificates of completion
• High Quality Chemically Etched Glass Trophies
• Mugs
• ‘T’ Shirts
• Photos of your time with us
• DVD of the day

Your business or department will benefit from this by:

• Articles written and submitted to Articlebase.com mentioning your day with us and promoting your business or department.
• When you book with us we will donate £250 to a local well deserved charity, along with this will be photos of your team with the charity showing their appreciation of your booking a Team Spirit Cycling Camps Limited Team Building Cycling Session.

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Stephen Bonnici has many hours under his belt  running track cycling sessions at cycling tracks and velodrome. Stephen Bonnici runs track sessions on a daily basis’ weather its for the public / professional  & talent teams  and corporate team building groups like Team Spirit Cycling Camps Limited.

Over the years, Stephen Bonnici has spent many hours himself riding bicycles of all types from early days being just the kid in the street on his BMX  playing tag on bikes with his friends to being a full time athlete competing in many competitions on the road and track events going on to have many wins.

Stephen Bonnici has a tough but a very rewarding coaching style where he strives to get the best out of his riders while leaving them enthusiastic and confident about themselves.

Stephen Bonnici has had a wide range of experience in life with extreme sports and fit life style with many past times, military training and working along side British cycling coaches using a cocktail of techniques, Stephen Bonnici has also raced  motorcycles, not only fitness training techniques but bike handling skills to.

Stephen Bonnici likes to combine experiences gained from being a competitor and coaching,  it good to know how the subject feels while training and to give the coach a better understanding to make up training exercises scenario’s to simulate real situations that happen during races on the cycling track or velodrome.

 

A basic and easy exercise to use at a track cycling session is called taking laps, such an easy exercise for the track riders to understand. Commonly used as a fitness exercise where one or more riders can take a lap on the rest of the group, splitting the group into two separate groups at half lap distance apart is a variation of the exercise.

Riders using the lap changes technique while taking the lap . (Mentioned on Team Spirit Cycling Camps or here on Articlebase.com)

 

How taking laps exercise is performed !

 

The track cycling coach will instruct all the riders to enter the track  and make their way up to the blue line which is approximately half way up the velodrome banking together as one group to save on time, otherwise gathering riders will eat up to much time from the session.

 

Riders are instructed to ride in a single file manner at a steady pace, riders should use this as a warm up to the exercise and recovery phase during the exercise.

 

Once the riders are settled into formation the exercise can begin, the track cycling coach will use a whistle to indicate to the rider at the front to launch up to speed by dropping down the velodrome banking accelerating to the black data line at the bottom of the track using the shortest rout to get around and gain a lap on the rest of the group.

 

The track cycling coach may blow their whistle to indicate to each rider at the front of the group when to go,  the track cycling coach may verbally indicate how many rider may take a lap working together as a group or as two riders.

 

The level of intensity of the effort will be at the track cycling coaches discretion, usually depending on how long track coach wants the exercise to last and also what the riders want out of the session.

 

Ÿ  Riders up on blue line single file

Ÿ  Track coach blows whistle  to indicate the next rider in line to go

Ÿ  Rider on the front of blue line group drops down to the black line to gain their lap

Ÿ  Rider has gained a lap by joining the back of the group

Ÿ  Rider now has time to recover from their effort while in slipstream of a steadily paced group

 

It is important for the riders when rejoining the group is to scrub off their speed by riding up over the top of the tail end of the group, this helps them to slow the track bike down without having to back pedal to reduce speed, also from the safety point of view the track beneath the group is clear for the lead rider or riders to drop down when indicated by the track cycling coach.

 

I hope you find this exercise useful  weather as a Track cyclist or Track cycling coach.

You can read about more track cycling exercise at articlebase.com  and www.teamspiritcyclingcamps.co.uk  

 

Track Cycling Coach

Stephen Bonnici

Slalom

 

The slalom is a basic skill track cycling exercise and often used part of a velodrome track accreditation test.

The slalom cycling track exercise is performed by a group of riders riding single file formation equal distances apart approximately two bike lengths apart midway up on the velodrome track banking on the blue line.

When all riders are in position the exercise can begin by the track cycling coach sounding a whistle.

When whistle is sounded the rider at the rear end of the group will make their way forward to the front of the group weaving through all the gaps between the other riders using a slalom technique.

Helps if the rider do not loose or gain too much height while weaving through the spaces as this creates to speed and changes the angle of attack causing the exercise to look more rushed than in control.

Riders only need to ride little more than shoulder width apart when riding over or under the other riders during the slalom ,

This track cycling exercise teaches riders to maintain constant speed without closing gaps and builds confidence riding close to other track riders.

It is important for new track cyclist to learns these skills, many road cyclist that cross over to track cycling during off season track training for winter fitness or to race indoors are not used to riding a fixed gear bicycle with no brakes.

I hope you find this information useful for your track cycling session weather you coach or ride a track cycling session.

Team Spirit cycling camps track cycling coach

Stephen Bonnici

www.teamspiritcyclingcamps.co.uk

Track Cycling Exercise

 Lap changes is one of the most common exercise you will perform at a cycling velodrome track session.

It is a basic procedure that is performed  while group riding on the velodrome which enable riders to share the work or effort time spent riding on the front of the group.

Riding a bicycle at the front of a group of riders uses more energy than the riders following, each rider will tuck behind the other sheltering from the wind in the slipstream caused from each rider ahead .

Firstly, riders need to be competent at riding single file and keeping the distance to a minimum  between them, this takes confidence !

Unless told  by the track coach, each rider will do no more than one lap at the front of the group, (taken turns)

When entering the bend, the lead rider will ride almost straight on taking them higher up the velodrome banking and then making their way to the back of the group.

To do this, it is important not to slow down to the point of sliding off the banking and crashing into oncoming cyclist. A key element is just to ride further around the bend at the top of the velodrome banking while the rest of the group remain at the bottom of the track maintaining speed.

Safety checks while performing manoeuvres , riders should check over there shoulder in the direction they are about to turn, assure to maintain power and speed while looking  as slowing down causes the following rider to over lap the wheel , over reactions have a knock on effect down the line , accidents happen at this point .

To help not to over lap the wheel in front, leave a space , this distance will depend on the level or ability of the riders in the group, for example if the riders are all elite intermediate novice or mixed ability, the riders will probably concertina back and forward causing gaps to open and close, rather than back pedal which tax the legs every time, it is best to gradually ride slightly higher than your lead rider to compensate for this, the extra wind resistance and distance on the outer side will compensate this. 

Read more about track cycling at http://www.teamspiritcyclingcamps.co.uk/

Author

Stephen Bonnici

Track cycling coach

Track Cycling Exercise

 Lap changes in pairs

Exercise has to be performed at mid track, reason for this is the riders are riding side by side in pairs as on a road ride, the two riders on the front split apart after their turn on the front allowing the following pair to go through, this procedure works well with large groups of experienced riders during warm up as it keeps a sociable pace.

It is a basic procedure that is performed while group riding on the velodrome which enable riders to share the work or effort time spent riding on the front of the group.

Riding a bicycle at the front of a group of riders uses more energy than the riders following, each rider will tuck behind the other sheltering from the wind in the slipstream caused from each rider ahead .

Unless told by the track coach, each rider will do no more than one lap at the front of the group, (taken turns)

A key element is just to ride further around the bend at the top of the velodrome banking while the rest of the group remain at the bottom of the track maintaining speed.

Safety checks while performing manoeuvres , riders should check over there shoulder in the direction they are about to turn, assure to maintain power and speed while looking  as slowing down causes the following rider to over lap the wheel , over reactions have a knock on effect down the line , accidents happen at this point .

Read more about track cycling at http://www.teamspiritcyclingcamps.co.uk/

Author

Stephen Bonnici

Track cycling coach for Team Spirit Cycling Camps Limited

Coaches guide to track cycling exercises

Ÿ  Lap or half lap changes

Ÿ  Pairs lap changes

Ÿ  Taking laps or half laps

Ÿ  Beep(whistle) test

Ÿ  Slalom

Ÿ  Follow the leader/Humps & Bumps

Ÿ  Get out of jail

Ÿ  Train stations

Ÿ  Human Derny

Ÿ  Chain gang/through & off

Ÿ  Chain gang lap taking

Ÿ  Killer (Handicap points scenario)

Ÿ  Stacking

Ÿ  Stacking jump across

Ÿ  Stack race

Ÿ  Intervals

Ÿ  Back to front

Ÿ  Ride the wall

Ÿ  Spitfires

Ÿ  Workhorse/Bell &Whistle

Ÿ  Jump across (solo & partnered)

Ÿ  Find-out who your friends are

Ÿ  Tag

Ÿ  Dome of  doom (solo & partnered)

 Team Spirit Cycling Camps

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