Bottling It? How Has Everyone Got Over It?

[Dupree81]

Hi my names lee, hello everyone, liked to know how people get over bottling it, for me everytime i go to hop a gap or try hop up a wall i get funny and seem to bottle it mid move? Im new to trials will i get over the problem in time?

[Maxie_Monty]

If you believe you can do the thing you are about to do and are confident your bike or back brake will hold, then you just have to beleive that you will do it. Worst that could happen? sorta thing.

[PeanuckleJive]

Confidence in your bike and yourself, and a helmet.

The only thing holding you back is the fear of failing, and if that's all you think about when lining up for the move, you pretty much definitely will fail.

Tell yourself you can do it, and you probably will succeed.

If it's a gap that you know you can clear because you've done the same distance but on smaller things in the past, then you're just cautious of the fall I guess.

If you're eyeing something up and taking a punt at doing it but have no idea wether you can actually make it, then we can't help

[pogo]

Get angry

[matthew_coggan]

For me its having a good back brake that holds well and doesn't slip.

[Ashes]

Im always having doubts as well, but this only seems to happen when im dropping off and object as ive had one bad expereince of dropping off about 9 pallets high side ways, when i went to pull it off the front stayed on so now i dont like going off steps, pallets walls or anything now so has anyone got any advice on how to tacle my fear of drops?

[Matt Vandart]

As the faggot says "It's all about the confidence" and that doesn't just apply to dresses.

Bottleing it half way through is WAY more likely to cause injury than landing it bad, this is not true in all occasions obviously but is usually the case.

SEE yourself successfully doing it, and FEEL what it will be like to land it perfectly.

Really visualize it going well and hey presto it WILL work.

By this I am not saying to go all "Danny Mac" and jump off bridges, but realistic things that are within your sphere of skills.

If you are fit and healthy with no physical disabilities, there is no reason that you cannot do what other people can do.

Any athletic movement is IMO 75% in your head 25% physical at least.

[Dupree81]

Thanks people, defo fit and healthy, just new to it i think, im out in southampton sunday if anyones riding i think im just gunna pad myself up and just go for it, lol.

[sstein]

in my opinion you never really get over that feeling you just get better at riding and the feeling shifts itself to harder stuff, for instance when I started I was afraid of drops, now I  have the ability to do them well so the thought never pops into my head but when I go for new dirt jumps on my mtb I get that feeling cause I am not use to them even though I ride very similar stuff with ease when it is in the middle of a track. As everyone else said it just comes down to confidence and practice

[isitafox]

Im always having doubts as well, but this only seems to happen when im dropping off and object as ive had one bad expereince of dropping off about 9 pallets high side ways, when i went to pull it off the front stayed on so now i dont like going off steps, pallets walls or anything now so has anyone got any advice on how to tacle my fear of drops?

Think yourself lucky it wasn't your back wheel that stayed on! I did that years ago on a 5ft wall, nosedived to the ground and pretzled my brand new mavic rim on impact!!

First thing I did when I got the chance was tackle a similar drop to prove to myself that I COULD do it!

[modifiedridah2k9]

Confidence in your bike and yourself, and a helmet.

Well as in your picture you seem to be very good with helmets.

[PeanuckleJive]

Well as in your picture you seem to be very good with helmets.

damn, hypocrite me.

Trust the only decent photo that got taken that day to be the one where I forgot to put my lid back on

[Arran]

I've fallen off

but I'm gonna go back and do it again sometime!!

[Themistoklidis]

I've fallen off

but I'm gonna go back and do it again sometime!!

That was scary and hillarious at the same time!You were lucky wearing a helmet

Edited May 5, 2010 by BikeTrialsInGreece

[Twista]

I took a tumble a while back, fell of a drop straight onto my back, on a set of stairs. When I could finally ride again, I was proper scared of dropping off stuff. I told myself I could do it, started small and worked my way back up. As pointed out, you have to convince yourself that you can do it. I'm fine dropping off now, as I practiced and practiced, I'm much more confident.

[Happydaze]

Well I fail lots, Once I have picked my sorry self back off the floor, I go lower, I had a pipe break 4 pallets up, I have nose dived off a loading bay, nose first into a wall, every time it happens I go straight back to basics, I get 1 pallet and start practicing all over again. Everyone here has failed at one point. The best way of getting the confidence back I found is, back to basics and get out there, ride with the more experienced riders, watch what they do, they do not panic, they make it look easy and they can teach you more in an hour, than you can learn in a week practicing on your own.

Keep the faith.

Trust you bike

Trust your abilities.

And with that little prep talk whats the bets I have a big get off tomorrow

[stooie]

hi mate start small and work up, if there is a gap you want to do mark it out on the floor and show yourself you can do it ! and remember the technique is the same on the floor as it is up on a wall i still have trouble with side hops i just go and find a smaller wall and work up to it.

[Matt Vandart]

hi mate start small and work up, if there is a gap you want to do mark it out on the floor and show yourself you can do it ! and remember the technique is the same on the floor as it is up on a wall i still have trouble with side hops i just go and find a smaller wall and work up to it.

Hmmm........... not really

When you gap on the floor your wheel can roll along the floor for a bit making it seem like you are gapping further.

When you are gapping from an object you need to get your tyre right over the edge of it (folding over the edge, feels like it goes soft) so you are using the corner of the object like a launch pad, this will fire you further and more positively.

Also important on uneven objects because if you don't have the tyre right on the edge and the edge is lipped, even a little bit you are going to nose dive and eat shit and probably your teeth.

Edit: If you are going to start on the floor between 2 marks, take off with your bike at an angle, if you get me, this stops you making most of the gap by rolling and (for me anyway) gets you further.

Edited May 10, 2010 by Matt Vandart