I used to jump like that. 🙂
Stop jumping like it's a pogo stick. You want to jump, do a short (very
short) still stand, then do another jump. That will force you to
actually jump instead of bounce. You'll also get a lot more control and
it will save energy.
As you prepare for the jump up a stair, pause (stop bouncing), bend the
legs, bend at the waist, and then snap up. The jump should be like a
snap. Quick. Then when you get up the stair, pause again, and prepare
for the next jump.
To get a rebound from the tire you can do a pre hop. Then you do the
big jump as the tire is rebounding.
Another technique to jump without the pre hop is to first stomp down on
the pedals to compress the tire and then do the snap up for the jump.
It's a very quick action. Stomp down then snap up for the jump. It's
like two very very quick jumps right after each other. The first one is
where you stomp down to compress the tire and the second one is where
you snap up to do the jump.
Hopefully Andrew Carter will have some good video tutorials of this on
the web site he's working on.
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