2023 Avout Racing Academy
Are You an Up-and-Coming Star?
Our Academy program is a race-focused program that develops cyclists (age 9+) by focusing on the most important elements of competitive athletic development in a supportive environment. That means we spend a lot of time working on the skills, fitness, and mental focus needed to improve results in competition. Our comprehensive curriculum is built to continually challenge riders to improve while mastering different aspects of riding and building self-confidence along the way. Potential team members should be committed to their cycling growth. While most may be already racing, that is not a requirement. What is essential is a love of riding and a desire to improve.
Get ahead of the competition with the Avout Racing Academy!
The Academy program moves riding from “recreational fun” to a more competitive approach via our twice weekly practices in southwest Denver. All Academy juniors will be able to opt in to a generic training plan in Training Peaks for no added cost. Our Academy juniors will have access to some of the components of the Selects program if they are ready to build a bridge to becoming a Select.
Academy Program Offerings for 2023:
- MTB Practices: $699
- CX Practices: $599
Craft the perfect program for you with these add-ons to take your riding to the next level:
- Off the Bike Strength Conditioning for riders 12+ (10 weeks, twice a week, Jan-March): $200
- Individualized Training Plan with Avout Racing’s Coach Matt McNamara, Natalie Raborn, or one of our other partner coaches: $250 per month (suggested age minimum is birth year 2011)
- MTB and CX Supported National Travel Races: varies, approximately $550 per race (bike transport, venue support, Avout Racing Oasis, coaching, and mechanic)
Applications are open now for the cyclocross season.
Email Jessica@AvoutRacing.com with any questions.
Spring/Summer Academy MTB schedule: March 28 through MTB Nationals in July; Practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays, 5:30pm – 7:30pm, with one practice a week in Ken-Caryl (Littleton, Colorado area) and one practice a week at other locations in the southwest Denver metro area.
Fall Academy CX schedule (tentative): August 14 through CX Nationals in December; CX practices on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Practices are from 6 – 7:30pm, getting earlier and shorter as we lose daylight, with practices from 4:15 – 5 pm by the end of the season in December. During the Back 2 Basics race series (Wednesday races), there are no Thursday practices. Those younger riders new to the Academy may be asked to practice on Mondays and Wednesdays at 5:30pm to learn the basics before progressing to the Tuesday and Thursday practices.
Matt McNamara, Director of Avout Racing Academy Program
Coach Matt has over twenty years of coaching, racing, and team management experience ranging from juniors to masters, amateurs to professionals. Along the way he’s been fortunate to work with some of the best coaches and athletes in the world including Olympic and World Champions. He is a USA Cycling Level 1/Elite Coach with Distinction and has additional certifications in both Power and Skills Instruction. He was a Lead Coach at USA Cycling’s Regional Talent ID Camps for 10 years, including two trips to the Junior Tour of Ireland with Team USA, and has a degree in Kinesiology from the University of Colorado.
Applications are open now for the cyclocross season.
Each junior will receive a free jersey if application is submitted by January 15 for MTB and May 30 for CX.
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