Ok you’re actually breaching a fairly advanced concept here: How to conquer *The Fear*. Everyone’s gonna have their own tips and approach, so here’s mine:
Break it down into bite-sized chunks and practice each until you’re 100% confident. Sounds like a good head start with practicing each hand individually. So what’s the next step? What would it take to be confident to do both hands at once?
I’d guess launch. Find a lip / corner and practice airing out and landing, keeping the bike steady and counting your air time. Once you can confidently do a good couple seconds in the air, take the next step. Try each hand, and see how much more time you have to play with. Eventually that should build the confidence in each step of the process, and the only thing left to do is commit and trust in your ground work.
E: if all else fails, I usually confront the “worst case scenario”. Try your air out and bail- launch the bike and practice landing safely. That should address the “what if?” factor, and once you realize you’ll be ok even if you fail, it’s back to building confidence in your building blocks.
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Do a super small no handed like an inch off the grips and work up from there
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Other than just do it; try a 2 handed tire grab
Ok you’re actually breaching a fairly advanced concept here: How to conquer *The Fear*. Everyone’s gonna have their own tips and approach, so here’s mine:
Break it down into bite-sized chunks and practice each until you’re 100% confident. Sounds like a good head start with practicing each hand individually. So what’s the next step? What would it take to be confident to do both hands at once?
I’d guess launch. Find a lip / corner and practice airing out and landing, keeping the bike steady and counting your air time. Once you can confidently do a good couple seconds in the air, take the next step. Try each hand, and see how much more time you have to play with. Eventually that should build the confidence in each step of the process, and the only thing left to do is commit and trust in your ground work.
E: if all else fails, I usually confront the “worst case scenario”. Try your air out and bail- launch the bike and practice landing safely. That should address the “what if?” factor, and once you realize you’ll be ok even if you fail, it’s back to building confidence in your building blocks.
Do a super small no handed like an inch off the grips and work up from there