About

Two 7 Performance was born out of the need for specific skill acquisition, in most forms that can be categorised as High Performance. The ability to perform when the pressure is on has been the field of Elite athletes, those able to grab the ball with a few seconds left on the clock and make their trained skill look easy. How do they do it? Those performance skills are learned through practice and lessons similar to the skills we all aquire in our lives from our teachers and trainers we learn off for our day to day jobs. 

In a faster higher paced work environment we are seeing these performance skills learned on the game field cross over into every industry we work in, every job is being put under more pressure to perform and the one with the ability to stay calm and perform will be the person to create their own higher success. We are here to help with our experience from Professional sports teams to Olympic level competition and World cup level Coaching our experience in clutch high pressure situations can give you the tools to perform at your highest level.

Frequently Asked Questions

MTB Skills coaching involves structured lessons that focus on specific skillsets that have been identified to breakdown the most important factors for MTB control. These skillsets are layered in different levels from beginner to expert to give riders a solid base understanding of bike control and the ability to move to an expert level. A qualified coach will be able to explain, demonstrate and assist you in getting the most from your MTB riding.

Most people will hire a skills coach once they hit road blocks in their riding potential and look to get advice to help reach a new level. However you will find better results from seeking lessons as a beginner so that bad habits dont creep in and become a sticking point. From beginner to advanced riders all can benefit from lessons and coaching to reach a higher skill level or to just stay upright more often.

Yes, infact the growing market of E bikers makes up a large amount of our MTB skills coaching. E bikers are sometimes new to the sports and therefore seeking new skills to control heavier and harder to control bikes. E bikes help in offering more riding volume and therefore can also assist in getting better quicker.

By passing training courses and becoming accredited to coach MTB skills lessons. Coaches will have certain levels of coaching accreditation dependant on the level of experience and courses they have passed by demonstrating their coaching abilities. 

Coaching will involve assisting riders to acheive certain skills in a variety of riding environments. Lessons involve learning and practicing a new skill within a controlled environment before taking it to practice. All clients will have to have had a lesson on the skill they need in order to be coached.

Yes. Coaches have training courses and accreditations to assist children at different stages of their riding development. Children require different techniques and focus individually to get the most out of their riding skills. Coaches have their working with children check and have  completed specific training in order to help children.

About Me

My Favourite memories growing up have come from sport, at a young age of 5 i played Rugby league and as i grew competed in Cricket and track and field loving the hurdles and high jump events. I focused on rugby league signing a contract playing with the North Sydney Bears but stopped from continued shoulder injuries. At 21 i Competed for Australia in the downhill mountain bike world cup but after 6 years retired from again 2 shoulder surgeries. After mountain biking i took up the sport of skeleton where i Competed for Australia at my first World Championship in 2011 in Konigssee, Germany. Gaining AIS, OWIA and NSWIS athletic scholarships i qualified and competed in skeleton for Australia at the 2014 Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia finishing with Australia’s highest ever result of 17th. Four years later i again qualified and competed for Australia in skeleton at the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeong Chang, South Korea finishing 19th.

I am a qualified Mountain Bike Instructor holding a PMBIA level 1 certification and a CSI accredited Coach. I love the technical skills of mountain biking and the adventure it brings working as a tour guide in some of the most beautiful places around the world.

– John Farrow

 

My Passion

6 Years ago i got the chance to experience one of the most satisfying experiences in my life, Sport had given me the ability to express who i was in a competitive way, to push where i wanted and to relax and enjoy when i wanted. Sport like many fields we get to mix with in life allows us to feel highs and lows, mistakes and success, work with others and team or just push ourselves and interact in a field with the ability to perform how we want. Like anything worth pursuing our choices large or small all have consequences and it is the qualities we portray daily that allows us to become who we want to be. Navigating these challenges under the banner of sport left me with the experience of achieving something at one time i thought to be impossible, the realisation and creation of this dream culminated in an event that i can be proud of for life and the feelings associated with that is what i feel life energy is all about.

The skills to navigate that road are not easy and as the old saying goes “if it was easy then every one would do it.” The ability to turn away from the easy and take the first step into the hard with an ideal end goal in mind can be described as – High Performance skills. It is in this experience that my passion for high performance was born, the ultimate self realisation and joy that comes along with a performance that you can confidently say is one of your best is a sensation all can feel and should pursue. With this in mind Two 7 performance was born along with a passion to share and coach the skills with experience from a high performance environment to not just achieve the goals but to realise the joy of you being the one that creates that success by stepping towards your own power and what you alone feel and envision for your life.

It is with this goal in mind i hope to share and guide your own vision to fruition not, just in the sporting arena but in the field that you enjoy most. The inspiration to become the best version of yourself comes in many shapes or forms and has endless possibilities as to what you want to achieve however the principles and mindsets to perform at your best remain the same. The situations and road blocks that confront you all have semantics no matter what field you are in. It is my passion to be able to pass along these lessons with personal coaching and guidance that enables you to feel that overwhelming joy of being the absolute best version of yourself that you wish to be. It wont be easy but if it was would it really be worth it? That ideal self is waiting there,  but you have to take that first step!