Dig Deep Coaching and Cycling Ulster Youth Academy (CUYA) have announced the launch of an online Zwift school with the first scheduled ride taking place on Monday 13th April and taking place for six weeks.
This is open to all CU youth members with Stephen Gallagher of Dig Deep Coaching assisting the CUYA. Stephen will take the riders on a group ride with an informative chat along the way. Feed back will be required and homework will need to done! Fridays will be race specific efforts and drills.
Initially this will be for all U12/U14/U16 riders and no riders will be dropped . Riders can choose which sessions they want to take part in.
The aim of the 6 weeks is to give focus week to week and maintain the fun element of cycling and helping you all learn about different aspects of training and racing. We will use the Discord App to allow us to communicate during the rides.
The general running each week will go as follows.
Monday evening 6-7pm: ‘No Drop Ride’ meaning a ride that allows everyone to keep together, no matter the effort level. Monday’s will be focused on being social and us picking a topic each day to discuss and learn about. We may also have the odd ‘special guest’ from the cycling world to join us during the 6 weeks.
Friday morning 8-9am: ‘No Drop Ride’ + Intensity free riding. This will be a ride that starts as ‘no drop’ for the initial warm up/intro. Then we will move into some specific work where everyone can ride to their own level on certain climbs/laps. The courses will change each week and we will focus on different intensities each week also.
During the training sessions we communicate via Discord so each and every child is involved with the conversation and can listen to our experts discuss different topics and go through crucial areas of cycling and lifestyle that help young athletes develop.
It's fantastic to see up to 50 young riders join us twice a week to learn about key areas of cycling and enjoy the community that riding online can bring.
If you would like to learn more about this and if you feel a local club or organisation may benefit from this type of project then drop us a email at info@digdeepcoaching.com
