How to Bunny Hop - Do you really scoop?!

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

Timeline: 00:00 - Intro & Contents of this Bunny Hop Analysis 00:27 - Who is MTB Coach Roxy? 01:00 - What is a Bunny Hop and What do you need a Bunnyhop for? 01:32 - How is this Bunny Hop Video different / controversial? 02:01 - The TRUTH about the rear wheel lift for the Bunny Hop! 02:43 - What do you need a Rear Wheel Lift for? 03:06 - Why a rear wheel lift is different for a bunny hop? 03:22 - Detailed Split-Screen Analysis Rear Wheel Lift vs. Bunny Hop 04:41 - What happens if you do a rear wheel lift during a manual lift to bunny hop? 05:04 - Bunny Flop - Is it wrong? Dangers of a Bunny Flop 05:30 - Detailed Bunny Hop Analysis and Bunny Hop Breakdown (emtb bunny hop) 05:55 - Scoop + Tug 06:15 - Is a bunny hop a basic move?? 06:20 - How can you learn a bunny hop? 06:40 - Why a KZbin Tutorial will never replace professional training 07:01 - How to REALLY learn a Bunny Hop 07:18 - Who to share this with? Want to learn the Bunny Hop with proven step-by-step drills? Then you can and will here: roxybike.podia.com/learn-to-bunny-hop-step-by-step-drills-bunny-hop-course 👉 Work with me personally to LEVEL UP your mtb skills: roxybike.podia.com/ If you would like to support me (and make me happy): buy me a coffee www.buymeacoffee.com/RoxyInspires 🥰💓☕ or become a Patron on Patreon: www.patreon.com/rideandinspire

[@jgorsurchenko7546]

Roxy❤, you are cool, you are very unusual.!!!

[@jgorsurchenko7546]

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[@aw71290]

Great video! I can clearly see that what I have been doing are "bunny flops". I struggle with bringing the handlebars to my hips, though I have a sneaking suspicion that a large part of my problem is my bike currently has too long of a reach. I am looking into changing the stem and handlebars for a shorter stem and a higher rise in the near future. I love your videos! They have helped me tremendously over the last few months in understanding different skills. I have even managed to get my 8 year old son to watch several with me. The video on stopping negative self talk was a huge help with my son.

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

THANK you so so much, Adam! Especially thank you about sharing about the self talk video, I am so inspired by this to make more such content - it's such an important lesson to give to kids. Our thoughts are so powerful. Thank you so much for sharing this with your son and with me. Sending my love!

[@heathnortonflag]

I kept trying to bring the bars to my waist. Once I started trying to bring the bars to my mid quad region it made all the difference. Something to try maybe.

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

@@heathnortonflag Absolutely, that's a game changer! And not doing a rear wheel lift is, too 🙂

[@MTB.Trials.Student]

Excellent breakdown Roxy! I very much agree with your analysis of the bunny hop movement pattern. As you point out, while the rear wheel lift is important skill to learn, it is not essential in learning how to bunny hop. Keep up the great work!

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

Thank you so much, Patrick. So so grateful for you 🙏

[@susannertr]

This is awesome Roxy! Thanks! This really explains it and will save me a lot of time perfecting a bunny flop. And instead practise the right way.

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

So so happy to hear, Susanne 💛

[@matfly4832]

Awesome! This is the best bunny hop tutorial on the internet. These slow-mo ffw-rev comparison of both movements are very helpful, kudos to your editing skills as well as your extraordinary mtb instruction!

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

Thank you ever so much, Mat! So happy to hear. If you’d like personalized split screens to take your skills to the next level and save lots of time learning - make sure to check out www.Roxybike-Coaching.com - and if you haven’t done so, you can register for my Trackstand course for free there 😊

[@matfly4832]

@@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire I had signed up and I will look at your trackstand training, thank you! The split screen is a fantastic idea for teaching, I have been thinking that I must find a friend to film me (and each other) to have an external eye on my manual / bunny hops and jumping techniques! They feel ok but not quite there! Watching the videos and debriefing with a pro is very helpful for progression, should be part of any course in any sport, in my opinion! I hope to find a cameraman soon 😂

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

@@matfly4832 Awesome, Mat. Absolutely. The key, however, is, to know WHAT you’re looking for in the comparison - as the movement will look different from person to person and bike to bike. That’s where a professional eye comes into play 😊 - an eye of someone who understands the cause and effect of movements and how to adapt them to your needs.

[@matfly4832]

@@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire Absolutely! I will look into having some videos of my work-in-progress skills and then visit your site for infos how to contact you! Looking forward to have your top of the line advice! 😎

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

@@matfly4832 looking forward to your progress 😍🙏

[@ShadLife]

Interesting. I agree with what you are saying and mostly because to lift the rear wheel I have never taught riders to scoop to do it. I have always taught riders to push forward on the bars as they are jumping up. Once the legs are extended you then need to bring them up. I have seen people talk about scooping the pedals and yeah, that isn't how to bunnyhop. What gets the rear wheel off the ground is the combination of springing upward with the legs, like when shooting a basketball, and then pushing forward on the bars. That's exactly what you said and showed. I think the difference is in how to explain it and teach it. The thing I am noticing in your technique, and I really like it, is how you leverage the front end, pulling it towards your body, as you spring up. This is that initial pop and I actually think for a smaller built person this is excellent and uses more leverage and less energy. I have a tendency to upper body everything and use brute strength and even though that works, it's not as smooth and certainly takes more effort. So I have been trying your pull the bars in towards the hips technique even as my legs come to full extension. This puts more legs spring into the hop. I then watched some of those trials riders who can hop silly heights and they definitely get the legs involved a lot more. I do believe, even though I can hop pretty high, you have helped me even go a bit higher and with less overall effort. So yeah, technique is everything! Thanks for sharing. For anyone watching or reading this, stop teaching the scoop for bunnyhops...😉

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

Hehe thanks 😇 At 5:55 I also talk about the BMX style hop. Thanks for getting back to me and thank you for the detailed response! 😍

[@cyclonasaurusrex1525]

This actually makes sense. I never understood how the rear wheel lift-where I’m moving forward-magically became a hop where I’m moving upward. Nevertheless, I’m still hopeless! I would pay for your in-person coaching, but I’m nowhere near you.

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

Hey Cyclonosaurus - thank you for commenting and sharing 😍 How old are you and what kind of sports do you usually do?

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

And where do you live? 😊

[@mikaeljacobsson1437]

Maybe possible to film yourself trying and show the video someone like Roxy can study the video? Not the same as in person tutoring but could work pretty well. :)

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

@@mikaeljacobsson1437 For the bunny hop my full-time carreer actually shows me: home training with delayed video feedback works way better than in person tutoring: for much less money 😇 - because learning the bunny hop takes spaced repetition, doing this in person would cost a fortune and involve a lot of travel. It's not the same, agreed, but for most riders I have worked with (even the pros) the "value for money" and "value for effort" is MUCH better with long-term coaching via online drills than with sporadic live coaching.

[@mikaeljacobsson1437]

​@@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire Make sense. I am not used to any of it. I have learned things on my own, either by just trying or by watching videos. I use a camera to film myself to see what might be wrong. Always a good way of progression. I would prefer sending videos and maybe sometimes have a video chat. I just had this image in my head that people learning would prefer meeting the person. Being open to film yourself and have an online coach opens up more possibilities and also gives you a bigger chance to have a really good coach. :)

[@SergejGrabun]

Welcome back :) Nice video production change and everything is timestamped. Great :)

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

Thank you, Sergej. Happy you like it. Yes I decided to share LESS content - but with higher quality. Just like with skills practice: it’s quality, not quantity that brings the change 😊😊🚀 …and I’m hoping to bring more goodness into the world with shorter, less frequent but BETTER content. Still keeping the ads to a Minimum. All this is only possible thanks to my patrons and coffee-donors 😍😍😍

[@mikaeljacobsson1437]

The rear wheel lift never made sense. I really dont know why bigger channels keep talking about that part as a thing for bunny hops. I like watching tutorials even if i dont need them to see how they explain a skill. I am glad that i learned bunny hops while riding bmx and took that with me when i started mountain biking. Really good video. I like that you talk about bunny flops and bunny hops and give some examples for those. And that rear wheel lifts can be used for other things.

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

Well done, Mikael and thank you so much for sharing your time and appreciation with us all 🙏🙏

[@hammersmashedface243]

I agree with these.. even watching other tutorials ive always been thinking that the rear wheel scoop itself was irrelevant on the bunny hop and believe that i should focus more on the handlebar movement Finally got a confirmation

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

So so happy to hear it makes sense. Thank you so much for sharing 🙏🙏🙏

[@barsolino3126]

Very good tutorial

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

thank you! Happy to hear you like it.

[@hjwang4477]

I won’t call it a tutorial. She basically just make this video for ppl to buy her course. She didn’t show anything

[@dewindoethdwl2798]

Learn a trials side-hop, without the sideways movement. Then do the same move while rolling forward. It’s that whip of the bars to the waist whilst pouncing up that launches you. It’s all about levers!

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

Awesome you found something that works 💪💪 It absolutely is about levers - which is also why short riders are usually a little compromised 😊 So you’d agree it’s not about the rear wheel lift?

[@moisestatis5418]

Great information, gracias Roxie!

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

Thank you, Moises 🙏🙏

[@alrightgeeza4216]

Would love to see you break down the jump phase. I get the front wheel up fine but struggle to transition my weight up and forward again

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

Hey there. Have you seen my other video about it yet? The “I cracked the bunny hop code” video?

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

This one: kzbin.info/www/bejne/e3qbgad9jc15mJI

[@alrightgeeza4216]

@@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire hi, thanks for the reply, yes. I've watched that video too. I guess I've not managed to coordinate the transition from using my weight transfer backwards (with straight arms as that is more efficient), to the pulling the front wheel up with my arms. My current thought is that the straight arm initiation of the front wheel pull up, needs to be shorter so i don't go back so far, but when i do that, i usually end up not getting enough height to then pull with my arms. And if i commit fully backwards, i'm too far back to transition upwards and end up doing the bunny flop.

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

@@alrightgeeza4216 maybe 😊 But, out of experience I can say: the cause is often somewhere completely different. I’d love to help you get there - I’ve already guided dozens of riders there, a lot who had been struggling for ages. If you’d like us to work together, just check www.roxybike-coaching.com It’s the hardest part, but with professional guidance, you’ll save a lot of time practicing errors 😇

[@arielescarza3288]

thank you Roxy🍻

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

Thank YOU, Ariel!

[@arielescarza3288]

you're very welcome roxy ride safe ☺️

[@powskier]

Hi Roxy. I've been riding for 30 years. I'm really fast and good at cornering and speed and drops but never really learned to bunny hop or jump correctly. I'll definitely check out your site for coaching. But I have a question. Which bike should I try to learn to bunny hop on? The 150mm travel 29er or the 26" hardtail dirt jumper?

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

Hey there 😊 So great you’re already so advanced but still open to learn 🙏🤩 My course is optimized for full suspension bikes - but generally I’d recommend practicing it on the bike you’ll mostly be riding. Looking forward to your progress with the course 😍🙏

[@Opala.Fastback]

Muito Obrigado por mais este vídeo! Deus Abençoe! Forte Abraço!

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

[@juliebray4340]

You're rad. Thanks

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

Aw, thank you, Julie. You know what's funny about the word "rad" - it means bike in German

[@frizz1010]

Ohlala....super hard for me🤔 What is also great in your videos, you always add a plu value with correct words in each circonstances exemple : watching opposite doing.... If at school i would have a teacher with your method, i would have a different orientation....what do you want.... Thank you Roxy !! 👍 (Sorry for wrong sentences) i' m french. (Nobody's perfect 😅😅) Also in bicp courses, you have to do this?

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

Thanks 🙏 I didn’t understand what you meant with the BICP courses? Do you mean whether the split screen is part of the educations

[@frizz1010]

@@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire no no, in the Bike Instructor Certification Program😉

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

@@frizz1010 yes i know what BICP stands for 😊 But I didn’t understand the question. Do you mean if we learn how to do split screens at the BICP or whether we need to bunny hop?

[@frizz1010]

@@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire yess , do you need to bunny up?😉

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

@@frizz1010 yes, for the level 2 you need to bunny hop 😊

[@TC_Prof]

Wow nice Roxy ❤❤❤❤❤

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

Thank you 🙏

[@Unc3]

Lifting the rear is not as much useful to learn a bunny hop, but more so becoming confident with pushing on the front while attempting a bunny hop

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

What do you mean with pushing on the front? 😃

[@s54b32i]

You are jumping over the obstscle and bringing the bike with you?

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

Correct - and if you lift the front first and then the rear, then Land either both wheels at the same time or slightly over the rear wheel, then it’s a bunny hop 😊

[@Mangust2]

So far not working. Seems there is a difference between knowing the path and walking one. If I managed to lift front wheel. It is there only for a short time, while I displaced a lot backward. Yet I can’t fell on back. Sharp push down and then push bike forward. After that only sharp boom full weigh on a fork. Maybe key is actually to jump up, not focusing on lifting front wheel. Will try tomorrow. It won’t be highest jump, but not a short wheelie at least. I also guess that my deep suspension makes things very difficult.

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

Hey Mangus, oh I now the struggle, I struggled for years before we found the step by step Methodology you’ll learn in our course. The key to success is structured practice and individual feedback, as you’ll most probably practice limiting patterns otherwise. I’ll add a link to the course in the next comment - and another video - let’s work together to reach your goal 💪 Ps jumping up straight away will get you a small lift but will definitely limit your height in the long run 😊

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

Hi again 😊 Here’s the link to the course - roxybike.podia.com/learn-to-bunny-hop-step-by-step-drills-bunny-hop-course with personal feedback we’ll get here 💪💪 And here’s another video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z4SygYSfbalrmq8si=Si-xdgIKsd3iXW2S

[@HD-on2eg]

Do you have a how to jump video? I don’t see one?

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

Nope ☺️ Because to be honest, no one will learn all the nuances of jumping through KZbin. But I am currently working on a course with which you WILL learn it. I have already released it in German and so many people who had been struggling with jumps for years have learnt it with the course. 😍😍 The good news: the English one will be even better, as I’ll be applying all things I learnt from the German course, working with hundreds of riders over the last 3 years. If you’d like to start with my free Trackstand course to see how the courses work - then check my coaching site (roxybike-coaching) - unfortunately I can’t link it directly as Yt has been blocking links lately.

[@rastyman4971]

👍

[@MiniePie16]

I struggled a lot trying to do that with the rear wheel and my leg hurts a lot because while trying the pedal hit my leg 4 times and i said: i dont need these

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

Oh no, sorry to hear. I feel you, felt the same to me for years. If you’d like to learn it the fast way, then do check the link in the video description 🚀🚀

[@MiniePie16]

@@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire I alredy did that now I'm getting ready to try it again but now I'm gonna be more carefull to dont hurt my leg again, and keep up with the good content

[@yashslibrary2888]

are you from austria

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

No 😊

[@jgorsurchenko7546]

I, m Roxy❤my time not таких девченок как Рокси небыло у нас, тем более по техн.

[@sharifjafari400]

Very tired 😮‍💨😩

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

What do you mean, Sharif? 😊

[@sharifjafari400]

@@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire Es war sehr hart 🚴🏼‍♂️ich kann nicht

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

@@sharifjafari400 the bunny hop is a complex move which requires dedicated step by step practice… and yes it can be especially hard if we’re practicing the wrong moves or too advanced moves. 😊😊

[@jgorsurchenko7546]

👍🤝🌷

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

🙏🙏

[@jgorsurchenko7546]

@@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire In Russia Kazan, final Ice Hokkey!!! ЦСКА (Москва) Ак Барс (Казань) 1:1

[@jgorsurchenko7546]

@@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire Roxy what your brend pedals automatic?

[@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire]

@@jgorsurchenko7546 i do not use automatic pedals. I use flat pedals. Reverse escape.

[@jgorsurchenko7546]

@@Roxybike_Ride.and.Inspire i, m Olds Shimano avtomatic and AXO