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Becoming a Motorcycle RiderCoach/Instructor: The Key Characteristics and Abilities Needed

Becoming a motorcycle RiderCoach/Instructor for a Rider Education Program is an exciting opportunity to make an impactful difference in the motorcycling community and promote motorcyclist survivability. To excel in the role, specific characteristics and abilities are essential. In this article, we will explore some key attributes required to become a successful RiderCoach/Instructor and emphasize a few of the necessary characteristics important to inspire and guide potential candidates.
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Rider Choices – Rider Tips – No. 139

Riding Safely means making good decisions.

What RISKs are YOU willing to ACCEPT?

Speeding and Swerving through traffic?  Riding under the Influence?  Riding unlicensed or under-skilled for the environment? …

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Tribe Talk Happy Hour – 28 June 2023
7:00-9:00 pm Eastern

“What Risks are Acceptable?”

This week, we will discuss “What Risks are Acceptable?” during Tribe Talk Happy Hour. So please bring your questions and banter to share and exchange with the group.

Some Lead-in questions to ponder:

(1) What Risks are Acceptable during a Course?

(2) What Risks are you willing to take when you are not an Instructor?

(3) What Risks are acceptable for other Riders to take off the course?

(4) What was the most helpful thing you learned this week?

Choosing RiderCoaches for Improved Culture, Cultivating New RiderCoaches. …

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Tribe Talk Happy Hour – 21 June 2023
7:00-9:00 pm Eastern

“Open Forum”

This week, will be an Open Forum for Tribe Talk Happy Hour hosted by Jason Herheim. His position as Diesel Equipment Technician Programs Teacher at the Madison Wisconsin Area Technical College and Motorcycle Rider Education Program Site Owner and Instructor brings the group a grounded and common sense approach. He challenges everyone to think differently in our roles as RiderCoaches without putting students at increased risk. So please bring your questions and banter to share and exchange with the group.

Some Lead-in questions to ponder:

(1) Can you see the Flexibility in the curriculum’s structure?

(2) Are you interpreting the written guidance based on your previous experiences?

(3) How does good Judgement create better outcomes?

(4) What was the most useful thing you learned this week?

Choosing RiderCoaches for Improved Culture, Cultivating New RiderCoaches. …

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Rider Choices – Rider Tips – No. 138

Riding Safely means making good decisions

IF you ride with Passengers, they should understand the characteristics of two wheels just like You!

Discuss, ATGATT, Care, and Caution.

Make good Rider Choices, and take a Motorcyclist Education Course. …

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Rider Choices – Rider Tips – No. 137

Riding Safely means making good decisions.

Motorcyclists should ride with other road users and not try to out-maneuver traffic.

Excessive Speed while, Filtering and Passing Others is HIGH-RISK… …

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Tribe Talk Happy Hour – 14 June 2023
7:00-9:00 pm Eastern

“Psychological Safety”

This week, we will have Xu Simon moderating a discussion about “Psychological Safety.” Her experience as COO and TEDx speaker will help with cross-functional learning and challenge everyone to think differently in our roles as RiderCoaches. So please bring your questions and banter to a group to share and change the direction of our profession…

Some Lead-in questions to ponder:

(1) How do you see your role in correcting mistakes compared to solidifying successes?

(2) How do your results differ when asking for more rather than less of something?  Do you ever try to reframe something you don’t want by asking for what you do?

(3) How effective is the “sandwich method” of feedback (say something positive, give a correction, say something else positive) in your experience?

(4) Did you notice someone doing something right this week, and what did you do about it?

Choosing RiderCoaches for Improved Culture, Cultivating New RiderCoaches. …

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Tribe Talk Happy Hour – 7 June 2023
7:00-9:00 pm Eastern

This week, we will have an open forum asking everyone to bring topics and ideas to foster a discussion with other RiderCoaches. Last week, Rob Galbraith from Indiana Showed up with two great questions that kept us gabbing all night! So please bring your questions and banter to a group willing to share and change the direction of our profession…

Some Lead-in questions to ponder:

What is something that has you considering a different way of doing things?

What topic could you moderate for others during Tribe Talk Happy Hour?

How do you maintain your quality as a RiderCoach?

And what was the most useful thing you learned this week?

Choosing RiderCoaches for Improved Culture, Cultivating New RiderCoaches. …

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Rider Choices – Rider Tips – No. 136

Riding Safely means making good decisions.

Motorcyclists also have a Responsibility to See and Avoid other road users.

Excessive Speed, Riding Buzzed, and Riding Uninformed are HIGH-RISK… …

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Tribe Talk Happy Hour – 31 May 2023
7:00-9:00 pm Eastern

“Open Forum”

This week, we will have an open forum asking everyone to bring topics and ideas to foster a discussion with other RiderCoaches. So please bring your questions and banter to a group willing to share and change the direction of our profession…

Some Lead-in questions to ponder:

What is your definition of Simplexity?

What weakness are you working on?

Hos does your coaching resemble a “Dance?”

And what was the most useful thing you learned this week?

Choosing RiderCoaches for Improved Culture, Cultivating New RiderCoaches. …

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