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If he's too young to coach perhaps it's just a case of getting out there with him and practising. Practise makes perfect and all that.
Hi AzurBMX, I met you down at ROM a month or so ago.. along with a few of us other older riders. Good to know your lad is still progressing and enjoying himself!I have found that most indoor skateparks have a resident "coach"... for example at Asylum up near me in the midlands, you can have lessons with Tom Justice (check him out on youtube, he is a great rider).. so it might be worth touring the local indoor, privately run parks and seeing if they offer the same.Hope you get something sorted....
Not sure how it works over there but there isn't exactly too young of an age.Probably more likely they don't want to coach as from personal experience it is very difficult to "coach" young kids.My suggestion would be try to get him more of a mentor such as an older rider (think late teens, or someone starting to move into the pro classes) to coax Azur along.Someone who will ride along with him and make him feel awesome about riding.They will normally give some good tips and it is more about keeping the hunger to ride there.We had a program down here for "sprocket rockets" which is for the under 8s.Basically the main skills are to pedal, balance and simply getting round the track in a safe manner (ie looking straight as you go the way your head is turned)When I personally coach the kids its generally a go to formula for the large majority until they can start to develop some racing skills.Next stage is generally cornering, pumping and basic gates. Which is when the racecraft aspect starts to come into play.So yeah, my recommendation is to try find a good person to be a buddy and go from there. They don't have to even be a super fast rider, just someone who has a good attitude and is a great role model for the young fella to look up to
Bonjour CedricI don’t have the answer but hopefully someone can helpAzur has a lot of talent!