Coach Training Weekends

Where do coaches learn how to start and manage an interscholastic mountain bike team? What are the do’s and dont’s of maintaining a healthy team or new league in Montana? What are some tips for running an efficient and fun practice while teaching important mountain bike skills? The annual Montana Leaders Summit is held in the spring and brings coaches, race staff, leaders, and other volunteers together for an important weekend of hands-on education about what it takes to run an exemplary NICA program.  

2024 Leaders’ Summit:

May 18th &19th: Venue TBD, Bozeman

For this season we plan to offer an in-person Leaders’ Summit to gather our Montana NICA coaching community and go over the ins and outs of all things NICA. The Leaders’ Summit is a requirement for Level 3 coaches. NICA National offers great online opportunities (HERE) for fulfilling this requirement, however, we have a great mix of new and seasoned coaches in our Montana League and we thought it was time to bring back one of our own. We will lean on experienced coaches to help share some of the magic behind NICA including Montana (and of course our neighboring state team) specific challenges and solutions. The weekend will include a classroom based Leaders’ Summit day on Saturday and the option for On-The-Bike Skills training and NICA Approved First Aid on Sunday. More details to come!

Additional Springtime Coach Training weekends: TBD

In addition to our Leaders’ Summit weekend we will offer coach training opportunities to fulfill On-The-Bike Skills and NICA Approved First Aid training. Dates and locations: TBD