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What I seem to have picked up though
a) Just build some ramps they will work it out
b) Get them some coaching with proper technique (not wanting at this point to argue who)
c) Get them down a BMX track (though we don’t really have one)
Just to add, I learnt on a set of BMX trails on some wasteland, and then progressed onto building a set myself. Still digging now 20 years later. Digging trails is awesome. If you or your kid really want to learn how to jump, I mean really, then find a decent spot and start digging. You will learn everything you ever need to know about how different jump transitions work, how fast to hit jumps, your local prevailing weather conditions, how to work different kinds of dirt, how to dig frozen ground, how to create water run off channels, how to spend 3 months building something, see it get knocked down in one afternoon and then get back up again and start again.
Warning though - if you thought minecraft, or fortnite or whatever takes up your kids time, then be prepared if they get into it. Lads I knew slept at the trails in the summer and dug / rode pretty much 24/7.
Ta geex! lolz
I shouldn't have tried to explain. I knew it was a mistake
Point still stands- get someone who knows how to explain to show you how - clearly not me 😉
nice
Rockhopper - we built the jumps in Wellholme Park for this reason. 5 tabletops but each has a low easy side and a higher, longer jumpier side for progression. Once he's mastered these he can go try the big uns at Leeds 🙂
Park at the ford end of the park and head straight up into the woods to find them.