Our Coaching Philosophy
Elevate your mountain biking skills.
Welcome to our unique mountain biking coaching program, designed to transform your riding experience and elevate your skills.
A comprehensive coaching program
Our program is structured around four fundamental elements, each tailored to enhance your technique, understanding, and confidence on the trails.
Our teaching philosophy extends into a process towards becoming a more skilled, confident, and composed rider — regardless of your current ability.
The four fundamental elements
Each element builds the movement, understanding, instinct and composure needed for sustainable progress.
01
Active Movement
The correct movement required for positions and skills essential for mountain biking.
02
Core Skills
Knowing when to execute a technique is as crucial as knowing how.
03
Muscle Memory
Physical movements that feel comfortable and inspire confidence and control on the bike.
04
Composure
Where confidence meets skill.
Active Movement
Correct movement for essential positions and skills.
A critical component that focuses on teaching you the correct movement required for positions and skills essential for mountain biking. This element emphasizes the importance of engaging specific muscles to achieve the right posture, balance, and body movement.
By understanding Active and Passive movements, you'll learn how to maneuver your bike with control while broadening your range of movement.
Core Skills: Responding to the Trail
Knowing when is as crucial as knowing how.
Our Core Skills element expands your understanding of various scenarios you might encounter on the trail.
Whether it's mastering a challenging jump or navigating a rough rock garden with speed and flow, we help you discover the strategic timing and execution of movements, laying a solid foundation for your riding skills.
Refining Instinct: Muscle Memory
Movement that remains sharp under fatigue.
As you progress, our teaching focuses on ingraining physical movements that feel comfortable and inspire confidence and control on the bike.
This gradual development helps you move away from inefficient and risky maneuvers, fostering a more proactive and safer riding approach.
Our Muscle Memory training ensures that even in fatigue, your techniques remain sharp, reducing the risk of crashes and injuries.
Composure: Where Confidence Meets Skill
A composed and mindful approach to riding.
At the heart of our teaching philosophy is creating composure in your riding. True composure on the bike reflects your mental state.
Our coaching goes beyond skill training, where through feedback and repetition we aim to instill a sense of control so you can find your progress sustainable.
With our guidance, you'll learn that confidence combined with skill leads to a composed and mindful approach to your riding so you have the right understanding of your ability and a sharper judgement to take on challenges on the trail.
Know Your Instructor
I’m Piyush Chavan and I run Treadmark.
Having raced internationally whilst representing my country — I’ve found my purpose in service of a community, helping clients reach their goals and more importantly providing correct insight into their riding ability as a tool to use for sustained progress over time.
My love for articulating my experience and mountain bike techniques has driven me to start Treadmark — a platform for like-minded individuals like me to succeed.
My favourite trail in Queenstown has to be Blugazi and my favourite program to coach is all of them!
Enquire about coaching with PiyushInstructor Qualifications
- 7+ years of coaching experience in Queenstown.
- PMBIA Level 4
- PMBIA Instructor Trainer
- PMBIA Tech and Air Instructor
- PHEC 40 Hr Outdoor First Aid
Who Do I Normally Teach?
From young groms to advanced riders or parents looking to find extra traction and airtime to keep up with their kids. My students are as diverse as my experience.
I have a great knack to relate to the person in front of me, put myself in their shoes and tap into depths of my valuable insights to make you — the best rider you can be, regardless of your ability.
Experience has taught me that complex techniques can be taught in many different ways and I love to ensure our coaching stays relevant for all unique individual needs.
Best Recommendation to Improve Skills
Quite simply, practice! But the right kind.
I highly recommend purchasing the 3 pack of private lessons. These allow me to set the foundation, strengthen existing skillset and help you find progression in your preferred pathway whether that’s finding traction in corners, improving overall speed and flow or improving confidence and adaptability on steeper terrain.
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Ready to find that extra traction? Contact us today and take the first step towards mastering the trail.
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