mental question about trials

[hello?]

this might be too much for some of you to understand but ill shoot anyway

when your about to do a move, do you think about how to do the move and what steps your needing to take whilest doing the move and how much power to give or do you just do it. Or do you not think about any of this and just mentally think where you want to go and have no idea what your doing when and how much power your giving.

[Keith Courage]

I don't feel comfortable doing any activity until I can do it without forethought or conscious action.
This explains the amplitude of all of my moves.

[davidpastorino]

To me, you have to thik about hich move you're doing, how poweful it has to be .. bla blabla before you enter the zone, when you recognize it. Then, just remember (faster :) ) and do it the best you can. I believe that you can't give your ful power and think at the same time ..

[netto]

practice a move until you can do it without having to think about it. you can then take the time to focus on wheel placement and power

[chronic]

I usually do better when I just try something with out really putting some thought into it.

For me, its like side hoping. I can go the highest when I just do it. But when I stop and do the ten second rear wheel stall thinking about it. I fuck up.

[hophopsnap]

I think about big titties??

[stocktrials]

when your about to do a move, do you think about how to do the move and what steps your needing to take whilest doing the move and how much power to give or do you just do it. Or do you not think about any of this and just mentally think where you want to go and have no idea what your doing when and how much power your giving.

i think of it beforehand. if there's any doubt in my mind about if i can make it, i tell myself to drop the clutch. so to speak haha

[AgrAde]

i just think about where my wheels are going to go. everything else just happens.

[stpatr3k]

Maybe its not about what i'm thinking but what I'm focused on...

[Chader]

I think about big titties??
mmmmmmmmmmm, titties :D

[Soapster887]

For precision things you should be actively thinking about alot of things such as wheel placement, and power of course. But for things such as drops esspecially I find you have to concentrate solely on the easy and controllable move Before the drop. You do the same movements going off a curb, as you would going off a picnic table, so concentrate on the movement and you got it.

[decline]

i focus but dont persay think. its more of a thought saying gotta be this high/far/percise and then zone out and do it. i try not to over analize the little things. i dont think about the mechanics of setting up. i think ok i have to set up. i dont think ok drop my front end before i do a gap...i just do it that way. its like like i go more into survival mode and just do what has to be done and move one. i really noticed this the other day. i was riding in the pouring rain and i was doing a lot of moves really smooth cuz thats how i needed to do it. and in one instance i did a pedal drop off of a skinny and my front end dropped before i anticipated it. i didnt think ok gotta pull back and pedal outa this one. i just did it.
now i dunno if that was totally off track but id have to say my thought process turns off and i just do it in survival mode

[trialsrider50]

you will make it. that's the only thing that should be going through your head, the power, form, body position, etc will all become habbit and muscle memory. you will make this sidehop. you will make this up. and when you don't, you will recover without dabbing.

[bidaci]

I think.......

Therefore I suck

[Mat_P]

i think of it beforehand. if there's any doubt in my mind about if i can make it, i tell myself to drop the clutch. so to speak haha


i dropped the clutch in my girlfriends car on saturday night while delivering pizzas...i did it for a $20 tip.
oh, and for the record, the car is a shitty little holden barina and it now suffers baldness of the tires...hehehe

[mekanic305]

I don't feel comfortable doing any activity until I can do it without forethought or conscious action.
This explains the amplitude of all of my moves.

:ugh:

Any activity?

All moves?








:rofl:

[xsv4crob]

Confidence, damn it. When you stop thinking about the move so much, you can gain the confidence to just do it - and better. When I think about what I'm doing (too often) instead of just pulling off the move, I totally fuck it up. The more I think about it, the more I suck. Unfortunately, it's only about 25% of the time that I can have the attitude and confidence just to do the move without over-fucking-analyzing it.

[Keith Courage]

mekanic, ALL MOVES. ask my ex girlfriend about my amplitude.
:bowrofl:

[Povi]

i think of it beforehand. if there's any doubt in my mind about if i can make it, i tell myself to drop the clutch. so to speak haha

thats what works the best.
if you're scared, as they always say "fuck it and huck it", you'll most likely make it if you follow what mitch said

[darkside]

I find that for just about every move, I tend to focus on a particular, simple movement. For instance, on a big tap, you've got a lot of stuff to worry about like timing, front wheel placement, bending your knees, jumping upwards, pushing forwards... blah blah blah... but everytime i want to do a really big tap, I only ever focus on getting a strong second pedal stroke. This certainly isn't the key element for a tap, but by focusing on it and letting the rest come naturally... it just works for me. And what I focus on can be different for every trick.

I was surprised, but reassured, to hear Rodney Mullen say the same thing in an interview once. He can do some of the most complex, technical skateboard moves ever invented (and he invented them) but he said that most of the time, he'll just focus on one little aspect and let the rest of the move just happen.

[mezofein]

When I have reached near perfection in some technique, then I guess the main thoughts before movement is analysing the shape of the obstacle and I quite subconsciously adapt my mind with the certain situation. If I tend to have some regular problems with a technique (e.g. the speed for taps), then I focus mostly on the speed, because everything else comes automatically.

But when I was learning new techniques, I tried to think over every aspect of the movement before trying and that`s what is difficult - without previous experience you don`t do anything automatically and it`s hard for the mind to take every little aspect into consideration at once when trying to succeed. I guess all the guys remember, that when learning a new technique, you always try to think mostly on one aspect which you think is wrong and at the same time you forget some other aspect and fail.

The more you have ridden, the less you have to think actually and the more you can focus on the little details that bother you.

If you are a beginner, then definetely try to visualize every step of your movement before riding! You will hurt yourself less and progress fast.