Christmas newbies lack of progress

I see a lot of folk started at Christmas.
I too started after getting a Christmas present.

I got to 10 metres after 4hrs "On Seat Time"
I then did 30 metres right away- I use an aircraft hangar - nice smooth
floor!
However I'm now up to six hours "OST" but haven't been able to progress.
I still only manage to keep going one in three "launches"
I'm really trying to put my weight more on the seat - I have raised the seat
to force it-
but I'm not improving. The further I go the more I find myself putting
weight back on the pedals.
I have tried turning but every time I look in the direction I want to go, I
loose it.

What should I concentrate on?

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Slatts
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On Fri, 8 Feb 2002 21:28:28 -0000, "Slat#s"
<Phil@NOT.Slatts.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:

[color=blue]>What should I concentrate on?[/color]
Progress naturally comes in bursts. You experienced it yourself e.g.
when you could do 30 metres straightaway. Six hours of solid practice
to achieve 1/3 success ratio of launching, and 10 - 30 meters on end
is not al all unusual. Noticeable progress may be lacking for some
time, or you may even feel it goes worse than before, but even then
those hours of practicing are not wasted. Besides, if some people
learn faster it's probably because they put in more than one hour per
week (which is equivalent to 6 hours since Xmas).

What should you concentrate on? I think you should firstly just
practice more (not necessarily more per week but just continue).
Secondly, weight on seat does in most learners not come by itself. You
should remind yourself of it often.

Have fun,
Klaas Bil
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[Drewnicycle]

Hang in there! Learning seems to come in bursts. If you start getting frustrated on something practice a different skill that you are better at. Then go back and practice the skill that was frustrating you. Just keep doin' it...Good Luck

[UniDak]

dont concentrate on anything. I feel that the most important thing in Unicycling (and juggling) is to NOT think of anything. I truly believe that there is just one day where you start to ride, and everything begins to feel right. Its kind of like NYCJoe said about the mental block thing. Try to listen to music, or stare at your destination, rather than thinking about how you are going to get there.
-David Kaplan

P.S. This method is NOT recomended for trials or muni!!!

I totally agree, I find I do my best riding when I'm not concentrating on it
or anything. I went with my friend up a trail and by the time I got near
the bottom, it was really dark and we had to ride down a a
gravel/pothole/ditch road and went really fast down there and I couldn't see
anything, when I went the next day to the same trail I couldn't go as fast
when I could see the gravel trail, it was kind of wierd, must be a mental
block thingy.
Dustin
Zupancic

"UniDak" <forum.member@unicyclist.com> wrote in message
news:a47dm6$lp5$1@laurel.tc.umn.edu...
[color=blue]> dont concentrate on anything. I feel that the most important thing in[/color]
[color=blue]> Unicycling (and juggling) is to NOT think of anything. I truly believe[/color]
[color=blue]> that there is just one day where you start to ride, and everything[/color]
[color=blue]> begins to feel right. Its kind of like NYCJoe said about the mental[/color]
[color=blue]> block thing. Try to listen to music, or stare at your destination,[/color]
[color=blue]> rather than thinking about how you are going to get there.[/color]
[color=blue]> -David[/color]
[color=blue]> Kaplan[/color]
[color=blue]>[/color]
[color=blue]> P.S. This method is NOT recomended for trials or muni!!![/color]
[color=blue]>[/color]
[color=blue]>[/color]
[color=blue]>[/color]
[color=blue]>[/color]
[color=blue]> --[/color]
[color=blue]> UniDak[/color]
[color=blue]> Posted via the Unicyclist Community - http://unicyclist.com/forums[/color]

"Klaas Bil" <klaasbil_remove_the_spamkiller_@xs4all.nl> wrote in message
news:3c67027f.1827706@newszilla.xs4all.nl...
[color=blue]> On Fri, 8 Feb 2002 21:28:28 -0000, "Slat#s"[/color]
[color=blue]> <Phil@NOT.Slatts.freeserve.co.uk> wrote:[/color]
[color=blue]>[/color]
[color={usenetquotecolor2}]> >What should I concentrate on?[/color]
[color=blue]> Progress naturally comes in bursts. You experienced it yourself e.g.[/color]
[color=blue]> when you could do 30 metres straightaway. Six hours of solid practice[/color]
[color=blue]> to achieve 1/3 success ratio of launching, and 10 - 30 meters on end[/color]
[color=blue]> is not al all unusual. Noticeable progress may be lacking for some[/color]
[color=blue]> time, or you may even feel it goes worse than before, but even then[/color]
[color=blue]> those hours of practicing are not wasted. Besides, if some people[/color]
[color=blue]> learn faster it's probably because they put in more than one hour per[/color]
[color=blue]> week (which is equivalent to 6 hours since Xmas).[/color]
[color=blue]>[/color]
[color=blue]> What should you concentrate on? I think you should firstly just[/color]
[color=blue]> practice more (not necessarily more per week but just continue).[/color]
[color=blue]> Secondly, weight on seat does in most learners not come by itself. You[/color]
[color=blue]> should remind yourself of it often.[/color]

Thanks All
Yes, I managed some slight turns just after I posted the message but today
just could not stay on!
I still find I'm totally knackered after about 20 min - sweat pouring off
me - legs aching.
It was after 10 min at first :-)
(OK I'm not that fit.)
I do two practice sessions a day if possible.
I work in an aircraft hangar, which is great when it is clear -
unfortunately at home it is too hilly/rough for me as yet and I'm too shy to
go to the local park to make a fool of myself in front of all the
youngsters.
Still, I'll keep at it.
Thanks again for the advice.

Slatts