Re: How do you practise trials?

I practice seat in front side hops at least 3-5 times a week (if its not
raining) I usaully build up my height, to get warmed up, i start at 24
or 25 inches. Then go to about 28", I usually repeat that height a lot
just for practice, but if i'm feeling in the mood, i increase the height
inch by inch. My record is 33". (onto something, not over a bar)

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Generally speaking I don't practise hop heights, nor do I strictly
practise unicycling...I just go out and ride. But about half a year ago
I spend a few weeks practising my hop heights every now and then. I
think in about 3 weeks I got from about 55cm to 65cm or so, can't
remember how often I practised though.

I just thought of something when reading your thread that I'm going to
try when I have some time free. I'm going to try hopping onto things
(about 40-50cm high) without a prehop and without trying to hop very
high, and focus very strongly on tucking up mid-air because that's what
I really need to work on. I think, looking at some video footage I have
from when I was practising high jumps, I have about 15cm more room to
tuck that's just going wasted.

So that's what I'm going to try: hopping lower than normal heights and
focusing on tucking to reach the object.

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I practice seat in front side hops at least 3-5 times a week (if its
not raining)

Wow, that's a lot of practise! How much progress have you made
practising so often?

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I usually warm up by hopping stuff i easilly can. Then i keep making
every thing higher by an 1inch and a half until i cant hop it. I started
practices 2 hours a day for a couple weeks now and i really improved.

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Quoted message said:

I practice seat in front side hops at least 3-5 times a week (if its
not raining)

How long did you practise each time?

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i do a little bit of high hop practice every day that i ride, maybe just
three or four successful hops near my max. once you get in a rountine
with hopping practice you will notice great results. in maybe four or
five weeks of almost daily practice my hop increased 20 cm!

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