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This offer includes the Trials Curriculum, The Online Coaching Community and Ray Peters - Interviews and Coaching Sessions.

 

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Trials Curriculum

  1. Welcome!

    3 lessons
    1. Welcome - Course Information & Outline
    2. Where this Curriculum Idea Started
    3. The Way I Teach - TPM - Trials Progression Method

  2. Basic Bike Set Up

    1 lesson
    1. Basic Bike Set Up

  3. Suspension Tuning

    9 lessons
    1. BEFORE you Start Tinkering with Suspension
    2. Why Suspension Matters - Stu Preston - part 1
    3. Suspension Set Up, Linkage - Stu Preston - part 2
    4. Step 1 - Adjusting Preload / Setting Sag - In the Garage with Tom
    5. Step 1.5 - Changing out your Rear Spring - In the Garage with Tom
    6. Step 2 - Front End Preload - In the Garage with Tom
    7. Step 3 - Damping / Clicker Settings - Bracket Testing with Tom
    8. Suspension Resources and Downloads
    9. Suspension Tuning Survey

  4. Beginner Skills and Preparing for your 1st Event

    10 lessons
    1. 10 Basic Clutch, Throttle and Stance
    2. 20 Basic Turning Technique - Updated
    3. 30 Static Balance
    4. 40 Turning Inside Boundaries - Updated
    5. 50 Turning Figure 8's Inside Boundaries
    6. 60 Small Obstacles - Single Blip, De-weight - add Turns
    7. 65 Intro to Turning Off Camber
    8. 70 The Best Way to Practice for Events
    9. 80 Trials Event Tips & Section Strategy
    10. Beginner Skills - Survey

  5. Live Q & A Call

    2 lessons
    1. Tom - Focus During Sections, Confidence, When to move on to a new skill - Staying Motivated to Ride and More
    2. Alex Le - How to maximize training using video recordings

  6. Wheelie Progression (Mini Course) with Sam Fastle

    14 lessons
    1. 90.1 Clutch Control Drills - Before the Wheelie ***Updated***
    2. 90.2 Beginner Wheelies - Throttle & Body Only ***New***
    3. 90.3 The Trials Wheelie - Compressing the Suspension 1st ***New***
    4. 91 - Clutch Up, Balance Point & Using Brakes - 13 Drills to Develop
    5. 91.2 - Foot Down Pivot Turns & What to do if you Dab on the Wrong Side
    6. 91.3 - Front Brake Before the Wheelie
    7. 91.4 - Front Wheel Placement on the Ground - Hopscotch Accuracy
    8. 92 Front Wheel Accuracy on an Obstacle
    9. 93 Exploring the Balance Point
    10. 93.1 Making the Rear Brake Automatic ***Updated with Insight on Boots***
    11. 94 - Static to Wheelie in the Mud - Traction Control
    12. 96 - Wheelie Forever, Long Range in Multiple Gears
    13. 97 - Seated Wheelies
    14. Wheelie Module survey

  7. Intermediate Skills

    22 lessons
    1. 100 Trials Specific Fitness
    2. 101 The Adjustable Speed of Learning
    3. 102 Both Sides of the Learning Curve
    4. 103 Learn through Film and Journal
    5. 105 Top 5 Reasons you are taking points at events
    6. 110 Hills - Up & Down - Braking and Body Posture
    7. 111 Cambered Turns part 1 - Going Uphill and Starting to Turn
    8. 112 Cambered Turns part 2 - Turning to go Downhill
    9. 113 Cambered Turns part 3 - Downhill Turning
    10. 114 Cambered Turns part 4 - Turning to Go Back Uphill
    11. 115 The Clutch Drill
    12. 117 Obstacle Techniques Terminology - Ride up, Double Blip, Zap, Splatter
    13. 118 Ride Up Technique ****Updated****
    14. 120 Intro to Double Blip
    15. 121 Double Blip over Obstacles - Part 2
    16. 124 Turning Over Bricks - Rear Tire Proprioception
    17. 130 Traction Control
    18. 140 Easy Way Over Logs - Using the Skid Plate
    19. 142 Unloading the Rear Tire Over Obstacles
    20. 145 Drop Offs - Going Down Steps 2 Different Ways
    21. 160 Wheelie Uphill - Climb without Looping Out
    22. Intermediate survey

  8. Body Positioning - Stop Leaning on the Bars

    5 lessons
    1. 135 Acceleration - Moving in Time with the Bike
    2. 136 Turning without Leaning on the Bars
    3. 137 Fix Body Posture on Cambered Turns
    4. Body Positioning - The 7th Fundamental Skill - Part 1
    5. Advanced Body Positioning - The 7th Fundamental Skill - Part 2

  9. Floater Turns

    6 lessons
    1. 300 - Floater Turns with Sam Fastle
    2. 301 - Turning off a Ramp - Assisted Floater Turns
    3. 302 - Wheel Transitions While Static Balancing - Before the Throw
    4. 303 - More Rotation
    5. 305 - 2 Methods to Initiate Floaters ***New***
    6. 340 - Pivot Turns off an Obstacle with Sam

  10. Advanced Level Skills

    5 lessons
    1. 310 Static Balance - Wheel Transition & 1 Hand
    2. 362 Rev, Squat, Go
    3. 363 RSG Practice with Adam
    4. Tight Turn to Uphill Climb
    5. 370 Overcome RPM Anxiety - To Hit Bigger Obstacles

  11. Nose Wheelies (Mini Course) with Sam Fastle

    12 lessons
    1. 381 Learning to Nose Wheelie with Sam
    2. 382 Moving the Rear End to the Side with Sam
    3. 383 HELP Moving the Rear Tire to the Side with Tom
    4. 384 Nose Wheelie During a Turn - Under & Over Rotation - Landing in Balance
    5. 385 Figure 8 Drill - Nose Wheelies with Boundaries
    6. 386 Accurate Rear Wheel Placement
    7. 387 Practicing in Natural Terrain with Sam
    8. 388 Static Rear Wheel Hops - Using a Clutch Pop with Sam
    9. 388.1 Drill - Clutch Pop Hops - Developing Timing (Duplicate from Zaps Course)
    10. 389 Starting to Use Hops in a Section
    11. 390 Rolling Nose Wheelies
    12. Nose Wheelie Mini Course survey

  12. Learn to Front Wheel Hop (Mini Course)

    23 lessons
    1. Are you Really Ready to Learn? Pre-Requisite Skills
    2. Front Hops Riding History Survey

    1. Front Hops Fundamental Skills - BALANCE, BODY MECHANICS, SUSPENSION TIMING

      1. 400.1 Balance 1 - How to Static Balance
      2. 400.2 Balance 2 - Wheel Transitions - Duplicated
      3. 400.3 Balance 3 - Turning the Front Wheel Straight
      4. 400.4 Intro Body Mechanics through Rolling Hops
      5. 401.1 Body Mechanics 1 - Rollbacks - Learning Backwards Momentum
      6. 401.2 Body Mechanics 2 - Rollbacks - Applying Different Brake Combinations
      7. 401.3 Body Mechanics 3 - Rollbacks - Static Balance 1st
      8. 402 Rear Brake Pedal Pressure

    2. Front Hop Progression - INTENTIONAL MOVEMENTS, BALANCE CORRECTIONS

      1. 403.1 Stop, Hop & Roll
      2. 403.2 Single Hop Challenge - High and Low
      3. 403.3 Shorten your Turning Diameter
      4. 403.4 Hop the Line
      5. 403.5 Balance Corrections
      6. 404 Hop Out of a Corner
      7. 405 Hop till you Drop

    3. Front Hops Advanced Tips - WHEN A SKILL BECOMES A WEAPON

      1. 406 Refining Technique - Moving BOTH ways equally well
      2. 407 Hopping in an Section
      3. 408 Adding Clutch and Throttle
      4. 409 Hopping Off Camber
      5. 410 Accuracy is Key - Single Hop Precision
      6. 420 Full Bike Hops

  13. Zap Technique (Mini Course) with Sam Fastle

    20 lessons
    1. 500 Beginner Zaps with Sam Fastle - Tall Lofting Wheelie
    2. 501 Advanced Zaps with Sam Fastle - Short Drive in Technique
    3. 502 Top 6 Reasons You Can't Zap
    4. 503 Different Types of Zaps Explained

    1. Front Tire Placement

      1. 504 Why is it so hard to place the front tire low?
      2. Front Tire Accuracy on the Ground- Hopscotch Accuracy - DUPLICATE FROM WHEELIE COURSE
      3. Front Tire Accuracy on an Obstacle - DUPLICATE FROM WHEELIE COURSE

    2. Building RPMs

      1. 505 Building RPM - Getting over the Fear
      2. 506 Dropping the Front with RPM & Throttle %'s

    3. Popping the Clutch

      1. 507 Popping the Clutch - Getting Comfortable

    4. Developing Timing for Zap

      1. 508 Timing and Suspension
      2. 509 Clutch Pop Hops - Developing Timing
      3. 510 No Wheelie Zaps - New Drill
      4. 511 Flat Land Zaps, Dialing in the Timing and Accuracy
      5. 512 Zap Small Logs
      6. 513 Troubleshooting Why Zaps are NOT Working

    5. Jumping to the Back Tire - Holding Pressure

      1. 514 Holding Pressure

    6. Using a Zap in a real world setting

      1. 515 Maybe it's better to Skid Plate & Rock Over
      2. 516 Zap going Up Hill

    7. Stuff to Static Zap

      1. 518 - Stuff to Static Zap

  14. Front Touch with Oliver Smith

    2 lessons
    1. 520 Front Touch Technique with Oliver Smith
    2. 521 Learning to Front Touch with Tom

  15. Hopping on the Back Wheel with Sam Fastle

    4 lessons
    1. 800 - Hopping on the Back Wheel with Sam Fastle
    2. 801 - Clutch Pop Hops - Developing Timing
    3. 802 - Zap up to the Rear Wheel
    4. 803 Final Thoughts on Learning to Hop on the Back Wheel

Ray Peters - Interviews and Coaching Sessions

  1. Interviews - Ray and Tom

    7 lessons
    1. Riding Foundations - Building a Brick Wall
    2. Turning. Not Steering - Fundamental Skill #'s 5 & 6
    3. Developing the 8 Fundamentals
    4. Body Positioning - The 7th Fundamental Skill - Part 1
    5. Advanced Body Positioning - The 7th Fundamental Skill - Part 2
    6. Solving Problems - Reducing Complexity and Frustration
    7. When to Move up a Level - Trials Competition

  2. Riding with Ray

    4 lessons
    1. Centering / Body Positioning / 1 Handed Drills
    2. Basic Wheelie
    3. Single Blip Zap - No Clutch
    4. The Expectation of Success - The Importance of Mental Programing