hopping help plz

just keep practicing you'll get er

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just make sure that you pedals are even across dont have one up and one
down and keep even pressure on both

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before you start hopping you need to be able to come to a complete stop.
can you ride then stop and stay on the uni for more than a second?
that's a good start. if you try and hop when you're still riding, it's
a bit more difficult than hopping in place.

how are your feet contacting the pedals? for hopping, you should have
the ball of your foot (between your toes and your arch) over the center
of the pedal. once you can stop in place, stand up and hold onto the
handle firmly. your pedals should be at 3 and 9 o'clock (i.e. your
cranks should be parallel to the ground). lock your knees (they
shouldn't be bent at all) and bounce with your feet... as if you were
standing on the ground and hopping with locked knees.

keep a firm grip on the handle... pull up on the handle while hopping
to keep your feet on the pedals. keep the unicycle underneath you. if
you fall to one side or another just hop in the direction you're
falling and you should be able to stay on the unicycle. do you keep
falling in one direction? does the unicycle shoot out in one direction
every time?

let us know more details about your hopping practice and maybe we can
give you more help. it's most important just to keep trying, to keep
practicing, 'cause eventually you'll get the hang of it. the more you
practice the quicker you'll learn the skill!

good luck. let us know how you do.

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maestro8 said:

how are your feet contacting the pedals? for hopping, you should have
the ball of your foot (between your toes and your arch) over the center
of the pedal.

I'm going to disagree with you here. I usually ride my uni with the
arches of my foot, this is mainly due to the fact that I can't shift my
foot easily halfway during a trials line, and when I do a drop and have
my balls of my feet on the pedals I will either UPD, or sprain an
ankle. I can also see a lot of other riders do the same. Ryan Atkins
seems to have his feet slightly more backward then some other riders,
but I doubt this the source of his amazing hop height 🙂 Ofcourse, it's
probably once again a case of personal preference.

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thanks all for the info im gonna go try some of this out today.

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