PMBIA Mountain Bike Instructor Courses
Train to become certified as a globally recognised Professional Mountain Bike Instructor. Open the door to more career opportunities in the MTB industry, improve your riding and ability to teach others.
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Courses in Japan
Our base is in Hakuba, Nagano Prefecture, and is where we try to schedule L1 courses but, if you are able to gather a group to meet the minimum numbers then we are able to travel to you, although running the course will depend on having suitable terrain at your loaction.
Important Info
JOI works with the PMBIA to organize and run courses in Japan, Taiwan, and the Philippines.
JOI handles registration and payment, and shares student details with PMBIA HQ, who will create your member profile. This process may take 2–3 days.
Once registered, please allow 2–3 days for your PMBIA profile to update. After that, you’ll be able to log in to the PMBIA website to complete your pre-course materials and download course documents.
✈️ Travel & Accommodation
We recommend not booking travel or accommodation until you receive a confirmation email from PMBIA that the course will run. A minimum number of participants is required to confirm each course.
JOI will do our best to ensure all courses proceed as scheduled.NOTE: Facility fees (e.g. Gondola) + Lunch are not included in the course fee
PMBIA Course Schedule
DESCRIPTION
1 – DAY KIDS TEACHING MODULE
The 1-day Kids Module is a professional training module to further the skills and knowledge of PMBIA instructors.
The 1-day module is packed with value as instructors learn a multitude of tools to develop their teaching, including but not limited to; how to adapt their lessons for children of different age groups, kids-specific bike and equipment set up, risk management and concussion protocols, more strategies for guiding children safely on technical terrain, as well as explore techniques to help manage the behaviour and expectations of children.
While the Kids Module is a great way for Level 1 Instructors to learn more about teaching kids mountain bike programs, it also introduces some new teaching concepts, acting as great preparation for the Level 2 and 3 certifications.
The Kids Module also provides access to the latest PMBIA Reference Guide, Kids Module Booklet (complete with course-specific content), and the Kids Module Worksheet.
WHY TAKE THIS MODULE?
Learn more about teaching kids. If you’re a Level 1 or 2 instructor and plan to teach kids programs a lot, this training module is ideal.
Improve the safety of your lessons. Learn more about guiding kids on suitable terrain, given their age, size and physical capabilities.
Make your lessons more fun! There’s lots more to teaching kids than simply “playing games”. If they are riding bikes and improving, they’ll be having fun. Learn to deliver the best lessons in the optimal way for each age group, so your kids keep coming back for more!
Develop your teaching skills for all types of riders! The 1-day module provides continued training and development to help instructors refine the delivery of any lesson, regardless of the student type.
Prepare for the Level 2 or complete your Level 3 Certification: The Kids module introduces some new concepts featured in the Level 2 Certification and acts as a mandatory component of the modular Level 3 Certification. Instructors can take this module at any point following their Level 1 Certification.
PRE-REQUISITES
PMBIA Level 1 Certification is mandatory
Completed Kids Module Worksheet
Confident riding at trail speed on technical, intermediate terrain, including green, blue and “light” black trails.
A minimum of 36 months mountain biking experience.
40hr Wilderness First Aid Certification, or equivalent, strongly recommended (but not required to take the course)
The minimum age for the L1 Kids Teaching Module is 15 years old. However, the PMBIA does recommend instructors younger than 17, work with an assistant coach of age to help deal with any personal, first aid or emergency situations, should they arise.