Hey everyone,

I've been thinking for a while and couldn't really figure out anything about that...

What do you guys think can make progression faster than normally? Do you have different technics for the practice, or a certain basis of the trainings during the week?

How would you approach learning a trick? Would you practice it for 5 hours every day, or would try sometimes?

I would really like to learn more about your routines (well if it's not your private secret).

Thanks a lot in advance!
GT

Same here; I'm starting out and just trying to get a few basics down but generally I'm mixing up peg wheelies, fork glides and  lard yard's at the minute to try an get the balance going - doing about 2/3 hours a week depending on the British weather  not much riding time (your riding time gets limited as you get over 30!)

Ha cheers Petr now I feel even more of a failure as a rider!Time for a  I think!

I see, this is actually what I've been doing. But what I was wondering about, is what makes some people progress x times faster than a usual person like me? I mean e.g. Adam, Matthias, Moto, are quite young and they have possibly more tricks I will ever have, yet I don't believe in talent or skill.. They have also 2 legs and arms, so I believe it can come only from the way they practice...

Okay, then let's say, I don't believe in some spiritual abracadabra, that they are simply better.. Perhaps they are stronger- that we can become- or have better balance - that we can get by practicing. I'm really willing to understand that...

something that helped me alot when i rode everyday was making a list. it would look something like this:
-warm up 45 minutes
-land a steamroller 5 times in a row
-practice hang 5s for and hour
-practice steam boats for an hour

i dont know why but being able to see what you had to do and being able to physically cross it off the list when i was done was a really good feeling. and it helped me make sure i did everything i was planning on doing because its sucks to go home and see something wasnt crossed off.

I don't know if it's muscle memory, or a particular brand of intelligence, but some riders are able to learn from mistakes and repeat tricks more consistantly than others. There's so many variables tho. I think that finding what produces results for YOU is important. I don't progress fast at all, but as an example, if there is some new trick I am trying, I will sometimes work on that alone for hours until I start getting it. That's not a recommendation to others, that's just what works for me, and it works better than doing it for say 20 minutes and taking a break from it. Other times, I mix up a session a bunch, between front wheel and back wheel to keep the overall "feel" of the whole bike solid and even.


but yeah, focus! what I've found that works well for me is putting a song on repeat if I'm working on the same trick/link for an extended time.

Sorry guys I haven't been at home... Well, I get and I also learn new tricks. After 3 years pause I started again this year in February. I learned back all my stuffs and learned tricks like Tomahawk, hitchicker, nosewheelie. Put on the other hand I know that there are people who learn many times more in the same time and I would really like to figure out how.. But honestly, I neither have the energy, nor the time to practice more than 3-4x 2 hours a week..