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Popcorn Sprints Get riders on the blue traveling in two
pace lines ˝ lap apart at 30 km/h. On
the whistle the lead rider in each group does a full-on sprint (maximal
effort with maximal jump), shutting the sprint down just in time to be able
to comfortably join the back of the next group. Riders who shut it down too late should be
instructed to ride higher on the track to pass above the group. As always, taking the longer, steeper line
up track is the way to slow down.
Riders who make the mistake of passing underneath the group take too
fast and too short a path to get behind.
They must drop down to the coté and stop to rejoin the group. Be sure the riders in the pace lines do not
pick up the pace in anticipation of their efforts and maintain the ˝ lap
separation. Blow the whistle at random
intervals so they cannot anticipate when their effort will come up. Be sure, however, that both of the riders
who have just done an effort are close to being back in place in the pace
line. It is not good to have one rider
coming up fast and having to go over the top of the group just as the earlier
rider is dropping back from having ridden over the group. Note
that this drill becomes inappropriate with larger numbers of riders due to
the lack of distance between the two groups.
Riders should be able to get a 6 second effort in. Where numbers do not permit that and riders
are experienced, mass sprints off the blue are mandated. |