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10-15 hours of practice gets you where, now ?
Fantastic. you're riding better than me, and I've had a lot more than 6 hours practice. But I've been practicing in 10-minute intervals when I have a short break at work. I've been trying to freemount in my basement over xmas break, doing longer sessions, and I'm not getting it. Achingly close, but no improvement. I can land about 10% of my attempts. How do you keep the back pedal from going down when you mount? Do you jump with both feet? David -- TimeTraveler ------------------------------------------------------------------------ TimeTraveler's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/18698 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75096 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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10-15 hours of practice gets you where, now ?
McNerdius;1159601 wrote: Not to be a retard, but i read everywhere "typically, it takes 10-15 hours of practice to learn to unicycle" But what does that mean ? Level 1 skills ? 5 revs ? I mean... 10-15 years is an equally (in-)valid estimate, if you know what i mean. Seriously though, i'm at 8.5 hours right now and i'm just curious as to what the average joe has achieved at the end of that magical 10-15 hours. Hey Nerd, from my website, specifically at http://www.xs4all.nl/~klaasbil/agelearn_short.htm , you can download a spreadsheet in which you can enter some personal data like age, gender, wheelsize etc, and it will give you an estimate of the time required for you to learn and ride 50 m (which is one of the three requirements for level 1). This is based on the statistics for over 60 people. -- Klaas Bil ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Klaas Bil's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3442 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75096 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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10-15 hours of practice gets you where, now ?
McNerdius;1159601 wrote: Not to be a retard, but i read everywhere "typically, it takes 10-15 hours of practice to learn to unicycle" But what does that mean ? Level 1 skills ? 5 revs ? I mean... 10-15 years is an equally (in-)valid estimate, if you know what i mean. Seriously though, i'm at 8.5 hours right now and i'm just curious as to what the average joe has achieved at the end of that magical 10-15 hours. When I was learning, especially in the first few days, it was helpful to not practice more than about 30 minutes. Once you get tired, there are diminishing returns. I was able to ride pretty well after about 3 weeks. --tom -- tomkarches ------------------------------------------------------------------------ tomkarches's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12418 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75096 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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10-15 hours of practice gets you where, now ?
TimeTraveller As a learner myself I am in no position to offer you the sort of advice that more experienced riders have at their fingertips - but since you asked...... Clearly, there's lots of advice on the forums about mounting - pedal positions, weight off pedals until on board etc - and I followed that. But even as a learner I can add an interpretation.... Basically speaking, in the free mount position standing, say, on the road with the unicycle in front of me I understood that I should put one foot on a pedal. My dominant foot is left so this was on the pedal. From here, with the saddle under me, I know I should 'spring' upwards to contact the other pedal with my opposite foot. Whichever technique - this is all well documented and videoed stuff. Before trying to 'spring' I do something that I have not heard discussed. I try and stop focusing on any one particular item. I kind of perceive my whole body, or my body as a whole, at the very point of launching myself. I am not targeting with my mind any one particular foot or knee etc. Clearly, I have to get all the body parts in the right place and coordinated into a flowing motion - but I try not to be overly distracted by one particular part. For example, in free mounting I decide to get into position on the road ready for 'springing' up. Then I launch my whole body into the air somewhere approximately where it should end up - because I have thought, 'get your body to that position'. I don't necessarily think, 'Keep your mind on that foot and watch were it is going'. In this process when free mounting I kind of 'wake up' at the point where I am no longer on the ground - but might be in a better position to place feet, arms, legs etc where they need to go. Yup! there's so much stuff out there on free mounting and I am a mere beginner. If you are not numb by now - why not!! Of course, I realise this is likely to be of no use to you - but as a student I wrote a thesis on the principals of Physiological Psycho-dynamics that seemed to be appropriately echoed in the trials and tribulations of free mounting a unicycle. -- monocyclism ------------------------------------------------------------------------ monocyclism's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/18770 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75096 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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monocyclism;1160752 wrote: As a learner myself I am in no position to offer you the sort of advice that more experienced riders have at their fingertips Don't make yourself smaller than you are. I think that for beginners, other beginner's advice is at least as useful as the advice from more experienced riders. One reason is that beginners are more able to word an advice as explicitly as needed, while experienced riders tend to skip steps they take for granted. Another reason is that what is good for an experienced rider is not always the best for beginners. E.g. experienced riders often emphasise to look ahead, not down. I'm not sure this is good advice. I am an experienced rider myself now, and indeed my balance does get worse when looking down. However, I remember that when I was learning, it actually -helped -me to look down so that in addition to tactile (feeling) clues, I could get visual clues about what the wheel was doing. Now, looking down may not be helpful for -every- beginner, and it may (just may) be disadvantageous in the long run, but I refrain from telling beginners that looking down is bad. All I want to say is: beginner's advice is very useful! -- Klaas Bil ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Klaas Bil's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3442 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75096 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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i appreciated monos input! i also admire you for taking up a sport when everyone else ur age is just meeting for lunch. inspires me as i plan to be doing this at 60 and beyond. -- cbs ------------------------------------------------------------------------ cbs's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/18611 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75096 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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10-15 hours of practice gets you where, now ?
Let's see.... Averaging 10mph for 10-15 hours, umm... It gets me to my aunt's house. -- hobo_chuck ------------------------------------------------------------------------ hobo_chuck's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/14113 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75096 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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10-15 hours of practice gets you where, now ?
skrobo;1159627 wrote: it*'*s plateau... fify -- MuniAddict ::'UniGeezer.com' (http://unigeezer.com) '' (http://www.unicyclist.com/forums/member.php?u=12920):: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ MuniAddict's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/12920 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75096 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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hobo_chuck;1160980 wrote: Let's see.... Averaging 10mph for 10-15 hours, umm... It gets me to my aunt's house. ouch... that hurts just thinkin about it. -- McNerdius 'progress-journal-bloggamajiggy' (mcnerdius.blogspot.com) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ McNerdius's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/17973 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75096 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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10-15 hours of practice gets you where, now ?
TimeTraveler;1160631 wrote: I've been trying to freemount in my basement over xmas break, doing longer sessions, and I'm not getting it. Achingly close, but no improvement. I can land about 10% of my attempts. How do you keep the back pedal from going down when you mount? Do you jump with both feet? To do a static mount (a regular freemount) you can hold the back pedal back by pushing your weight forward into the seat, and you relax your back leg a bit so it doesn't kick the wheel backward. It can take a while to train your leg to respond how you want it to, but once it behaves itself it will hold the wheel steady for plenty of time to get your other foot on. If it seems like it never wants to stay still and always goes backwards (the pedal threatening your shin), you can try a rollback mount instead, which is what I used to do when I started. You go half a revolution backwards before going forwards. Grab the front/top pedal and pull it backwards with your foot... it somehow seems safer to approach it that way since it starts going that way when you get on. 10-15 hours practise gets you started! By that time you will know if you want to continue or not, and like the others said you should know the basics. I would say 1-20 hours for the basics- cos people are so diverse, but in the young age group I teach I would estimate most of the students would fit into the 5-15 hour bracket. If you have persevered for 15 hours then you would expect to see progress at least. Some people may never learn to ride despite having spent many hours trying. -- Rowan ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Rowan's Profile: http://www.unicyclist.com/profile/3772 View this thread: http://www.unicyclist.com/thread/75096 Posted Via Usenet.com Premium Usenet Newsgroup Services ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.usenet.com |
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