{"id":3742,"date":"2012-11-18T16:21:08","date_gmt":"2012-11-18T16:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/?p=1734"},"modified":"2012-11-18T16:21:08","modified_gmt":"2012-11-18T16:21:08","slug":"kelvin-coaching-in-ratoath","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.offroadcyclingireland.ie\/wordpress\/2012\/11\/18\/kelvin-coaching-in-ratoath\/","title":{"rendered":"Kelvin Coaching in Ratoath"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/2012\/11\/kelvin-coaching-in-ratoath\/k9-2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1736\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1736\" title=\"K9\" src=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K91.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Kelvin Batey<\/strong> was in the country this week to run a couple of coaching sessions out at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ratoathbmx.com\/\" >Ratoath track<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>One year has passed since Kelvin was last at the track although that first race on the 27th November 2011 feels like a lot longer ago than that now!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The coaching sessions started off with the basics of riding a bike, riding positions, how to get a full rotation out of your pedalling and moved onto gate technique, basic manualing and tap manualing skills as well as lots of ongoing training tips.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/2012\/11\/kelvin-coaching-in-ratoath\/k3\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1737\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1737\" title=\"K3\" src=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/2012\/11\/kelvin-coaching-in-ratoath\/k4\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1738\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1738\" title=\"K4\" src=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K4.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/2012\/11\/kelvin-coaching-in-ratoath\/k5\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1739\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1739\" title=\"K5\" src=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The feedback from the participants has been fantastic, all feeling that they have benefitted from Kelvin&#8217;s knowledge. It&#8217;s obvious the kids enthusiasm has been reinvigorated as well as their parents.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kelvin also noted that the riding level has hugely improved since his first visit a year ago. A few of the riders particularly impressing him. Bright things ahead!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/2012\/11\/kelvin-coaching-in-ratoath\/k8\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1743\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1743\" title=\"K8\" src=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K8.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/2012\/11\/kelvin-coaching-in-ratoath\/k2\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1744\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1744\" title=\"K2\" src=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After the sessions Kelvin rushed off the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pedalfever.net\/\" >Cycling Ireland Pedal Fever<\/a> conference to spread the word on BMX and the Ratoath Club.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2013 will see Kelvin back for more coaching sessions &#8230; stay tuned.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/2012\/11\/kelvin-coaching-in-ratoath\/k10\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1740\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1740\" title=\"K10\" src=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K10.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/2012\/11\/kelvin-coaching-in-ratoath\/k12\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1741\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1741\" title=\"K12\" src=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K12.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/2012\/11\/kelvin-coaching-in-ratoath\/k13\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-1742\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-1742\" title=\"K13\" src=\"http:\/\/bmxireland.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/K13.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"551\" height=\"310\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kelvin has been busy coaching &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[236,227,230],"class_list":["post-3742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bmx","tag-featured-news","tag-latest-news","tag-latest-pictures"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.offroadcyclingireland.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.offroadcyclingireland.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.offroadcyclingireland.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.offroadcyclingireland.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.offroadcyclingireland.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3742"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.offroadcyclingireland.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3773,"href":"http:\/\/www.offroadcyclingireland.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3742\/revisions\/3773"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.offroadcyclingireland.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.offroadcyclingireland.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.offroadcyclingireland.ie\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}