SIF hopping help plz...

practice. ride sif. practice still standing sif. practice hopping, and
more importantly for me, tucking. i'd crouch a little then stand up.
tha's how i learned sif better.

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I have just managed to get my sif hops bigger and more confident than my
seat in hops so yipeeeeeeeeee!!!!! I think if you practice it will
come quicker (obviously) but i never practiced much so...

I would just keep ridin and occasionnaly practice them when you feel to
want to.

Mike

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I learned how to do them while standing on the cranks originaly, and now
I'm having similar problems, I can hop almost as high as I used to but
landing is much harder, I just practiced, not too much but not too
little, practice until you feel you aren't getting anywhere then work
on something else.

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hey, just keep practicing it just takes a little time to adjust to
making corrections with your arm... i would also reccomend learning sif
gapping... though it is a personal thing it did at least increase not
only my gap size but also it's easier to land on smaller objects after
a big gap!
just keep it up

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Don't worry, your reaction to SIF is quite common. I'm learning SIF
myself... when I started it was like having to learn how to hop, drop
and roll all over again... (even the great gerblefranklin said so
himself!) after a while I'm finding I can hop much higher with SIF
than seat-in. It just takes a lot of practice (perhaps more than it
took you to learn seat-in moves) and patience, and you'll get it!

I'm also finding that there are some things that I must do differently
when doing SIF moves (as compared to seat-in). One example: side
gapping... side gapping seat-in, you don't need to worry so much about
your tire's orientation on the landing. You can do a big side gap and
land with your tire completely sideways and it's not much of a problem.
Once you take your seat out, however, you'll find that the uni wants
to fall over if you land with your tire sideways. In my experience,
I've found it easier to land big sideways gaps SIF by turning my tire
45 degrees or so in mid-air so my tire isn't completely sideways on
landing.

Good luck, let us know how you do!

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ive been learning that the past couple of days so i could do the
unispins.... i learned that if you hold the sif and hop but push it
into one of your legs or both if your small enough. it helps the saddle
stay stable.

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