Ride with more confidence, control, and flow

Ready to Progress Your Riding? A structured 10-week coaching program in Rotorua

If you’re looking for structured mountain bike coaching in Rotorua that combines practical trail riding, video feedback, and ongoing progression support, the NZMTB Progression Program is designed to help you ride with more confidence, control, and flow.

A single lesson can create breakthroughs. A structured program turns those into habits

WHO For Riders chasing PRs or just chasing better

WHEN Flexible booking | 4 x 3-hour sessions

WHAT Mountain Bike Coaching with support between sessions

WHERE  Rotorua & Online

HOW 6-10 Week Program | Book Session Times to Suit You

COST NZD$1250

Four 3-hour sessions over 6-10 weeks

If you are motivated to take your riding further, this is for you!

Build confidence, improve technique, and create lasting progression with structured mountain bike coaching in Rotorua’s Whakarewarewa Forest.

The NZMTB Progression Program is designed for riders who want more than a one-off lesson. Through a combination of private coaching, personalised video feedback, and between-session support, this program helps riders develop real skills that transfer directly onto the trail.

Whether your goal is smoother cornering, better braking control, more confidence on technical terrain, or simply feeling more comfortable and capable on the bike, this coaching program creates a clear pathway for progression over time.

Session 1

Assessment & Foundations

We identify current riding habits, strengths, confidence levels, and key areas for progression while building strong riding foundations.

Every session includes personalised post-ride video feedback to help reinforce learning and make progression easier to understand visually.

Your 10-week period starts from here. We do offer flexibility for when you book your sessions and how long you wish to spread them out. We strongly recommend 6-10 weeks.

Session 2

Skill Development

Focused coaching around braking, cornering, pressure control, line choice, and trail awareness.

Session 3

Sharpen the Tools

This is where we refine and build on technique, timing and power. Gaining experience on “how much” and “when” to use your new skills.

Session 4

Consolidation & Progression

Review progression, compare video feedback, and create a clear pathway for continued improvement after the program finishes.

Rider Support

Personalised Video Feedback & Rider Workspace

Every session includes personalised post-ride video feedback to help reinforce learning and make progression easier to understand visually.

Your complimentary rider workspace includes:

  • Selected riding clips
  • Annotated coaching feedback
  • Voiceover analysis
  • Practice focuses and drills
  • Progression notes between sessions

Between sessions, riders can submit up to 2 riding videos for additional feedback and progression support. Feedback is typically returned within 48–72 hours.

What We Work On

Every coaching program is tailored to the rider, but common focus areas include:

Mountain Bike Fundamentals

  • Body position and balance
  • Braking technique
  • Cornering technique
  • Trail scanning and vision
  • Pressure control and traction

Technical Mountain Bike Skills

  • Steep terrain confidence
  • Technical climbing and descending
  • Line choice
  • Rock gardens and roots
  • Technical trail features

Flow & Speed Management

  • Carrying speed safely
  • Generating flow through terrain
  • Pumping and pressure management
  • Linking corners together smoothly

Advanced Skills

  • Jumps and drops
  • Technical trail riding
  • eMTB-specific riding techniques
  • Race preparation and trail strategy

Coaching Location: Whakarewarewa Forest – Rotorua, NZ

All sessions take place in Whakarewarewa Forest, Rotorua — one of the world’s best mountain bike trail networks.

Rotorua offers:

  • progressive trail grading
  • flowing singletrack
  • technical terrain
  • world-class trail infrastructure
  • year-round riding conditions

This allows coaching sessions to be tailored specifically to rider goals, confidence, and progression.

The Dirt on the Details

Pick your own dates, spend 6 – 10 weeks riding with progression in mind

Why Choose NZMTB

New Zealand Mountain Biking combines professional coaching, local trail knowledge, and years of guiding and riding experience to create coaching that is practical, supportive, and progression-focused.

Our coaching philosophy focuses on building confidence, understanding trail movement, and creating skills that riders can continue applying long after the session finishes.

All coaches are GSMBC qualified and hold current outdoor first aid or PHEC qualifications.

RIDER SKILL LEVEL

Intermediate to Expert

Recommended Timeframe

Programs are designed to be completed within 10 weeks to maintain consistency and progression.

What you need

Your bike (the one that you ride most regularly).

The Onform Video Analysis app (complimentary).

You will receive an invite to your personal workspace to communicate with your coach after each session.

Program Includes

  • 4 x private 3-hour coaching sessions
  • Personalised video feedback
  • Complimentary rider workspace
  • Between-session progression support with 2 video submissions between each session.
  • Trail and drill recommendations

Add Ons

BrakeAce sensors and GoPro

Pricing

  • 1 Rider – NZD $1,250
  • Additional riders – NZD $300 per rider
  • Maximum group size: 6 riders

At $156/week over 8 weeks, the program costs less than booking four standalone sessions and delivers significantly more. Included across the 6–10 weeks: your Onform rider workspace, annotated video feedback, voiceover analysis, between-session video submissions, progression notes, and ongoing coach contact.

Riders should be of similar ability and goals to ensure the best coaching experience.

Ride. Review. Progress.

Why Multi-Session MTB Coaching Works

Most riders know what they want to improve but struggle with:

  • consistency
  • confidence
  • trail application
  • knowing what to practice
  • maintaining progression between rides

The NZMTB Progression Program combines:

  • practical on-trail coaching
  • personalised feedback
  • video analysis
  • riding drills
  • progression tracking
  • between-session support to help riders continue improving long after each session finishes.

Current skill level matters less than mindset. If you’re motivated and ready to put in the work, this program is designed for you. This program has been proven on riders from beginners through to experts (grade 5 and above), it works so well because the program is tailored to each rider’s needs.

Personalised one-on-one or your small-group sessions focused on your riding goals, from body position to jumping or finding extra speed. We use video analysis to help you improve faster because it helps you see what you are doing to associate it with how it feels. We then share the videos through the Onform App in your own private workspace.

We start with a short assessment conversation and ride to identify areas for improvement, then target specific techniques.

Usually 3 hours, but we can extend to a full day if you are coming from out of town. It’s easy, just book the morning and afternoon sessions on the day. You will be given 4 different voucher codes so that you can book your 4 sessions when it suits you in the 10 week window.

Primarily in Rotorua’s Whakarewarewa Forest, with access to world-class terrain. There is enough terrain in here to cater to all abilities.

Yes, we can travel by arrangement, passing the travel cost to you.

Absolutely, private sessions are perfect for new riders wanting to build confidence and build a solid foundation to progress from.

The beauty of private coaching sessions means that we tailor each session to each rider. If it is performance you want, then it’s performance you’ll get! Not only do we ensure you’re doing the fundamentals right, we also look into advanced techniques to look at timing, power, and technique.

Yes. You can add up to 5 riders (total of 6). It is a great way to share the new skills and progress together. For this program, extra riders can be added for $300 per rider.

Yes, we provide post-lesson debrief, drills, and optional videos from any video analysis.

Not ready to commit? Get in touch first, jamie@newzealandmountainbiking.com

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“The data doesn’t lie. It was like this coaching confirmed some ideas that I had but also gave me solid skills to improve on that I didn’t even realise had been detrimental to my riding.”

Matt Fairbrother

Christchurch, NZ

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