Becoming a Mountain Bike Instructor
We are looking to train Mountain Bike Instructors. WMBC’s vision is to encourage trail riding. There are many components to deliver on this vision. You bring the bike and your desire. Club members build and maintain the trails. To make trail riding enjoyable, and so you keep coming back, you need to develop your riding skills. Some riders have the drive to do this on their own, but the Club would like to give members a running start by offering skills clinics.
But there is a gap in our vision. Skills clinics need instructors and there are not many in Sudbury. We need more instructors. The Club is willing to help members obtain the basic training required to be mountain bike instructors. We’ll pay for your clinic registration fee, if you offer to be an instructor at our clinics.
The great benefit of becoming a trained instructor is that you become a better rider. It will take a bit of planning, but all the details are in the link below. With the Ontario Cycling option, half of it is online. Reach out if you have any questions.
Option 1: Ontario Cycling
Let’s Ride - Community Initiation
There are 5 steps to this process, requiring 10 hours of on-line courses and an 8 hours in-person course. The Club will reimburse those offering to instruct for the Club after completing the final Basic Cycling Skill Course. Save your receipts!
Step 0: Anytime: Login and create your own NCCP # by visiting https://thelocker.coach.ca/account/login?mode=login
Step 1: Anytime: For $15 sign up and register https://edu.cyclingcanada.ca/ , create your own account, search for and sign up for the 1 hr course Cycling Foundations eLearning. Begin your coaching journey with this course discussing the foundations of cycling
Step 2: Scheduled Online Course: Go to https://www.coachesontario.ca/calendar/?subcategory=make-ethical-decisions and for $85, sign up for the 4 hr NCCP Making Ethical Decisions Course. Your Participation in this course is mandatory for continuation within the Community Coaching stream.
Step 3: Anytime: Take the free 1 hour NCCP Emergency Action Plan Course available on the locker e-learning portal anytime https://thelocker.coach.ca/account/login?mode=loginer (coach.ca) .
Step 4: Scheduled Online Course from Ontario Cycling Association: $75 - Cycling Practice Planning, which is a 2x2hr course. Check out Upcoming OCA Courses to see this course listing. This online course must be completed prior to participating in the in-person Basic Cycling Skills coaching course.
Step 5: Scheduled in-person Basic Cycling Skills course. Courses are offered throughout the year in southern Ontario and appear at Upcoming OCA Courses as they are scheduled. Registration is on-line through OCA. This in-person course is the final step in the OCA Community Initiation coaching stream.
Option 2: Professional Mountain Bike Instructor Association
There are a number of courses offered by PMBIA annually around the province. If you are interested in one of these courses, email info@waldenmbc.ca to get pre-approval to have the tuition cost covered. Each spring, the Club considers applications from members wanting to commit to becoming an instructor.
Current Instructing Opportunities
Contact info@waldenmbc.ca if you are interested in being an instructor at our Flight School or and Beginner Clinics taking place in June and July 2023.