Learning To Jump By Yourself Vs Being Taught By A Pro
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- Опубліковано 7 вер 2024
- In this video I’m going to spend an entire day by myself trying to improve my technique and then I’ll call in an expert to give me some advice on what I should be doing and we’ll compare the results. Grab your Merch here 👉 bit.ly/PunterS...
This year I want to spend more time riding jumps. For the past 5 years, I’ve really been prioritising my fitness and cornering as I’ve been wanting to improve my racing. But that competitive interest has now gone and I just want to have fun on my bike, so putting some focus back on jumps is what I’ll do.
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in September 2019 I was hit by a car. several months of recovery learning to walk again. doctors said i would not ride a bike again. today after relearning how to balance my body, I’m jumping again. this type of video helps me a lot, because everything is different now. Thank you for doing so and sharing
Glad you recovered!
Great job !! I can relate very much to the struggle! I have some health issues that mess with my riding now at age 48 . I ridden bmx since the 80s , but now I'm growing to like Mtb and unfortunately I feel like a brand new rider with no knowledge and it gets frustrating!!
This is why you don't give up
Let’s go ride jumps.
I’ve quit
@@PaulThePunter Don't quit. Then I'll have an excuse to quit. I don't need to send it like a champ, but it would be great to have nice flow in the air off medium jumps. I need you to need this, Paul. ;)
Seems to me when going off the hips you tend to lean your bike the opposite direction. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy the ride
Always fun riding with you Paul! Here's a few tips for people looking to work on their jumping.
1: Practice pumping to get speed, local pumptrack or flow trails are great
2: Get your J-hops dialed. This will help you pop/pull off the lip for height
3: Go hit some jumps and practice, ride with people who can show you the correct speed and give you pointers to work on!
What are J-hops?
@@christopherhogan9661 I think is the american bunny hop
When you jump how do you make sure to keep your feet on the pedals?
@@christopherhogan9661 A J-Hop is a front wheel lift then rear wheel - A bunny hop is both wheels at the same time
@@finproductions the correct shoes and pedals go a long way, I use Ride Concept Shoes and OneUp pedals.
I think a lot of people can relate with Paul that helping people is one of the most fun things you can do!
I hate the feeling that if I'd get off the bike and give it a shove down the hill that it could do better by itself than when I was on it.
true man....
Keep doing jumps! with enough practice now that you have the tips, you will have that line in no time
"Fear comes from not knowing what's going to happen", that's the best advice I've ever heard about biking. I'm going to remeber that next time I hit the trails.
Thanks for the video Paul. You might not like to make that kind but it does show a lot of people that the struggle is real and that in order to keep skills you have to use them and practice often and even better if you have a friend that can help you. Looking forward to your next series of videos.
I have been following your channel for a but now..my advice on jumping is: get advice by an mtb instructor / coach. I offer 1 to 1 lessons in my local area in Italy and every time I get a new client I deconstruct the way they ride and start over again from the ground up, filming my clients while the execute moves so they can see what they are doing. Been able to “see yourself” is crucial for improvement.
Your comment about bike length etc for jumping is true, a bigger bike requires alot more weight movement to do the same thing - this is extra true on smaller jumps.
lets take my stable as an example, my 2021 slash is big, i can pop up over jumps but im buggerd by the bottom. My 21 remedy - can pop alot more easier and launch the bike with alot less effort and throw in more tricks... i also feel much less tired at the bottom.
29ers also suck for jumping.
the best thing you or anyone else can do is: next time you go to france and go to a bike park, get a coaching session with one of the MCF coaches (almost any bike park has them, and any big bike park will have a few that speak english well). they are proffecialy trained to be MTB coaches and have skills 4 days, they are easy to spot by their blue jerseys too. but these guys are the best riders on the mountain no joke, these guys have been between the tape along with some of the biggest names of the sport. my last coach even rode the entire crankworx slopestyle course in les gets (not competing ofcourse), race in the european and french nationals in DH, has to do his mandatory 50 meter manual down the fireroad and entire DH pumptrack section to the trail every time. and almost all of them are like that, the are no doubt the best of the best and profesional trained to coach. so you know your probably not going to find anyone better with the time to coach you. i did it twice, same thing both times i went for 4 days to a bike park, 1.5 days of solo riding to get settled and test everything, second half of day 2 i got coached. last year it saved my countless times (bad body positon was the focus), and i went out to the megavalanche that same week, and if i rode that without that coaching i would have definaly crashed more ofen and way worse. and this year i literaly went from being slow AF in turns to literal 180 drifts trough turns above any trail speed (partialy on exident, the rentals where done with me puncturing tires so they put 40 psi in), 2 weel drifting and roosting turns, i will have to ad that i was a realy fast learner and was able to addapt to advice fast so might be longer for some, it also might seem expensive but its worth it, without a doubt, best $180 spent in a single afternoon on MTB 100%
paul my first tip is a full frame when doing jump lines. i recently broke my maxilla and nose in 20+ places due to not wearing a full face and crashing on my normal warm up trail. it doesn’t matter if it’s overkill, you’ll thank yourself later!
*full face
@@sebastianglenn7904 A full frame would help too. ;)
no lawyer will be able to solve that case
you should practice bumpjumping ... like 3inch Bumps max, and bunnyhop pop the hell out of them ... no lip to assist your takeoff ... just your bunnyhop and the RIGHT TIMING
...works magic ... you instantly feel when you get the timing right and get over a foot of an 5inch kind of bunnyhop
... also pump up your shock a bit more ... gives more support when pumping the lip and better feedback on if you are doing it right.
Keep up the good work Paul again like I've mentioned before in previous videos on your comment section I think you would get a confidence boost by wearing more protective gear full face helmet, elbow pads, back protector, neck brace, etc. Once you build that confidence you'll be able to shed those extra layers. One more thing to add is if you look at the footage you've posted, when following Matt you look more confident than usual but also if you compare Matt's head position you'll see he's looking ahead while you're looking at the ground bellow you while airborne. I truly think the proper protective gear will give you that confidence to collect more air miles on your journey.
Haha I could totally see this being me, except with my wheels barely leaving the ground. Jumping is one of those things I'm terrible at and reluctant to learn/practice but I know is holding my enjoyment of biking back, that n drop offs, steep sections, basically general fear of crashing haha I should really just stick to running.
Thank you very much paul. I have tried it on my local trail and it work flawlessly. U have gain a new subscriber. Thanks again! I really appreciate it 💖
Really enjoying the new format Paul. I feel like i'm in the same boat as you and many others with jumping. I would feel so much more comfortable and quicker on the trails if i could half master jumping i'm sure!!!
Paul's exhausted end of the day jumps... my start of the day. On a trail bike I had a lot of fun.. but with the throttle taken away... Yiiiiii
(and I still consider an E bike as admitting defeat... I'm only 50+, no electric wheel chair for me yet.
Be careful with spending so much time practicing something you are unsure you are doing correct or not. Practice makes permanent, so PERFECT practice makes PERFECT. I have a lot of experience of training myself for a skill just to have to UNLEARN everything once I was shown how to properly do it. It’s much easier (and safer depending on the skill) to have someone train you.
I can totally relate to that statement. Last year I sucked at jumps, so I thought if I practice on this local jump line I'll get better. The third run landed me in the hospital for 5 days and off the bike for 3 months. I still suck at jumps.
The secret method for Learning how to jump good is ...............
“Practice”
I do some runs on my local small downhill tracks one hour at a time, every now and then.
I could never ride for 7 hours during one day and still have any energy left. My 1-hour sessions do eventually help, but it takes a lot of calendar time...
Funny Punter. At the 5:00 mark..... You are FAAAAR better than me. And it is apparent that be is FAAAAR better than you. 🤣 Life goals. Great video.
Good vid Paul! You're funny, entertaining, and i learned something. The Trifecta
What was the point of this vid? It wasn’t much relevant to the title, or that message was lost, and I didn’t come away w much of anything applicable to take to the trails, jumps, be em self exploration vs pro assist, or otherwise. Best I got is Paul in the past could jump, whereas Paul today can’t, and he’s no interest in working on improvements, but making vids for others to improve, which begs the question how can you influence others to improve if you yourself aren’t working on the very same improvements.
More to MTB riding than just jumping, my friend.
My thoughts as well. So if you are bad at jumping use a coach. As Paul did. But it didn’t work. But it will influence others to do so.
@@unstealthypanda you don’t say...I’m flabbergasted 😂
@@danielsal5442 that dude wasn’t a coach. Just a pro
@@takeaimcycling1546 Ahh, sorry. Missed that part that said that he flunked coach shool...
I'm exactly like, Paul! I practice cornering, line choice and pumping to be better on the tracks, but I just can't jump! I can only do the smaller ones and I just don't like doing anything bigger than 1,5-2 meters because it scares me and I don't get any enjoyment out of it. So I keep my tires to the ground and only pop off small jumps
Love the plug before the Part Time Freerider merch!
More compression on the rear, its absorbing too much of the lip. Also 'too much' rebound damping won't allow you to get the pop you're looking for. Bike setup makes a difference on jump tracks. Flats and a few pushups wouldn't hurt either 😉
Early 2019 I was making progress, I had confidence to try new jumps, beginning to hit doubles then knee issues meant I couldn't ride much and when I got fitter again I wasn't able to wear pads else risk the knee problem flaring up.
Add in Covid's No Gnar Not far taking away the familiarity and practice with the fear from no pads added in and I was back to very small stuff and bottling jumps I'd normally not even think about.
I'm hoping this summer to address this and try and refind that confidence and progression.
Your editing is superb! Nice video
I think you need to watch the video back a few times...and stop being so hard on yourself! 😉 You made HUGE progress on those jumps by the end of the video!!! 💪🏼👊🏼😜🤟🏼
Always love your content, Paul! Can't wait to get to Squamish ASAP.
Would love to bump into you on the trails!
I’d say if you don’t like doing it, don’t. It shows
Oh well, I enjoyed it
Nice video.... give me confidence to take on the jumps 🚵♂️
Nice Work Punter!!!
I like the drone scenes and pictures from Squamish 💙
Hey Paul mate! Great to see you enjoying life and producing great content 😎🤘🏻
Lol what I always did with jumps at the skatepark on my bmx is to take a few runs, at least one that I knew was way too fast and at least one that I knew was way too slow. Then I worked my way towards it from there. But jumping is hard when you're trying to figure it out on your own.
This type of video is very helpful. Also, having trouble getting full pop out of jump.
Getting good at jumps and feeling comfortable in the air just takes a lot, like a lot a lot of practice. Plan on riding forever? Spend a year riding DJ's and pump tracks 4-7 times a week, not even MTB much. Get back to full time MTB in a year and not only are you gonna be a better MTB rider, you're gonna be way better at jumps and have way more style and it'll be like you never stopped. Don't lament that you're bad at jumps, just put in the work and you'll be good 🥂
Everyone has good days and bad days. Practice will make good days great and bad days good. Keep Riding
I'm so glad I found your channel, enjoy a lot so far. I had to get the Team Slow and awkward Jersey and tee for me and the wife (she loved it too), it's so appropriate. The new part time freerider is pretty cool too.
Awesome - thanks for the support and have fun out there!
Arg, I want a “Part time Freerider” jersey!!! I’m grabbing a 3/4-T for now but just wanted I throw that out there!
Sick!
It's good to keep in mind that some days you just won't have "it" and while someone who's been hitting big jumps hard for a while might be able to ride around not having "it" on any given day, someone Learning to hit big jumps hard should throw in the towel for the day early. Plus, not everybody has a friend to tow you in and analyze technique. Some of us just Have to figure it out on our own. But if your having a bad day, don't try to force it. Work on something else.
I really enjoyed the vid. Plese make part 2 Paul.
Joel's camera work is killing me. Those abrupt zooms and shakey hand make it hard to watch. I still did it though. Nice progression @paulthepunter. Can't wait to get back out your way to hit the trails.
main video have been started from 4:42
If you want to jump then you need to ride in flats. Its just what you need to do.
Practise doesn't make perfect, it makes perminent.
Justin guitar?
you need to stand up at the time when your front wheel left the lip but the backwheel is still on it
‘After five years that competitive interest has now gone’ sounds like ‘after 5 years all the younger upcoming riders are waaaay faster...’ welcome to the unforgiving truth that you’re getting older!!!
Its hard to jump my hardtail, its a Commencal Meta HT setup to 29er wheels. Tried it on a fullsuspension can't either. How Unlucky of me
Send it
Try going back to flats mate just for your jumping practice, it might free you up a bit
by the way that 3/4 shirt in your link is awesome 🤘
Thank you and loved the video
Great tips 🙂 Thanks
Hey, Paul I'm looking for a new enduro bike... What you can recommend me? I want to have fun with it and ride it every where from green trails (with my family) to whistler...
Looking down at your front wheel on the take-off is causing the majority of your issues
agreed
what song is that in the background in the beginning
I dunno man, these freight-train length bikes we're being fed these days are definitely more challenging on small jumps. Probably best to just hit bigger jumps...
Keep going chap!
Me watching every jump: you need more speed.
Can Matt give me tips on jumping a hardtail?
That’s one thing I need to invest more time in! Don’t know how to feel comfortable in the air
Expert with 15+ years of experience showed me how to jump that one jump and i learned it in 10mins
Anyone knows which fender Paul ist running in the front?
Why does it always seem like you go and stare at your feet as soon as you come off a jump. It's the weirdest thing... If you're looking for the landing, it's in front of you. It's strange to me that no one is telling you to look ahead off a jump - ya know, the most basic thing before worrying about everything else.
Nice bike park😉
I like the videos Paul but I often feel like you underestimate yourself a lot! Maybe try to be more confident!
Where in England are you from? Really curious
What’s that 3/4 shirt you’re wearing?
There is one tip you need to do good jumps: BUY A TRANSITION
Lol don't hit the breaks 🤣
Fire!
This guy made this
Take the clips off
Please keep trying with jumps. Get more coaching. You can tell it's all in your head!!!
If you want to improve your jumps, then don't waste 8 min watching this.
Anyone here own a polygon d6 or a diamond back atroz 3??
Isn't that The Chief?
Geez Paul is this your third video on having a pro instruct you on how to jump.
Why do you have one tan wall and one black tire???
Trying different combos for testing
The sad thing is i dont even have a metal bike,
i like the t shirt
Nice vid
It’s so much harder on your own
Influencing 😎
Always
Wait, we don't need to watch this twice?
Would you say there’s any specific bike setup changes that you would do depending on what your riding. For example if riding jump lines all day would you go for a stiffer setup than what you would run on rocky descents. Would you add more rebound for dh riding? Or if you get the perfect setup is this good for every occasion. Cheers
Nope, just keep everything balanced
Lockout your suspension when jumping, in my experience it helps so much
@@arminmtb2716 thats really bad for your suspension
I would say consistency is more important, so keep your bike set up the same no matter what. It may make jumping easier to have hard suspension but you will also make the bike feel completely different
Absolutely if you’re riding park/jumps all day and not Rocky chunk you should add a few more PSI front and rear to both your tyres and your suspension to give you that extra bit of rolling speed and pop. You can also slow down your rear rebound a bit to make your bike more predictable. That’s exactly what the pros do for big jump lines like dark fest and it translates to smaller/mid-sized jumps too.
Paul: Torturing myself is good for views, right?
The Bolton’s were defeated by Jon Snow. How has this one slipped away?
Yeah fuck hitting jumps in the wind.
Am I only one confused? Watching 8 minutes of wrong technique isnt useful. Maybe more shots of your buddy, he killed it! Sorry Paul, not helping me!
3:41 i told u the earth is flat
Okay this is getting really old though people need to stop coming out with their own merch there's enough s*** out there man
I think you’re your own biggest enemy, you need to stop thinking “I can’t” and start thinking “I can”. After all, MTB is mostly a head game.
Are you still singing? Remember what Tracey said.
Maybe you need to crash? Face your fears 🔥🙃😉
Is this squamish
Dude all you really have to do it hit the lip - *WAPASH* - and get pitted! So pitted. Maybe you're doing too much? Do less... like literally do nothing. Ok, you gotta do more than that. Just go fast and pull up the lip...