Follow-the-leader

The follow-the-leader drill combines many of the drills already mentioned. You use this drill when you are with a group of people who already know how to ride and don’t need to be watched. Get them up on the track following the leader and doing what the leader does: going up track, going down track, standing up, taking a hand off the bars, shoulder checking, etc. This drill can get disorganized when too many people are in a line. Split groups of more than 8 up into two on opposite sides of the track. Group leaders need to be careful to maintain separation by taking their group up high if they are gaining on the other group or down load if they are falling behind the other group. A variation on this drill has people change the lead periodically. A further variation makes the drill a challenge. In groups of two or three at about a bike length separation, the lead rider tries to surprise and drop the following rider by moving up track, moving down track, speeding up, or slowing down.

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