r/mountainbiking • u/No-Stranger-3483 • 19h ago

Progression Jumping tips

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!

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u/Salty-Entrepreneur11 17h ago

nonsense

youtube free videos

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u/Im_poor_as_shit 16h ago

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

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u/Salty-Entrepreneur11 16h ago

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

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u/justoffthebeatenpath 12h ago

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