Youth MTB Coaching

At Swinley Bike Hub, we love developing young riders and encouraging youngsters to enjoy riding their bikes on mountain bike trails.

We offer a variety of structured coaching for those under 16 in the forest. 

Private Coaching is always the best for progression, we offer 1:1, 1:2, 1:3 sessions and parent & child private sessions. You can find out more about private coaching here. 

We also offer regular MTB club sessions and MTB Academy sessions. 

Youth MTB Club

Our Youth MTB Club is for riders aged 7-15(ish) based on two ability levels: 

Beginner: This is for riders who are new to riding off-road. They can happily ride a bike but are yet to explore the blue trail at Swinley Forest and would like to know basic mountain biking skills. They need to be able to ride a bike and be over 7 years old.

Intermediate: This is for riders who are already confidently riding the blue trail here at Swinley Forest. They can happily ride standing up on their bikes and are capable of climbing the majority of the climbs on the blue trail without stopping. Generally this will be for riders over 10, but we know there are capable younger riders who can join. 

 This is much more about having fun on their bikes, exploring the trails with a coach and learning new skills on the way. These are two hour sessions spread out during the holiday times! 

For even more capable riders, we have our Youth Academy Sessions.

Youth MTB Academy

Our Youth Academy is designed for young mountain bikers (15 & under) that meet the minimum ability standard, who really want to progress and are at a good starting level. The coaching for these sessions will be more advanced, more intense and focus on improving speed, fitness and endurance as well as skill. (They'll still be a lot of fun too!) Sessions will be 90 minutes with a maximum of 6 riders per session. 

Before booking these sessions, please check the minimum standards required - as if your rider is unable to ride to this level when they arrive they will unlikely be able to continue. 

Minimum Standard required:

• Ride the FULL blue trail at Swinley Forest - both pedalling up & riding down. (riders must be fit enough to cope with pedalling up!)
•  Experimenting riding parts of the red trail at Swinley Forest
•  Riding drops of 20cm+ comfortably and in control
•  Riding linked bermed corners carrying speed
•  Can control braking on steeper descents
•  Can stand up in 'ready position' (pedals level) for all descents

We do not specify a lower age limit but riders will be required to cope with a potentially physically demanding session.

To find out dates or book, please click the link below and search the schedule.