How Start a Club/Team in Missouri's new statewide school-age mountain bike league | Missouri Interscholastic Cycling League

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Start a Club/Team

Administrators, teachers, parents, students and/or community members can start a NICA cycling club or team at their local high school or community. While it is not necessary that the person who initiates the club be a school “insider” (teacher or administrator), this can be very useful. A teacher, administrator or school volunteer within the school possesses certain advantages, such as knowledge of the school community, bureaucratic systems and channels, and how to access potential teen cyclists. Extensive cycling experience is not necessary. One should simply have the desire to introduce kids to the sport of mountain biking. Once you have decided to create a team, the League can help educate you and provide you with all the tools necessary to be an excellent coach.

What

Most mountain bike teams start small and grow quickly; it’s a tremendous challenge but highly rewarding!  A Missouri League mountain bike team can be any size, as long as correct coach-to-student-athlete ratios are abided by. Teams are broken into Division 1 and Division 2 categories based on their team size (and not their school size). Please see the rulebook (PDF) for more info on Division specifics.

Where

The Missouri League includes the entire state. Neighboring states may participate if a league does not currently exist in that region.

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How Start a Club/Team in Missouri's new statewide school-age mountain bike league | Missouri Interscholastic Cycling League

MoBikeFed comment: The new interscholastic mountain bike league in Missouri is really exciting. You can find out more about the league, schedule, how to start a team, and more on their web site:

http://www.missourimtb.org/