BLAST (Bike Lessons and Safety Training) Package, ages 11-15

The award winning BLAST Package includes the "The Bike Channel" DVD/Video with an introduction by the seven times Tour de France winner, Lance Armstrong.  BLAST DVD/Video and Tutorial Package has everything needed to conduct assembly programs followed by a hands-on bicycle skills course and introductory competiton. This age group needs to learn bicycle handling skills along with traffic rules and laws. Every aspect of the program emphasies the correct use of a helmet. The DVD/Video "The Bike Channel", 28 minutes length covers correct riding; environmentally friendly commuting to school and the different aspects of the sport of bicycling.

BLAST DVD package

BLAST Package:

• Step 1 – "The Bike Channel" DVD/Video use a fun newscast presentations of young bicyclist involved in a vehicle crash.  The news reporter calls on experts to explain how the crash happened. The newcast has bicycle commercials, sport report and updates on the crash. Guidelines on how to give a bicycle assembly/presentation with questions are provided in the BLAST Tutorial to engage the youth in traffic safety discussions after viewing "The Bike Channel".

• Step 2 – Skills Course, outlined in the BLAST Tutorial, is a fun way to learn the seven safe bicycle handling skills needed for youth to correctly execute looking over their shoulder for cars, signaling a turn and then executing the turn.  After learning the seven mechanics of a turn they will ride the simulated street skills course to practice turns. Students returning the parent permission form will ride the course on bicycles and wearing helmets. Each youth completing the BLAST Skills Course will receive a "Certificate to Ride", required learning before allowing transporting by bicycle to school.

• Step 3 - BLAST Track will keep the youth engaged in a continuing bicycle skills learning course by introducing beginning competition.  Learning bicycling proximity from closely riding by others will develope necessary judgement skills for serviving in traffic.

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10 good reasons for introducing bicycling as a sport in secondary schools:

The hurdles preventing institutions from introducing "bicycling" as a program, are:

1. lack of the "sport of bicycling" knowledge and training,
2. good low cost bicycle equipment and
3. understanding a school site or park is the perfect place to conduct YES programs.  

    

   A special thank you to the Los Angeles County Metropolitian Transportation Authority and the City of Los Angeles for funding the pilot program.

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