Re: real bad sidehop issue

Before each jump remember what you did wrong (in your case having your
foot bail and lnad on the object) and don't do it.

Tell yourself: I will not let my foot touch the table.

It also helps if you visualise yourself acheiving your goal.

Well, that's how things work for me...

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Owen's right. I never land anything unless I believe I will. It sounds
like you just need to practice more. I occassionally will do a big hop
and my foot will just slip off the pedal completely, although it's
almost always my right foot, not my left. I say give the rock a rest and
try some other stuff for a while, and when you come back you'll think
it's super easy.

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I ALWAYS used to have that problem. Sometimes I still do.

One thing I did was to start a good 2-3 feet away, and start hopping
little by little towards the surface. That way, when i reach the right
point to hop, I'm already leaning the way I need to be, and my progress
is less likely to be stopped by my own second-guessing.

To tell the truth, my biggest obstacle, when it came to hopping off the
uni uncounciously during a sidehop, was 1 1/2 feet. I noticed that when
I had to stop hopping next to the object and balance myself on something
stationary, then start hopping again in preparation, I was about 75%
less likely to hit the hop. If, on the other hand, I started far away
and didn't hesitate at all on my approach, I was much more liekly to get
it. So just hop right up to it and go straight up, instead of hopping
next to it forever and then screwing the hop over. You'll get it
eventually.

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Murde Mental said:

*Before each jump remember what you did wrong (in your case having
your foot bail and lnad on the object) and don't do it.

Tell yourself: I will not let my foot touch the table.

It also helps if you visualise yourself acheiving your goal.

Well, that's how things work for me... *

i do that, maybe im not thinking about it better

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One other thing I always do is lean in to the move. All my jumps are
preceded by a short-medium stillstand as I begin to fall into it. This
really helps me on intimidating stuff because the safest way to survive
the lean is to just do the move. To quote Kevin McCullin "It won't hurt
if you land it!"

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everyone knows the problem is your thinking, stop!

thinking gets you no where you only second guess yourself and bail. Just
go for it, dont think at all, dont even think about not thinking...

word

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Checkernuts said:

*everyone knows the problem is your thinking, stop!

thinking gets you no where you only second guess yourself and bail.
Just go for it, dont think at all, dont even think about not
thinking...

word *

well, i think it would be ok to think, or you would do it all wrong

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Quoted message said:

All my jumps are preceded by a short-medium stillstand as I begin to
fall into it.

Yup, that's the point where clear your mind of everything and stop
thinking abuot the jump.

In between jumps however keep reminding yourself to stick that foot to
the pedal. Don't let it off. DON'T!

Simple as that. Just don't let that foot slip.

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I had that problem when I first started jumping. I started pulling the
handle with less force and relied more on my legs to build upward
momentum. It still happens but much less than before.

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At first I thought you said 1 1/2 inches. I figured you were beyond
help. Anyway I was working on that hop not long ago. I used to be able
to hop 22" on a good day but then I lost it. I was going for 18.5"
planning to work my way up, but it just wouldn't work. I worked on it
for like an hour. I almost gave up but then it clicked. I continued
working my way up and I gained a couple inches that night. My advice is,
work your way up in small increments, and do a short stillstand right
before the jump, nothing new.

David

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I'm not saying you have to think while you're gonna hop, because that
way you'll loose all your focus, but in between hops (hops in this case
being attempts to jump onto the rock) you have to go back, find what you
did wrong and not do it. Before you have another go remind yourself,
mentally oblige yourself not to repeat the same mistake.

(If only I could apply this to my homework..)

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well, the funny thing is, i did it on my freinds onza about a month ago
(borrowing it for about a week) and i could do it whenever i wanted. but
now i cant, and ive done everything to my uni that has made it like his.
i dont get it

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Are your pedal pins worn down? That happened to me, and my feet slid off
a lot. When I got new ones, it was all better.

Along with what everyone else said, try this: just stick it. That quote
has been very good to me.

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don't think, just do it

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