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Proper Kids And Youth Training Essential For Safe ATV Riding
by Tony Mikael
Dec 2nd, 2007
Patience, first of all, is required. Breathe in....breathe out. Good. Now do that 10 times and you're ready to roll with the kids and youth on your ATV training program. Am I stretching the truth a little? Sure, a little. But once you start training your kids on how to ride ATV safely and properly enough, you'll soon see that I am right on the dot for this one. It's great that quad riding has seen tremendous growth over the years and there are more and more youths and kids choosing to ride ATV at trails and tracks alike. But there are still the minor grouses we have to be concerned about....like safety and how there's an alarming rise in the number of accidents involving naïve kids and reckless (and drunk) youths on ATVs.
I've often thought of quad riding as a family activity....yes, and a farming one, and it never occurred to me that people could flip an quad over in the air like those in the extreme sport thing? Never! My father used to chase cows on ATVs and bring in the corn too...sheesh! But with so many youths choosing them as their preferred vehicle of choice, it's important for people like me and you to give the kids proper training on how to use their ATVs properly. The youth should, of course, wear proper protective gear....no arguments about that one! They argue and I take the ATV away from them. Secondly, kids and youth should only ride in popular, well-known and well-maintained trails and tracks. Those dangerous ones, we can leave it for the adults since we're in a better position to decide what to do when there are unexpected obstacles.
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For a kid, I don't mind purchasing a brand new ATV or a mini electricone like those Peg Peregos. They're not fast enough or dangerous enough to give me a persistent headache. For a youth, I don't mind getting the youth a second-hand one for a very good reason (provided the second-hand youth quad is in mint condition)...youths are rough creatures and they spoil the ATVs very quickly. For the learning curve bit, I would use a used youth quad and then later on, when they become better at handling their youth model, I would invest in a brand new one....IF THEY ASK FOR IT. Where teens are concerned, I would rather invest in a ATV training course too because I can only do so much to knock the rules into his or her head. With a teacher and professional trainer, things are a little bit different.
Strange that kids and youth would rather absorb the same information from a complete stranger than learning from you, but if it works for them and the kids and youth are willing to learn proper ATV riding techniques from the Pro, then by golly, it works for me too!