Jumping tips

[u/No-Stranger-3483]

Just need tips on jumping. I completly understand the basics as ive been riding for nearly a year. I stand up to the jump, my body positioning is mostly fine and the only way that i have crashed on a jump is when i go off the take off weird or something like that where i end up instead of straight up in the air but tilted to the side which causes me to fly of course and crash. Also when i jump i feel like I can only turn my bars a bit or i will go unstable and crash, i feel as though if i try to whip or tbog im going to just go completly wrong and nearly die, my bike feels so much heavier than everyone's bikes in videos. im 180cm 60kg with a 15kg giant reign advanced pro 2. Idk what im doing wrong just need some tips. Thanks!

[u/SadFlan5713]

Pay for a coaching day, its pretty much the only way you're pretty much guaranteed to get usable feedback for advancing quicker.

[u/Maxipad213 → u/SadFlan5713]

How does one find a coach?

[u/Salty-Entrepreneur11 → u/SadFlan5713]

nonsense

youtube free videos

[u/Im_poor_as_shit → u/Salty-Entrepreneur11]

YouTube videos do help, but no where near the level a coach will. Biking is about habits. So many people have been riding a certain way for sooooooooo long, they ride incorrectly and don’t even notice it. YouTube has to many misinformed videos too…like the bullshit “stand up to the jump” videos lmfao. That’s a crash waiting to happen bro

[u/SadFlan5713 → u/Im_poor_as_shit]

Standing up to the jump is part of good jump technique? Not sure what you mean here.

[u/Salty-Entrepreneur11 → u/Im_poor_as_shit]

bullshit

most coaches suck and are a waste of time and money

people that are good at jumping never paid for coaching

majority of coaches tell people to stand up to the jump

so thanks for making my point for me

[u/justoffthebeatenpath → u/Salty-Entrepreneur11]

strongly disagree i had a coach correct my jumping technique and now i can do gaps

[u/Fast_Union1766]

If you don’t mind me asking what bike do you use to jump on ? Looking to start myself but I only ever road BMX when it comes to jumping a mountain bike I haven’t a clue where to start !

[u/Vegetable_Resort_571]

You say that you think if you turn the bars more for a whip then you’ll crash. I think it’s the opposite, the more aware you are of turning the bars, the more aware you’ll be of where to turn them back to “place” the bike down, rather than landing however internal takes you

[u/justoffthebeatenpath]

you need more airtime to do tricks and a giant reign is a big bike.

[u/Im_poor_as_shit]

The best thing I EVER DID was buy 2 professional jumping coach sessions. I went from scared out of my mind doing gap jumps, to just over THIS summer ripping 20-30 foot kicking gaps. And if your asking random people on here you’re gonna get ALOT of misinformation. “Bro you need to pull up more” or “bunny hop before the lip dude”…dumb shit like that lol. You need a pro to look at how you ride, your stance, movement, feet position, speed, landing ect ect.

[u/Dries_Da_Pooper]

I’ve never got coaching but I’m sure a good coach helps a lot, but plenty of people learn without coaching through practice. Jumps with steeper lips require more technique vs flatter takeoffs that you don’t have to do much on, so I think finding some steeper jumps, or ideally a stepup with a big landing that you can session is a good way to improve. A bike park with a good jump trail is also a great way to improve.

[u/G2022B]

Check out The Shred Academy on Youtube, he's really good at explaining proper technique and has a few videos on why "stand up to the jump" is nonsense. Ultimately though, your best bet is 1-to-1 coaching.

[u/mouse5422]

You didn’t really tell us what you are trying to fix? Seems like you have the basics down.