Bike Riding - Without Training Wheels!

Hi Bloggers,

On Tuesday and Wednesday we had some training. The training was for people who don't know how to ride a bike and people who do know how to ride a bike. I was one of them! On this day we had our session at 9 o'clock in the morning. There were a lot of students in our class who did know how to ride a bike. So they went with coach Loney and did some games. On Tuesday we had coach Loney and coach Jason. The rest of the students were the people who don't know how to ride a bike without training wheels. I didn't know how to ride a bike without training wheels so I went with coach Jason. 

Before we went on the bikes coach Loney made sure we all had helmets and that they were on properly. But we couldn't get on our bikes just yet! We needed to know the three rules. The rules are no name calling, respect the bike and others on the bike, and have fun. Then we went to a bike and how to check your bike. The rules started with the first four letters of the alphabet. The first one was A and it was air so we checked the air the wheels. B was brakes, we had to check our brakes by pushing them forwards and backwards while pushing the brakes. C was the chain and we moved our pedals so we could see if they work. Last one was D and it was directions. We put our legs on sides of the front wheel and moved it around. 

To be honest with you I was really nervous because I thought I would fall. The first things coach Jason told us to do was to try gliding. By gliding he meant as if your legs are paddling for you. You have to do that fast three times and then you stop gliding and just lead your bike around. The second thing we did was to try and pedal after gliding. I started to get the hang of it. Coach Jason said that we can go on the grass if we are confident. My friend Sascha and I went on the grass but it was hard on the grass than on the concrete. After that we were finished for our first lesson. 

Day 2 of Bike Riding

It was a rainy day but by the time we needed to go outside it wasn't raining. On this day our session was at 11:25 am. Coach Jason wasn't there that day, so we had a new coach. His name was coach Nigel. We greeted our coaches and got started. As usual coach Loney made sure we had helmets on and that the helmets were on properly. Then we got the same bike and went to our groups. What I mean is that the people who don't know will go with Nigel and the rest with coach Loney. 

We did the same thing with coach Nigel as what we did with coach Jason. Push on the concrete three times and then let go. This time some of us had to share a bike. So I shared with Sascha. Our coach said to us to try and just pedal instead of gliding. For Sascha and I, it was really easy. Coach Nigel gave Sascha and I some challenges. He first told us to stand up but it was hard. He then told us to high five him which was easy. After that we did some more turns on the bike. 

Then we were at the end of our session. We didn't have anymore sessions because it was our last week at school. Coach Loney said to the learners to come forward. We went forward and then she told the rest of us that these kids learnt how to ride a bike in two days. The whole class applauded the learners. She told all of us to have a great holiday. Then we left, but we didn't leave with thanking our coaches. Once we thanked them as a class we went back to our normal class.

Here are the photos:

Day 1 photos:

Day 2 photos:

That's the end of my post. But I will have more. Have a great day!