Coaching Experience
In 1994 I started up my own bike shop selling bikes, spares and servicing as I continued to ride, train and race myself making it to expert category in XC mountain bike and elite category on the road racing at the national premier series. During this I started up a cycling club from the shop which grew and grew and was more than competitive in every discipline and at all ages and even had mr Geriant Thomas riding and racing for the shop and club during his junior years before moving onto British cycling...
I started my coaching to support, help and advise customers and club members in training sessions. I started coaching and took sessions for my cycling clubs youth riders which also included my daughter which was handy where this was usually done at a local school and parks and focused on basic bike skills, handling and most of all just good fun. I used this to gain my British Cycling coaching award and moved on to the track add on award to cover velodrome sessions for our weekly club track session at Newport Velodrome... Unfortunately with my move to the Wales coach position i couldn’t continue with supporting the club sessions but the club and the kids session still grows from strength to strength with even more coaches getting involved to this very day 👍
Endorsements
British cycling qualified coach
British cycling qualified track coach
British cycling qualified madison coach
British cycling qualified team manager
Brithish cycling qualified roller sessions coach
British cycling qualified motor paced "derny" driver
British cycling qualified regional Commissaire
Ukad antidoping adviser qualified
DBS check/approved
First aid qualified
Newpoert live velodrome approved coach
Skills, Bike Handling Sessions
Skills sessions, bike handling and confidence sessions are hugely popular with the focus being around the basics of bike handling, gear use, brake use, cornering technique and aims to make you a more shillful confident all round bike rider...
Skills session on the purpose built wooden track at Afan Argoed trail centre
Youth club session focusing on basic skills and fun
Club Sessions
Wenvoe Wheelers club session at Maindy track, A 6 week block aimed at group riding skills, bike handling, cornering and improving confidence levels riding in a group 👍
Wenvoe Wheelers club session at Maindy track in Cardiff
Cornering practice session
Club session at Maindy with group warm up before efforts
Wenvoe Wheelers club session at Maindy track in Cardiff, A 6 week booking aiming at improving group riding, cornering, confidence, bike handling and all round skill levels but still aiming for a decent workout 👍
Club session at Maindy track with the warm up incorporating some bike handling and cornering skills practice
Club training session rider warm up
Club training session with group riding skills and chain gang efforts
Rider briefing on session content, efforts and safety information
Testimonial
"Loved it, Another quality session from Kudos Coaching"
Wenvoe Wheelers
Testimonial
"Thanks so much for the help setting up the bike and for the invaluable coaching tips and guidance"
De K Howells, Cardiff
Testimonial
"Brilliant bike skills session tonight, thanks "
K Brown, Cardiff
Club Velodrome Sessions
After completing my British Cycling level 2 award with the club youth sessions I moved onto the velodrome track add on and regularly took my own clubs and other local clubs weekly velodrome sessions
Coaching for the Cardiff Ajax another local Cardiff club.
Club velodrome session
A friend visiting from Hungary and first time on the track!!!
Club track session
Coaching velodrome session for ex Wales rugby international and now world expedition and explorer Richard Parks
British Cycling Commissaire
As a BC regional comasaire I have chief commissaired, assistant commissaired and finish line judged many local regional road and closed circuit races to add to my racing and cycling experience.
Commissaire in local E/1/2 road race
Commissaire in local closed circuit race
3 laps to go!!!
Affiliated and member of British Cycling the National governing body for cycling in the UK
Affiliated and member of Welsh Cycling the National governing body for cycling in Wales
As part of my personal development and a requirement of working with British Cycling I susccefully completed and became an UK anti doping adviser.