COURSES OVERVIEW

BICP COURSES

The Bike Instructor Certification Program (BICP) offers professional training and certification for individuals who lead group rides and/or teach mountain bike skills camps and clinics. The Bike Instructor Certification Program was built on proven successful methods for nearly two decades in development and was created to establish a standard for mountain bike skills instructor training.

Bike Instructor Certification Program, BICP courses are offered globally year-round from our 23 Instructor Trainers around the USA, Canada, and Europe.  The BICP program offers a ride leader certification and three levels of skills instructor certifications, skill prep courses, and a continued education curriculum.

A 1-day course, the BICP Ride Leader course was developed to introduce the basics of mountain bike ride leading to volunteers and/or people working as Ride Leaders for mountain biking clubs. The course is not a skills clinic – participants must already have a solid understanding of mountain biking, based on your own personal riding experience.

The Ride Leader course will provide direction and build your confidence to lead mountain bike rides. The Ride Leader will have the ability to spot and correct basic bike skills for the safety of their group. Also provides the Ride Leader with the necessary tools and awareness to lead a group on safe mountain bike rides geared towards beginner trails.

A 3-day course that certifies an individual as a Fundamental Skills Instructor.

There are many aspects to teaching mountain biking: planning and preparation, risk management, clear communication with students, managing a group of riders, and being fully confident in your own understanding and demonstration of the Fundamental Elements. With the solid foundation covered in the Ride Leader course, you are ready to focus on developing your skills instruction. The skills portion of this course takes you through 16 different skills.

Each student will be tested on their ability to demonstrate, teach, and provide feedback through error detection and corrections.

In order to pass the BICP Level 1 course, participants must demonstrate an understanding of the material, perform a suitable teaching simulation, and pass a written test.

A 3-day course that certifies an individual as an Intermediate Skills Instructor.

With the solid foundation covered in the Ride Leader and Level 1 Fundamental Skills Instructor course, you are ready to focus on developing your skills instruction. The skills portion of this course will add an additional 12 skills to your toolbox.

Each move is broken down into basic steps including follow-through and safety notes. Much of this course focuses on error detection and correction, working with you to improve your observation and how to effectively communicate errors in the riders being taught.

Each student will be tested on their ability to demonstrate, teach, and provide feedback through error detection and corrections.

In order to pass the BICP Level 2 course, participants must demonstrate an understanding of the material, perform a suitable teaching simulation, and pass a written test.

A 3-day course that certifies an individual to teach advanced mountain bike skills.

Instructors will take their experiences from teaching Level 1 and 2 material and expand on their demonstrations, skills analysis, and progressions, strategies, and methods to enhance high-quality, reputable instructors.

The Level 3 course requires an expert level of personal riding ability. All pre-requisites for this course will be strictly enforced with no exceptions.

Each student will be tested on their ability to demonstrate, teach, and provide feedback through error detection and corrections.

In order to pass the BICP Level 3 course, participants must demonstrate an understanding of the material, perform a suitable teaching simulation, and pass a written test.

All BICP  instructors are required to re-certify in-person every four years. Recertification is essential for maintaining a level of quality and standards among all BICP certified instructors. BICP protocols such as recertification make this a leading training program that provides maximal credential value to instructors. Stay current with BICP training methods and maintain your esteemed certification!

This course will be a condensed version of your previous BICP courses. Be sure to pay attention to any new material, specific keywords, and skill progressions. You may be asked to demonstrate teaching proficiency in any of the skills presented in the manuals. As of January 2020, new skills have been added to Levels 1 and 2. We are continually improving and updating our certification standards, and some of our teaching language has been updated.

Our Expectations: We expect to see that as a rider you have mastered the Fundamental Elements and can demonstrate and teach ANY of the skills on your first attempt along with proper error detection and correction using positive critique. We will expect that you are comfortable and fluent with all current keywords and teaching points along with proper demonstrations and progressions performed using PLATFORM/FLAT PEDALS.

Each student will be tested on their ability to demonstrate, teach, and provide feedback through error detection and corrections.

In order to pass the courses, participants must demonstrate an understanding of the material, perform a suitable teaching simulation, and pass a written test.

Changes to the BICP curriculum, as of January 2020.

All BICP instructors who received their certification prior to 2020 are encouraged to participate in this 1-day course.

Level 1 This course will introduce stability and biomechanics, teaching strategy, site selection, goal setting, proper demonstrations, teaching points, keywords, progressions, and error detection for 16 skills. 

Level 2 This course will enforce the importance of stability and biomechanics, teaching strategy, site selection, goal setting, proper demonstrations, teaching points, keywords, progressions, and error detection for 7 new skills.

Be sure to pay attention to any new material, specific keywords, and skill progressions. You may be asked to demonstrate teaching proficiency on any/ all of the skills presented in the manual.

Our Expectations: We expect to see that as a rider you have mastered the Fundamental Elements and can demonstrate and teach ANY of the Level 1 or 2 skills on your first attempt along with proper error detection and correction using positive critique. We will expect that you are comfortable and fluent with all current keywords and teaching points along with proper demonstrations and progressions performed using PLATFORM/FLAT PEDALS.

Each student will be tested on their ability to demonstrate, teach, and provide feedback through error detection and corrections.