Lesson 4: Advanced Techniques

"How can you use your arms and legs to compress the suspension before the object to help your front wheel pop up?
"Where is your center of mass? If I pulled the bike out from under you right now, would you land squarely on your feet or fall backward?"
"Once your front wheel is safely over, where does your weight need to go to keep the rear wheel light?"

Approach
Momentum
Center Mass
Rock Garden
Drop off
Jump

S1.M1.12: Applies movement concepts and principles (e.g., force, motion, rotation) to a variety of sport skills.

S5.M6.12: Works cooperatively with others to achieve common goals in a variety of physical activities.

Critical thinking and problem-solving skills are developed through analyzing climbing routes and planning movements, which can translate to standardized test problem-solving.

DOK 3 Strategic Reasoning and DOK 4 Extended Reasoning

Mountain bike trails require riders to sometimes get off their bike and analyze a feature before attempting to ride through it. Many trail builders purposely place obstacles like drop offs or jumps on the trail to increase the difficulty or excitement.

I can't ride through a bunch of rocks.
I can't ride over a log or larger boulder.
I can't drop off a wall.

Progressive heights and difficulty with obstacles.
Walking routes before riding them.

Students will choose which obstacle course they wish to test on. 

Logs

Jumps

Rocks

Man made obstacles