10m TT training

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  • briantrumpet
    briantrumpet Posts: 20,400
    xscreamsuk wrote:
    yes, there are loads of club events every week up and down the country. All are entry on the line, usually about £3.00 and you don't need to be a club member.
    Depends. Our evening 10s are mostly club members only, but with the odd-come-and-try event publicised. TBH, club fees are so low (ours is £12 p.a.) that it's worth it just for being allowed do the TTs (cost £4, entry on the night), let alone all the other stuff a club has to offer. And club 10s are really friendly events - no-one bats an eyelid at someone doing a 22-minute or a 32-minute 10, ditto the healthy number of people without TT set-up, seeing what they can do.
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  • BeaconRuth
    BeaconRuth Posts: 2,086
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    ... we did go through the GO Ride accreditation, which I am not quite sure why the clubs feel like they have to be part of... frankly I find it rather pointless, other than a "charitable" exercise. I just don't want to be involved with the love/hate dynamics of being in a club and the inevitable frictions a person with many opinions like myself is likely to cause... ...
    So you think Go-Ride is pointless despite the fact that there are thousands of youngsters who now enjoy excellent, regular coaching sessions, despite the fact that some successful Go-Ride clubs have clear, progressive pathways for children to develop their cycling skills in a fun environment from aged 5 or 6 right through to adulthood, despite the fact that there are even examples of youngsters starting in Go-Ride clubs and finishing as world champions?

    I think the level of skill and standard of cycling of many Go-Ride youngsters would put most adult cyclists to shame and I suggest you don't really have any understanding of the contribution Go-Ride has made to youth work in cycling if you can describe it as 'pointless'. If your experience of Go-Ride and club life has been entirely negative then I suggest that says more about you than it does about Go-Ride.

    Ruth
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  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    At least two (and possibly more) of the GB squad for the World Junior RR Champs this year are originally from Go-Ride clubs.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,313
    No Ruth,

    I am not against the program, but I don't see why it needs to get the support of local clubs. It was a right pain to get the accreditation, then you need time to devote and in fairness the almost totality of the club members (including myself) was there to ride his bike and no more. There are individuals who like their racing, maybe they have kids racing and they are keen to support these programs, but at the time we felt there was some pressure for the clubs to be part of it, when nobody in the club really wanted to devote time to it, that's all.

    It is sad, but the worst for a club is when unaccompanied kids start to get involved... there are all sorts of responsabilities and noboby want to take them...
    When I was a kid, I took my bike and rode it, not sure why these days everything needs to be structured and everybody has to chip in for the project and sacrifice his (limited) time dedicated to his hobby.

    These were very common thoughts, I can assure you
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  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    I am not against the program, but I don't see why it needs to get the support of local clubs.

    Those two statements appears to be at odds with each other. Go-Ride is designed to bring young riders into (and onwards through) the club structure, so it goes without saying that clubs themselves are an integral part of Go-Ride. And if you are working with children you will obviously need certain conditions and compliances in place. Sorry to hear it wasn't convenient for you.
  • ugo.santalucia
    ugo.santalucia Posts: 28,313
    Imposter wrote:
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    I am not against the program, but I don't see why it needs to get the support of local clubs.

    Those two statements appears to be at odds with each other. Go-Ride is designed to bring young riders into (and onwards through) the club structure, so it goes without saying that clubs themselves are an integral part of Go-Ride. And if you are working with children you will obviously need certain conditions and compliances in place. Sorry to hear it wasn't convenient for you.

    I seem to recall it was linked to the school system rather than the club structure, but anyway... our experience is that after having gone through all the paperwork, nobody was particularly keen to do anything. I personally did notmove a finger towards the certification and nothing afterwards... I am only aware of the monumental effort as I was involved in the politics of the club and it was a recurrent issue... end of
    I was into organising rides, organising weekends away and to a lesser extent organising a popular local sportive...
    left the forum March 2023
  • imposter2.0
    imposter2.0 Posts: 12,028
    ugo.santalucia wrote:
    I seem to recall it was linked to the school system rather than the club structure,

    No, that's not the case at all.

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