[Closed] Learning to jump and move the bike confidently

There is no issue with being coached, but there is a definite camp here that seems to think it's the only option

All you need to learn how to manual is a bike and some ground. Nothing else. All those words you just typed mean nothing. You don't need a forum and you don't need someone to hold your hand

Well, perhaps it's more that if someone asks for advice on an internet forum, that person has most likely already tried to figure it out themselves and doesn't feel they are getting anywhere, and probably doesn't have regular riding mates who are good at that skill to learn from or they would most likely be doing that, not asking strangers on the internet, so the options are:
1 - Everyone gives them conflicting advice, some of it wrong, some of it right, some of it reflecting what that person thinks they do, not what they actually do, most of it hard to understand and all of it without having seen them ride.
2 - Suggest that they might get on best by going to see someone with a proven track record of watching people ride and knowing what the tell them to help them ride better.
Given that, the second doesn't seem daft advice. It doesn't mean that if that rider asked these same people for advice in real life they'd all send them for coaching rather than trying to help a bit.

ride the jump gulley (just the table tops) at a reasonable pace,and completely relax, go floppy, and get a feel for what the bike underneath wants to do. Good starting point ( although I am no expert)ohh and do not relax your grip too much.

Thanks all. Will get practising.