hopping with 2 hands?

ive seen a few people jump with both hands... and it just kinda looks a
little goofy in my opinion, it seems like you owuld lose alot of balance
in the process also, but who knows ive never done it..

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I used to do it that way....but you really don't need two hands, and if
you only hold with one hand then you can use the other for balance.

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it's entierly personal prefrance.

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I think this would be harder, and less accurate. I can't imagine doing
pre-hop jumps this way. You can get higher with just one hand. Think
about it. Just tuck your legs up under you during a hop. Don't
concentrate on lifting both your lower body and the uni by the means of
your hands only. That makes everything feel too heavy. That way the
other arm could be used for balance, since seat-out isn't as easily
laterally stable--obviously--as seat in.

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and another thing....
people who only hop with one hand generally find it harder to sidehop in
the direction of the hand holding the seat (i.e. holding the seat with
the right hand, it's harder to hop to the right). so if you're holding
it with both hands, then either direction will be pretty uncomfortable.

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My bro does both hands, especially seat out. I be he'll use just one if
he ever gets better at trials, though. I can't see how using both hands
could help any.

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James_Potter said:

*and another thing....
people who only hop with one hand generally find it harder to sidehop
in the direction of the hand holding the seat (i.e. holding the seat
with the right hand, it's harder to hop to the right). so if you're
holding it with both hands, then either direction will be pretty
uncomfortable. *

thats a pile of [censored] i hop with my right hand and i hop really well to
my right

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Using two hands doesn't give you worse balance. I don't know what this
having trouble with side hopping thing is all about. But I mostly use
one hand when hopping seat out. I think you should hop with what your
most comfortable with.

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Quoted message said:

uni mates hops with bothhands and is [censored] compared to me

who is that?

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I use my right hand and I hop to the left.

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For seat out, you can throw your free hand and jump higher. Throw up
upwards as your legs push you up, and when you tuck in the air, throw it
hard down, like you're trying to touch what you're jumping on to -
conservation of momentum.

I can't even imagine seat out jumping with both hands on the seat. I
can't think of any advantages of this... the uni isn't heavy enough to
warrant lifting it up with two hands. Also, when you tuck, the seat goes
off to your side. If you held the seat with both hands you would just
hit yourself in the chest with it.

After thinking about all that, I guess I can say it's my opinion that
one-handed SIF jumping is better. You can jump higher - which is the
whole point.

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It doesn't take much thought (if you've watched enough riders) to figure
out that one-handed hopping will give you better performance. You don't
need both hands to support the unicycle, and a free arm can do a lot of
other useful stuff. Like hold your soda.

Watch the top riders (or their videos). Two hands or one? Where's the
highest-placing two-handed rider? I don't know, but probably not in the
same video. That should tell you something as well.

This does not mean hopping with both hands is bad. Do what works for
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Butty said:

*thats a pile of [censored] i hop with my right hand and i hop really well
to my right and 1 of my uni mates hops with bothhands and is [censored]
compared to me. have a look at me hopping down some steps
http://gallery.unicyclist.com/free4all?page=6 its callled 'big hop' *

not to offend you, but that stairset really isn't very big so I'm not
surprised you could do it with your hand on the same side you were
hopping to. but try something you've never landed before and don't even
know if you can yet....then we'll see how well you do.
and I just said what I've noticed. you're the first person I see who
hops to the same side as their holding hand. besides, you did have at
least one free hand to throw your weight towards the stairs, even if you
couldn't do it as easily as if that hand was facing the way you were
hopping. if you were holding the seat with both hands, you definitely
couldn't hop down that stairset. not easily anyway.

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