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What are you doing to train yourself to be a better rider/racer/track person. Been to Freddie Spencer school?

It’s been a rough weekend. Not only is my body tired, but I can’t
help but feel that the past two days have been mundane - a simple case
of letdown after attending the Freddie Spencer School this past
Thursday and Friday.

In short, I had a blast! I learned a lot, got some great riding time
in, and left wanting more of the same. The second day, full of rain
and track laps, eclipses the first, but I wouldn’t have managed to
enjoy the second day nearly as much had they not had us run through

the basics, drills, and videotaping on the first day. We all
particularly enjoyed (and I use that term loosely) the cone drill, an
offset slalom, with instructors yelling our faults at us through
bullhorns, and an emergency braking drill, as well as a few others.
We did a fair amount of lead-follow to learn the lines, and overall
got a great amount of riding time in. We ended the day watching
videos of each student, one lap each, with the instructors pointing
out our weaknesses and mistakes. It’s hard to argue with them (as I
had been in my head) with my faults so clearly illustrated on that
video.

On the second day, after the video critique, I think every student
started out riding even better than we had at the end of the first
day. It rained all day, which brought everyone’s speed down, but
allowed us to really work on being smooth. I was impressed that none
of the students crashed despite the wet track. As the day went on, I
finally stopped hearing “get your butt off the seat” and instead heard
“move closer to the tank” and “get your body completely separated from
the motorcycle”. Clearly, they missed the perfect body position I had
in that one corner last lap!

The school was completely worthwhile. The staff was friendly,
helpful, and every single instructor good at what they do - both the
riding and the teaching. I’ll be back as soon as I can.