NICA Programming

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Team practice is the foundation of NICA programming and interscholastic racing is one of NICA’s core activities. NICA's inclusive racing format offers participants the opportunity to experience and learn discipline, success, failure, and graceful defeat. Racing in the team environment helps student-athletes learn empathy, humility, flexibility, and resiliency. NICA student-athletes learn that it takes a village to build a successful racer, as well as to put on a race.

The NICA Coach License Program provides NICA Leaders' Summit training (coach training), curriculum development, membership support, and ongoing training to coaches and leagues. As part of NICA, coaches have access to coach discounts based on their license level. Contact us to become a NICA Coach!

No experience required.

GRiT - Girls Riding Together - is NICA's focused effort to bring more girls and women into the cycling community to close the opportunity gap for current and future generations. NICA aims to increase female student-athlete and coach participation by 10% in the next five years.

Teen Trail Corps is a program that provides NICA student-athletes the opportunity to serve and give their time towards bike-related advocacy activities. It is designed to provide exposure and be a gateway for NICA student-athletes into the world of advocacy.

NICA Adventure is a program that allows youth to experience the benefits of mountain biking, camaraderie, community, and the outdoors. Adventure reinforces our core values while building health and strength, learning new skills, and being part of a team of like-minded people through outdoor experiential education.

Madison County Composite -Mad Hatters- XC MTB Team believes that mountain biking is not just a sport, it's a way of life with FUN. We are committed to getting #morekidsonbikes in central Kentucky; helping them achieve their goals on the trail and in life.