British Cycling Launches new Coaching Scholarship

British Cycling have made significant promises and shifts in the past year. We’ve seen a boost in campaigns, new staff and a wide range of strategies …

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Oh look, another BC thing focussed purely on high level competition, indoors and lycra wearing….

Meanwhile volunteer coaches and ‘recreational’ coaching or anything involving dirt is ignored….

@matt_outandabout have you filled in the BMX/freestyle surveys? It’s a chance to ask for something different.

Kind of agree with Matt, but also hoping it will have a ripple impact and get more volunteers stepping forward to take part in coaching as bike clubs seem to have a surge of new people joining them – which is great, would be even better if they had some coaching support to help them progress*.

*Progress isn’t just covering racing (which seems to be the main bone of contention here as I agree that racing isn’t the be-all-and-end-all of cycling), so there should be stuff there to help them develop skills and confidence that encourages them to take their cycling further, whether that is in to racing or just riding in more challenging conditions/terrain.