Mike Cooper Performance & Advanced Training and assessments

Fantastic experience: I’ve now had a couple of sessions with Mike and couldn’t be happier. Although I’m a competent enough driver, Mike has an innate ability to spot small nuisances that make you think more about your driving style with the long term goals of make you a cut above . If you can get passed his Dad jokes, I’d thoroughly recommend Mike as an excellent instructor not to mention driving companion

Fantastic experience: I really benefitted from a session with Mike. We discussed some useful tips, but most importantly it helped to re-set my perception of driving to remembering that I am in control and that I can influence and anticipate what is happening on the roads. I recommend everyone has a refresher with Mike

Fantastic experience: Brilliant day on the skills day with many opportunities to join other drivers, test the car, push the car and experience what the limits of myself and vehicles are. With the way the day is laid out you will experience everything you need to 1 enjoy the day and 2 drastically improve your skills. Mike is extremely knowledgeable and with years of experience. Couldn't recommend more!

Fantastic experience: I recently attended a training day with Mike, I had fallen into bad practise, obtained one too many speeding tickets and felt I need a reset. A reset is exactly what I got and more. Mikes practical and experienced coaching style helped to re-wire my thought processes around my driving. Starting with drills before I got in the car, planning my drive, road positioning, using ALL mirrors, consciously deciding to be in the minute and making my driving my primary focus, making me think more about potential risks ahead of them happening. I had many solid takeaways that I look forward to practising every time I get behind the wheel. This has also made me hungry for more. I am no longer in the play but instead in the audience and controlling my responses. Highly recommended whatever your skills level is.

Fantastic experience: Second time I’ve been out with Mike, and both times have been invaluable. His knowledge of car handling & road awareness become obvious and make him a fantastic teacher, full of hundreds of little (and large) tips. My last session with Mike was to brush up on some core driving skills in preparation for some more hi performance tutoring with him. Even in the short time we were out, I’m defiantly far more aware of subtle feedback from my car, and with a bit of practice & drills he taught me, a better driver as a result. Thanks Mike!

Fantastic experience: Mike took me our for a morning tuition, it was really helpful and he taught me a lot. Would highly recommend

Fantastic experience: Since around 2014, Mike Cooper has been teaching me how to drive. I have had 4 sessions since then. My driving, safety, "feel," and handling skills have advanced significantly over the course of these four sessions because of the depth of knowledge, experience, feel, and communication that was shared. I've become a better driver thanks to methods like carrying the brake to the apex, employing a 3 point inertia reel belt as a 3 point harness, and using my vision and alertness among many others. Additionally, he possesses scathing humour. Mike, thank you; I'll see you at the track.

Fantastic experience: Had the best time with Mike Cooper advanced racing tutoring! He is exceptionally knowledgeable, very experienced, meticulous, calm and observant - Everything you need in a pro racing instructor - I honestly can’t wait for my other sessions with Mike !

Fantastic experience: Driver tuition! We all make choices / decisions, however to get the right output requires some honesty. Question : are you driving your car to the cars full capability, obviously not! So why do we spend thousands on the car, and nothing on the real problem. It’s shameful that it took me till 62 to work that out. I am now driving the least powerful car I have owned, quicker and safer than anything previous, and I can still improve, thanks Mike MC

Fantastic experience: Excellent and very observant tuition, noticed things about my driving that previous tutors had not. Will be returning

Fantastic experience: Mike was accommodating of our group’s driving needs for the 2 days he spent with us in Wales. He took time to understand our various driving backgrounds and delivered helpful tuition in a way that was effective, treating us as adult learners who also wanted to have fun. I’d happily recommend him to others and would use him again for road and track tuition.

Fantastic experience: I’ve done both a day out on the road with Mike and one of his track skills days, and can honestly say it’s the best 2 days I’ve had behind the wheel. Mikes understanding of car physics and control, and his teaching style really help you make the most of your car. The skills day is ran perfectly, along with his team, Mike ensures you come away from the day a much improved driver. The amount of time spent on track learning different techniques in a safe environment, in my opinion, make this much better than the usual track day. I couldn’t recommend Mike enough to anybody looking to get the most amount of enjoyment, in the safest way, from their car. Thanks again!

Fantastic experience: Mike is the guy you want to learn from. Great experience! And a top bloke. Definitely recommend him.

Fantastic experience: Excellent training from Mike. Thanks

Fantastic experience: Mike has a wealth of experience with tips and pointers to encourage you to be a better and safer driver.

Fantastic experience: Mike delivers custom driver training for us on a regular basis and his experience and skills are extremely valuable. Its great to have been able to continue to engage his services in 2022!

Fantastic experience: In summary..... Mike is a great guy with a wealth of road and track driving experience who has already helped me make some big changes to improve my safety, vehicle handling and enjoyment (not just speed) behind the wheel. Having done a road day I am now really looking forward to a track day, which I've already scheduled. I would have no hesitation in thoroughly recommending Mike to anyone who wants to get more out of their driving. In a little more detail....Although I have been driving over 20 years this was my first 121 road driving, driver tuition day. Mike was a pleasure to be around, and made the day relaxed, but constantly informative. I've subsequently written a page of training notes (thanks Mike for following up with another half page!) so needless to say there is a huge amount to take on board. This was a real positive to me, as I intend to work on these improvements as long as I'm driving (this is not a process for quick fixes), although there were a number of immediate improvements I was able to make from braking application through to turning in techniques (there were many, many more...). Mike will help you look at your driving environment through a different lense, help you better understand your impact on the car through the laws of physics/mechanics, in a very digestible way, and recommend changes which you can make easily and feel the moment you implement them. One day with Mike has really changed the way I drive, and has enabled me to assess, refine and appreciate so many more elements of my driving and environment... Applying some of the changes will take me time and introducing these on the road, for me at least, will be helpful before the track session. I look forward to more sessions in the future and hopefully a few less areas for feedback!! Overall the day was a great introduction to improving my driving - I'm really looking forward to the track day and continuing to improve and get more out of my driving with Mikes help!

Fantastic experience: The skills day was a fantastic experience. This was my first time on a track day and Mike and his colleagues gave me some really useful advice, particularly relating to improvements in my driving position, the need to relax even when the car is in a 'high energy' situation, braking technique and steering input. I was amazed that my fastest times were no more that 1.5 seconds of the quickest times set by the Aston Martins, especially as I drive a '2 litre estate car' and it was my first time at this type of event. I felt I was in a low risk environment and this gave me the confidence to really push the car and learn what myself and the car are capable of. The weather was warm and sunny, however I don't think it would have made any difference to my enjoyment of the day had it been raining as I would certainly have gained just as much. Thank you everyone for a well managed and enjoyable day. David Rowson

Fantastic experience: Fantastic Day out and an experience to remember. First time doing something like this and would recommend to anyone to wants to learn about understanding how your car responds to emergency inputs. Friendly team members and a great day all round.

Fantastic experience: Great day on the track with nice bunch of people. Brand new car so steep learning curve but always supportive yet challenging. Fun too. Had some road driving lessons pre-COVID from Mike which were well worth it too. In very different cars each time! I’m used to very old Cars and driving new machines means very different approach.

Fantastic experience: Great day again, lots of positives for me especially but the car also. Pushing the limits also safety cause allsorts of unexpecteds to happen. Exciting and enjoyable day. Many thanks Tony

Fantastic experience: Thanks for the day yesterday, i can honestly say i've never had so much fun in a car before. I started feeling nervous, but through the exercises and time spent on track, with the snippets of wisdom from yourself, Bob and Eric, finished feeling confident enough to push myself and car to limits i hadn't been near before. I even felt in sufficient control to slide my ridiculous car through some very tight bends!

Fantastic experience: Mike was an excellent teacher/coach in a 6 hour advanced driving course, I had with him. He reads people and situations and throws a totally different light into being on the road. Very easy to get on with - instantly relaxes you. He was subtlety picking out any "bad habits" I had but was doing so in such a manner which didn't feel like a put down. He was Very Focused and dedicated and it was a thoroughly enjoyable day. After leaving him and driving home, Everything around me was viewed in a different light. Driving actually felt exciting again ! Basically, Mike teaches you to be awake: aware: and ALIVE while on the road but your heightened awareness seems to carry over into your every day life as well. Was an excellent course and worth every penny. Would highly recommend any one who was thinking about doing it.

Fantastic experience: After thirty years of accident free driving and a few track days, I considered myself reasonably competent behind the wheel of a car. But I booked Mike for my son after he passed his test, so that he could drive as safely as possible. After my son had spent four hours with Mike, he was kind enough to take me out for the remaining time. I can only say that experience was a complete revelation; Mike's guidance has made me a smoother, better, much more aware driver and I no longer find long journeys on the UK's overcrowded road tiring. I can't recommend Mike too highly. I wish every 17 year old could spend a day with him and I wish I'd spent a day learning from him all those years ago!

Fantastic experience: Best investment you will make in yourself and your car. Mike is a top bloke and great instructor. His background is teaching physics and it shows - clearly explains difficult concepts and reads you as a pupil to check your understanding. From here he tailors your training so you get the most out of the day, both in terms of your desired outcomes and his assessment of your needs. I’ve done days on road, track days and his private track group days at Blyton. All are incredibly valuable (and incredible value) and in not much more than a year I’ve become a much better and safer driver. I now feel confident behind the wheel at and over the limit. Still lots and lots to learn though. This transfers to road well under the limit in too many ways to list e.g. changing gear, car balance. Previous track days I was slower, harder on the car, less safe and not having as much fun. Writing this review now because his training has just saved me pranging my car. Had to emergency stop and missed a u-turning van that hadn’t seen me, by less than a foot. In December we’d been working on hard braking exercises at Blyton. It was an odd situation but perhaps I could have done something differently to avoid it completely. Not just track focussed either and 500bhp Porsche not required. Most of my sessions have been in a standard FIAT Panda with less than 100hp.

Fantastic experience: Mike is a first class driver and coach on and off track, race, rally, road and defensive driving, you name it and Mike’s mastered it. He’s also very easy to get on with and is always happy to share his wealth of knowledge. Mike’s driver training courses are like no other. He covers a range of exercises that are designed to bring out your strengths and weaknesses which you will never experience by just lapping round a track. He puts a lot of thought into you and your training on and off track. The road driving videos and discussions are lively and very thought provoking and are all linked with on track driving. You never stop learning in a fun way. The stages he sets out on track really give you the chance to practice skills and techniques and put the car on the limit in a safe way. These courses are for beginners up to advanced race drivers as the learning is applicable in all circumstances. You also get plenty of chance to do some flat out lapping sessions. The exercise he runs with cars lapping side by side is a real eye opener in term of track grip and the difference it makes where you place the car. I don’t know anyone else who runs these type of courses but I highly recommend them. The social side is also a real bonus, being able to share your passion and enthusiasm with like minded people. Thanks Mike your really developing world class driving courses!

Fantastic experience: Skills day @ Blyton, December 2019: Great opportunity to practise my left-foot braking in a safe, controlled track environment. The "exploring off-the-racing-line grip exercise", combined with "pressure" from being chased or chasing another car, was a unique and really useful exercise. Will book again in the spring with a different (FWD) car to reinforce the training.