 Hey everyone, I'm Gideon Massey with Pure Fixed Training Tips. Today, we're going to show you how to draft. Drafting plays an important role in track cycling. A racer can save up to 30% of their energy by drafting in the slipstream of the rider in front of them. Here's how it works. The lead rider actually breaks the air resistance and creates a slipstream directly behind him that you can use to go the same speed without doing as much work. Drafting is one of the key techniques you need to learn in order to compete in most cycling races. To draft, you want to make your body as small as possible and get as close as possible to the rear wheel of the rider in front of you. Don't align your wheels directly. You want to line up your front wheel with the chain line of the rider in front of you, just to the right. This is so if he or she slows down, you don't crash into them, but instead you come alongside. Also, keep your head up. Look off the shoulder of the rider in front of you. This is so you can see the track and react quickly if you need to. Drafting is something you need to practice. In the velodrome, there are no brakes allowed. So you have the confidence of knowing the person in front of you isn't going to stop suddenly. When you're riding in a pace line, each rider takes a turn pulling from the lead position while the other riders draft behind and recover. When the lead rider has put in his effort, about one or two laps, he moves up the track and drops down into the last position in line. When riding in a pace line, the average speed is much higher since the riders are helping each other. This is a team tactic that's used in both track and road cycling. Drafting is one of the fundamental techniques you need to develop in order to compete at a higher level. Let us know if you have any questions about track racing or training in the comments below and we'll do our best to answer them. Make sure to subscribe to our channel for more videos and racing tips and techniques and give this video a like if you learned something. I'm Gideon Massey and I'll see you at the track.