DONUTS & BIKES: The Mountain Bike Coaching Podcast
DONUTS & BIKES - The Mountain Bike Coaching Podcast - will help transform your riding or coaching while delighting your taste buds! The hosts, Paul Howard (GSMBC President & Education Director, ZEP MTB Camps Owner & Head Coach, PMBIA Founder & Past- President) and Kristian Jackson (Senior Lecturer at Appalachian State University’s Department of Recreation Management & Physical Education, Trail Boss Rocky Knob Bike Park, GSMBC Coach Mentor) are two of the top-tier, industry leading mountain bike coaches and instructor trainers, with over 40 years of collective experience. Listen in as Donuts & Bikes pairs all things MTB skills and coaching, along with a feature donut on every episode. Get your ride and eat on and bite into Donuts & Bikes!
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DONUTS & BIKES: The Mountain Bike Coaching Podcast
Unlock Your Full Potential: Multi-Sport Coaching Insights with Jeff Chandler & Simon Holden
Unlock Your Full Potential: Multi-Sport Coaching Insights with Jeff Chandler & Simon Holden | Donuts and Bikes Podcast
In this episode of the Donuts and Bikes Mountain Bike Coaching Podcast, we’re joined by two giants in instructor training and coach education: Jeff Chandler, Executive Director of the Canadian Association of Snowboard Instructors (CASI), and Simon Holden, GSMBC Mentor, CASI Evaluator, and all-around legend.
We explore how embracing multiple sports can accelerate skill progression, boost coaching effectiveness, and enhance rider development. If you’re a mountain biker, snowboarder, skier, coach, or multi-sport enthusiast, this episode is packed with insights you won’t want to miss.
🎧 What You’ll Learn in This Episode:
- Why athletes and families often over-focus on a single sport
- The pitfalls of early specialization, especially for kids
- How snowboarding, skiing, and biking skills are interconnected
- Lessons we can learn as coaches from teaching different sports
- The mental, physical, and biomechanical benefits of multi-sport training
- Why or how does starting a new sport like long-boarding help you as an experienced mountain biker?
- How cross-training can elevate your main discipline
- Why instructor education and certification courses help bridge the gap
- And, of course… Simon’s Donut of the Day! 🍩
Whether you’re a new coach, seasoned instructor, or multi-sport athlete, this episode will inspire you to diversify your training, push your progressions, and have fun while doing it.
Quick note: sorry for the average sound on this one, we were on the road and didn't quite nail down the mics and recording room!
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The views and opinions on The Mountain Bike Coaching Podcast: Donuts & Bikes are those of Kristian Jackson, Paul Howard, and guests, and don’t necessarily reflect the views of GSMBC, PMBIA, or others mentioned. Guest content reflects personal opinions and is not intended to offend or misrepresent any person or group.
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