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4/22/2017 11:23am
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I have been riding for about 4 years now and I have been to a lot of different tracks trying to improve. 2 years ago I was at a track practice and got landed on. I ended up having a compression fracture in my back and I couldn't ride for 7 seven months. When I got back on the bike I was pretty rusty but after a couple months I started getting better and improving quite a bit, hitting new jumps and getting faster through the corners. Then about a year ago I crashed pretty hard and ever since then I have just been very timid on the bike. I am afraid of getting landed on again and am afraid of pretty much every aspect of riding. I enjoy riding with my buddies but I'm just getting frustrated because I'm not improving at all. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
You're going to have to make peace with this fact, or continue to ride in fear.
You'll have to find the switch in your brain, and turn that thing off.
As for improving, go out with no expectations and just enjoy being on the bike, expectations take away the fun fast and will probably hinder your improvement by making you ride tight.
The Shop
That was back in 2011 and I'm still sketched out, especially on tracks where there's a mixed bag of skill level and experience. I avoid riding in big clusters unless I can trust who is around me otherwise I try to keep a distance if I'm out riding on an open track.
Quite normal i hope????
" Dress for the crash"" as they say.
Can't help you with the mental ninja stuff, self-preservation is a muthafawker. The fast guys who've delt with some scary injures must have a real short memory.
Furthermore, the more you ride, the less fearful you will become. Every minute of seat time will help bring your fear back into the "normal" range.
That said OP, you can't ride in fear and expect to improve. This might seem dramatic but you need to overcome the mental aspect of fear taking over or maybe switch to something else. Perhaps just ride offroad and stay away from competition type tracks for a while. Good luck!
Pit Row
Protective gear is underrated as well
Padded shorts, body armour as opposed to roost protection, knee pads, elbow pads.
Well my hands in a splint for 5 weeks because I tripped at night on a tent rope and severed tendons on glass. Now I'm a chance of missing my trip to California riding.
Crap happens anytime!
Remember to breath! And a lot of fear leaves because you began to think about breathing next thing you know you're doing 30min motos and come back to the truck and shocked how long you rode
My .02 anyways
I really don't have the fear you have but I get super uncomfortable in crowded practices. I can somewhat hang with the younger faster kids but my endurance is shit so I get tired way too quick. I feel unsafe pushing with a ton of riders on the track. My solution.... Show up later in the day , maybe 2 hrs before closing. Most the guys tease me for showing up that late. I call it champion hours and there's a few perk of showing up late. The track is at its roughest, you can take your time and work on your skills. Plus most riders are gone.
In the game of dirt bikes you must get out of your own head. That starts by remembering how much fun you are there to have. Then letting that fun happen.
Speed, skill, and confidence come almost by accident, as long as you heart is in the sport.
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