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The problem
Homeschool Families Get Asked the Same Two Questions
What about PE? And what about being around other kids?
Meanwhile, families with a serious young rider are fighting the opposite battle — trying to build real training into a week that's already full, with a sport that no school will count for anything.
Trackside Academy answers all of it in one schedule, and does something else besides: it gives a young person a day with a shape to it, where the work is theirs and the results are visible by dinner.
How it works
A Day at Trackside Academy
Morning
Academic Block 8:30–12:00
Riders work through their family's chosen homeschool curriculum in a structured, supervised study environment. TWK doesn't replace your curriculum — you keep the one you've chosen, and we provide the structure, the quiet, and the accountability that a home setting can make hard.
Midday
Fuel and Prep 12:00–1:00
Lunch, gear up, and pre-ride inspection. Riders maintain their own bikes — tire pressure, chain, controls, fluids. It's a practical mechanical skills block disguised as getting ready, and it's where riders learn that preparation isn't a chore someone assigned them. It's the difference between a good afternoon and a bad one.
Afternoon
On-Track Training 1:00–4:00
Coach-led riding built on the same graduated progression as our skill camps. Technique work, drills, and supervised free-ride, grouped by ability and adjusted daily. This block is documented for physical education and athletics credit.
Also Available
A Pathway
Trackside Academy students can pair the program with a TWK Pathway: mechanic, team operations, media and announcing, event promotion, or athlete business. It replaces one afternoon block per week with mentored work in that field and produces documented experience you can put in a portfolio.
Throughout
The Part That Lasts
Goal setting, nutrition and conditioning basics, mechanical work, sportsmanship, and the discipline that comes from a sport where preparation shows up immediately in the result. Riders finish a term more organized, more self-aware, and more willing to take on something hard than they started it.
Credit & documentation
It Counts — On Paper
Every Trackside Academy rider receives documentation you can put in a homeschool portfolio or transcript:
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Logged training hours for physical education and athletics credit
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Skill progression records — what was worked on, what was achieved, what's next
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Coach evaluations each term — covering conduct and work ethic, not just riding
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Mechanical and safety competency checkoffs
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A year-end athlete summary suitable for scholarship, recruiting, or umbrella-school submission
TWK documents the riding — logged hours, progression, and coach evaluations — and provides those records to your family for submission to your homeschool program, umbrella school, or district. No accreditation is claimed.
Details
The Practical Stuff
Program
Homeschool on-track program — academics in the morning, coached riding in the afternoon.
Ages / grades
Homeschool riders. Riders are grouped by demonstrated ability, not age.
Location
Central Texas — Bexar County, Comal County, and the surrounding area, running out of partner tracks and facilities.
Class size
Deliberately small. Each term has a hard cap so groups stay coachable.
What riders need
A bike, full gear, your family's chosen curriculum, and lunch.
What TWK provides
Coaching, structured facility time, track access, and documentation of the riding for PE and athletics credit.
Cost
Tuition scholarships are available, and every award comes with a rider plan — see Rider Scholarships.
Safety
How We Keep Riders Safe
Full gear is required, no exceptions. Riders are grouped by demonstrated ability, not age or ambition. Every session is supervised by TWK coaches, and every rider passes a safety and bike-inspection competency check before riding unsupervised in any session.
We'll tell you plainly: this is a sport with risk. What we can control is competence, supervision, and progression — and that's exactly where we put the effort. It's also how a rider learns to judge risk for themselves, which is a tool they'll need long after they've stopped riding.
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