[Degsy]

...another thing when you are doing the exercises with your assigned partner is to think quickly and react positively to any unexpected events. You will tell the person at the front of the line of students EXACTLY how you want them to stage and they will go off in a completely different direction. Don't panic when this stuff happens. Quickly assess the situation and as long as the students are all following each other, range safety is not compromised. They know where the parking area is and they will eventually get there. Also, if you screw up and lay the path of travel wrong and only find out halfway through the exercise, don't change anything. Complete the exercise, then be prepared to face the music from the trainer. If the objective of the exercise is met, you should be ok.

I have a few things that I typically do to relax the students:

Just as we start exercise 2, I ask them who has never ridden a motorcycle before. After exercise 2, I ask again. The same hands will go up. I say to them "Hey, whaddya mean? I just SAW you ride a motorcycle". That always makes them smile. They are so wrapped up in the exercise that they don't realise that they have just taken their first few yards as a rider.

When a student drops a bike I always say "Hey, at least it wasn't YOUR bike".

Never, never, pull a student aside for remedial teaching in front of the other students OR on their own. Try to always take 2 or 3 students aside to emphasize a point that one of them is not getting.

Be sure to keep watching to make sure they are covering the clutch through the first 9 exercises.

Always check all students for proper gear before letting them on a bike.

More to come. Don't want to overwhelm you.