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Welcome to the BIKE DAWGS! San Rafael High School MTB Team 2014 Season

Welcome to the BIKE DAWGS! San Rafael High School MTB Team Jon Francis Head Coach 8th year SRHS Parent 4th Season as Head Coach 5th Season with Team Wilderness First Aid/CPR Certified Level 3 USA Cycling Coach NICA Rules Committee Member coachjon@dawgsmtb.org

Welcome to the BIKE DAWGS! San Rafael High School MTB Team Rich Prahm Assistant Coach 4th year SRHS Parent 2nd Season as Assistant Coach 4th Season with Team Wilderness First Aid Certified coachrich@dawgsmtb.org

Welcome to the BIKE DAWGS! San Rafael High School MTB Team Team Captains Lauren Schulman - Senior/Varsity Girls Linot Vierke - Senior/JV Boys Seth Francis - Senior/Varsity Boys all entering their 4th season as Bike Dawgs

•฀ Founded฀by฀SRHS฀parents฀in฀2006. •฀ All฀volunteer,฀parent-run฀club฀sport.฀ •฀ Started฀as฀all-boy฀Frosh฀team. •฀ Became฀co-ed฀in฀2008. •฀ Roster฀grew฀from฀7฀up฀to฀nearly฀30. •฀ State฀Champions฀in฀2008. •฀ Many฀top฀5฀NorCal฀&฀State฀finishes฀ since฀then. The฀original฀7฀Bike฀Dawgs:฀Clayton฀Herrick,฀Ford฀Zimmerman,฀Bart฀ Carrade,฀Will฀Curtis,฀Skyler฀Nilsen,฀Niko฀Kaplanis฀and฀Gavin฀Albertoli฀ THE TEAM

•฀NorCal฀High฀School฀Cycling฀League,฀founded฀in฀2001.฀ •฀Part฀of฀NICA,฀the฀National฀Interscholastic฀Cycling฀Association,฀with฀10฀ Leagues฀in฀9฀States. •฀NorCal฀recently฀divided฀into฀North/South฀divisions,฀Dawgs฀are฀in฀the฀ North. •฀NorCal฀puts฀on฀all฀races,฀with฀four฀ability฀categories฀for฀both฀boys฀and฀ girls. THE LEAGUE

•฀Build฀self-esteem฀and฀self-reliance •฀Create฀lifelong฀athletes฀and฀promote฀healthy฀lifestyles •฀Promote฀awareness฀and฀responsibility฀for฀public฀land฀ •฀Build฀mental฀toughness฀and฀diligence •฀Promote฀camaraderie฀with฀other฀teams฀and฀their฀riders WHY RIDE?

•฀Not฀officially฀affiliated฀with฀ the฀school฀district฀or฀with฀ MCAL.฀ •฀All-volunteer,฀parent-run฀ co-op.฀ •฀As฀a฀co-op,฀essential฀that฀ all฀our฀team฀parents฀volun- teer฀in฀one฀way฀or฀another.฀฀ •฀Need฀several฀adult฀“ride฀leaders”฀out฀on฀the฀trails.฀ •฀Lots฀of฀volunteer฀positions฀off฀the฀trails฀as฀well฀(details฀to฀follow).฀ WHO WE ARE

•฀Demonstrate฀ability,฀try฀and฀keep฀trying,฀show฀up฀consistently฀ with฀a฀good฀attitude฀–฀you're฀on฀the฀team.฀ •฀Proven฀history฀of฀creating฀capable฀and฀confident฀riders฀out฀of฀ timid,฀out-of-shape฀beginners. •฀The฀sport฀is฀not฀for฀everyone.฀It฀demands฀great฀endurance฀ and฀what฀we฀call฀“pain฀management.”฀ HOW WE BUILD THE TEAM

•฀The฀NorCal฀League฀and฀our฀own฀SRHS฀team฀culture฀is฀truly฀co-ed •฀We฀work฀to฀provide฀an฀experience฀that฀encourages฀and฀celebrates฀ girls’฀different฀needs฀and฀tastes. •฀Girls฀thrive฀when฀they฀join฀with฀friends. •฀Girls฀who฀don’t฀join฀with฀friends฀make฀new฀friends฀quickly. GIRL POWER

•฀Not฀the฀Red฀Bull฀Rampage฀or฀X-Games •฀Cross฀Country฀MTB฀racing฀is฀an฀endurance฀sport฀ •฀Average฀speed฀is฀usually฀around฀10฀to฀12฀miles฀per฀hour฀ •฀Statistically,฀fewer฀serious฀injuries฀than฀most฀mainstream฀sports BUT IS IT SAFE? MORE THAN YOU MIGHT THINK...

•฀Inherent฀dangers฀with฀cycling฀–฀mostly฀with฀cars฀on฀the฀roads •฀There฀will฀be฀times฀when฀your฀child฀is฀riding฀unsupervised •฀Two฀types฀of฀riders:฀ Those฀who฀have฀fallen,฀and฀those฀who฀have฀not฀fallen฀yet. BUT IS IT SAFE? ... BUT NOT WITHOUT RISK

•฀We฀do฀our฀best฀to฀minimize฀risks.฀ •฀Risk-taking฀is฀not฀tolerated. •฀The฀League฀helmet฀rule฀is฀strictly฀enforced. •฀We฀teach฀each฀athlete฀bike-control฀skills฀early฀in฀the฀season. •฀Coaches฀as฀well฀as฀some฀ride฀leaders฀and฀students฀are฀WFA฀certified. •฀Falls฀mostly฀result฀in฀no฀more฀than฀scrapes,฀minor฀cuts฀and฀bruises. BUT IS IT SAFE? RISK MANAGEMENT RULES THE DAY

fessional฀instruction,฀league-mandated฀coaches฀training฀and฀certification,฀etc. ($55) *฀ Team฀dues฀cover฀the฀cost฀of฀insurance,฀group฀riding฀permits฀in฀some฀training฀areas,฀pro- cycling฀community฀to฀help฀with฀many฀of฀these฀costs.฀ •฀Scholarships฀are฀available฀from฀NICA,฀Norcal,฀the฀team฀and฀the฀local฀ •฀Students฀and฀parents฀do฀fundraising฀to฀offset฀many฀of฀these฀costs. ฀ ฀ •฀Team฀jersey฀(shorts฀optional)฀ •฀NorCal฀League฀registration฀฀ ($175) •฀Team฀dues*฀฀ ($250) •฀Travel฀hotel/dining฀costs฀฀ •฀Entry฀fees฀for฀races฀฀ ($45/ea฀x6฀=฀$270) ($50) WHAT WILL IT COST? $800

1฀race ฀ ฀ NorCal฀ hotel฀ 2฀hotels,฀ hotel฀ 1฀race ฀ ฀ jersey฀ registration ฀ FOR฀ ฀ 2฀races฀ 2฀races ฀ ฀ ฀ ฀ dues,฀ $45 MAY MONTH฀ $240฀ $75฀ $95฀ ฀ $230฀ COSTS฀ $165฀ APR฀ MAR฀ FEB฀ JAN฀ DEC฀ NOV฀ WHAT WILL IT COST? TIMELINE OF COSTS

•฀ Sponsors฀and฀Fundraising฀–฀decrease฀dues฀and฀increase฀available฀ dues฀scholarships. •฀ League฀and฀race฀registration฀fees฀–฀scholarships฀are฀available •฀ Travel฀expenses฀–฀carpooling฀and฀room฀sharing฀can฀be฀arranged •฀ Gear฀–฀Bike฀gear฀swap฀at฀kickoff฀party.฀Lightly฀used฀and฀outgrown฀ bike฀clothes฀and฀accessories฀for฀free •฀ Bikes฀–฀Current฀and฀former฀riders฀have฀used฀bikes฀for฀sale;฀ negotiating฀with฀potential฀sponsor฀for฀loaners ฀ WHAT WILL IT COST? CAN IT COST LESS?

YOU’LL NEED SOME GEAR Helmet Eye Protection Jersey Arm Warmers Gloves Bike Shorts Leg Bike Warmers Bike Shoes Bike Socks

YOU’LL NEED SOME GEAR IN YOUR GARAGE: TO CARRY WITH YOU: Water Bottle Cell Phone Food •฀ Floor pump Bike Tool •฀ Lube •฀ Rags •฀ A bucket, sponges, nylon brushes Pump and old towels ฀ •฀ A large vehicle or bike racks Patch Kit Spare Tube Wind Breaker Floor Pump

•฀We฀use฀e-mail฀to฀communicate฀with฀parents฀and฀athletes. •฀Encourage฀athletes฀to฀communicate฀team,฀training฀and฀race฀issues฀ directly฀with฀the฀coach฀when฀possible.฀ •฀Ride฀and฀race฀information฀will฀be฀posted฀to฀our฀website. •฀Team฀captains฀will฀occasionally฀pass฀team฀social฀information฀along฀ via฀Facebook฀and฀texts. •฀Text฀blast฀system฀for฀rain฀cancellation.฀ http://dawgsmtb.org/฀is฀our฀team฀website. http://www.norcalmtb.org/฀is฀the฀official฀NorCal฀league฀website. COMMUNICATION Websites/Resources:

฀ SATURDAYS •฀ Saturday฀9AM฀–฀Team฀Ride฀from฀San฀Anselmo฀(3+฀hours) ฀ WEEKDAYS •฀ Mondays฀4PM฀Indoor฀cycling฀at฀Pelo฀Fitness฀(1฀hour)฀ •฀ Tuesdays฀4PM฀Core฀strength฀at฀Body฀Kinetics฀(1฀hour) •฀ Thursday฀3/4PM฀–฀Team฀Ride฀from฀SRHS฀(2฀hours) TRAINING SCHEDULE

•฀ SATURDAY฀practices฀-฀no฀regular฀conflicts •฀ WEEKDAY฀practices฀-฀no฀more฀than฀one฀regular฀conflict •฀ Winter฀sports฀at฀SRHS฀–฀Consult฀with฀coach฀ TRAINING TRAINING CONFLICTS

•฀ Ride฀planning฀is฀important฀and฀challenging: •฀ Need฀to฀know฀in฀advance฀who฀will฀be฀there. •฀ No-shows฀(unexcused)฀-฀dropped฀after฀4 •฀ Excused฀absences฀-฀Maintain฀70%฀attendance TRAINING TRAINING ATTENDANCE

•฀ February฀23฀-฀East฀Garrison฀(near฀Monterey) •฀ March฀8฀-฀Granite฀Bay฀(near฀Folsom) •฀ March฀22-฀Folsom฀Prison฀(in฀Folsom) •฀ April฀6฀-฀Laguna฀Seca฀(near฀Monterey) •฀ April฀27฀-฀NorCal฀Championship฀(New฀Petaluma฀Course)฀ •฀ May฀18฀-฀State฀Championships฀-฀Boggs฀Mountain฀(near฀Clear฀ Lake) RACES TRAINING SIX RACES

Sunday฀Race: •฀ Saturday฀2PM฀pre-ride,฀team฀dinner,฀overnight฀in฀hotel Saturday฀Race: •฀ Friday฀night฀team฀dinner,฀overnight฀in฀hotel,฀morning฀pre-ride RACES TRAINING RACE WEEKENDS

•฀ Trail฀Work •฀ Team฀Fund฀raisers฀(Tree฀Lot,฀Car฀Wash) •฀ League฀Fund฀raisers VOLUNTEERING TRAINING KIDS - 8 HOURS

•฀ Day฀to฀day฀tasks •฀ Race฀day฀tasks฀(team) •฀ Race฀day฀tasks฀(league) VOLUNTEERING TRAINING PARENTS

•฀ Finance฀Officer •฀ SRHS฀Liaison •฀ Webmaster •฀ Photographer •฀ Volunteer฀Coordinator •฀ Travel฀Coordinator •฀ Public฀Relations฀Officer •฀ Carpool฀Coordinator •฀ Team฀Dinner฀Coordinator VOLUNTEERING TRAINING DAY TO DAY TASKS