All posts by Dr. Donald Green

RiderCoach Trainer Life “Meeting” (Summit)

Episode 003: 9 January 2024 – 6:00-8:00 pm Eastern

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2024 and RiderCoach Trainer Life!

We hope your new year is full of Gratitude, Learning, Community, Courage and Responsibility. Our topic this week is MSF RETS Standards – Bring your thinking cap and explore a topic we have touched upon before but want to keep fresh on as the world and our coaching continues to mature.

Questions to ponder:
What do Standards do for us?
Do Standards help Student development?
Do tougher Standards improve our profession? …

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RiderCoach Life “Zoom Meeting”

Episode 207: 3 January 2024 – 6:00-8:00 pm Eastern

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2024 and RiderCoach Life!

We hope your new year is full of gratitude, Learning, Community, Courage and Responsibility. Our topic this week is Structured Flexibility – Bring your thinking cap and explore a topic we have touched upon before but want to keep fresh on as the world and our coaching continues to mature.

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2024 and RiderCoach Life!

Happy New Year! Welcome to 2024 and RiderCoach Life!

We hope your new year is full of gratitude, Learning, Community, Courage and Responsibility. Our topic this week is Structured Flexibility – Bring your thinking cap and explore a topic we have touched upon before but want to keep fresh on as the world and our coaching continues to mature.

Questions to ponder:

How would you describe Structured Flexibility?

How would you “Stick to the Rules?”

How would you define an opportunity to be “Flexible?”

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Episode 204: 5 December 2023 – 6:00-8:00 pm Eastern

Episode 205: 6 December 2023 – 7:00-9:00 pm Eastern

This week, Tribe Talk is experimenting; we did back-to-back nights at different times to see who is serious about Rider Education. There was no main topic; however, the three questions below helped us ahave direction for the evening.

Lastly, we gained volunteers to do documentation on previous Tribe Talk episodes. We wanted to add a topic list to accompany episodes so RiderCoaches can gather information about coaching more easily. …

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Episode 206 – Tribe Talk “Christmas” get together

26 December 2023 – 6:00-8:00 pm Eastern

Happy Holidays! This week, Tribe Talk is celebrating the Holidays with a day-after-Christmas RiderCoach Get-together. For those who stopped by to say Hi, we talked about many things including the SLIME Method and many other topics. …

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Happy Holidays from Rider Choices!

We hope you are celebrating the Holidays with friends and family, taking the pause not only to celebrate but also to revel in the company and love of others. …

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Tribe Talk Happy Hour Christmas Episode
Episode 206: 26 December 2023 – 6:00-8:00 pm Eastern

Happy Holidays! This week, Tribe Talk is celebrating the Holidays with a day-after-Christmas RiderCoach Get-together. Could you stop by to say Hi and share the year’s best Coaching moments? We are gonna talk about the SLIME Method …

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Tribe Talk Happy Hour “Two Fer” – Episodes

Episode 204: 5 December 2023 – 6:00-8:00 pm Eastern

Episode 205: 6 December 2023 – 7:00-9:00 pm Eastern

This week, Tribe Talk is experimenting; we are doing back-to-back nights at different times to see who is serious about Rider Education. There will be no challenging topic; however, the three questions below will help us achieve a direction for the future.

Lastly, we are looking for volunteers to do a little documentation on previous Tribe Talk episodes. We want to add a topic list to accompany episodes so RiderCoaches can gather information about coaching more easily. …

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Tribe Talk Happy “THANKSGIVING” Hour – 22 November 2023

7:00-9:00 pm Eastern

Tribe Talk is Back to share community and give thanks to RiderCoaches on Thanksgiving Eve! Thanks for all the calls and support; I hope you have time to stop by and share with the community. …

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Rider Choices recommends using Throttle Management to achieve smoother, more precise, and lower risk cornering for Novice Riders as more appropriate than the technique of Trail-Braking. …

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RiderCoach Linear Development
3 September 2023, Dr. Donald L. Green

Over the last few decades, a model of RiderCoach linear development has formed based on the best practices and historical evidence found within the Rider Education community. During the COVID-19 pandemic from 2020-2021, a group of program managers met monthly to provide input, which was the basis for the linear development slide below. …

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