How do you teach a bunnyhop?

[mike pardon]

Ok simple eh?? well lets hear it. Ive been coaching and its harder than it sounds. You have to imagine that your teaching it to some kids who havent a clue.

Go have a go explain it. In plain simple easy to understand english.

The simple things can be the hardest things to break down.

American or English bunnyhops?

looking forward to the feedback..Mike

[harris]

well lets have a try
1st   slow speed
2nd   lever pedals
3rd    look forward
4th   pull up on bars whilst pushing from hips forward with knees
5 th  push forward on bars
6th   pulling hips up
well something like that

[therock]

put some thing in front of them that they cant get round , if they dont jump it they brake it , thats how we started.

[priv]

hmmmm that'll take  some thinking about.

[mike pardon]

put some thing in front of them that they cant get round , if they dont jump it they brake it , thats how we started.

yes thats how we did it,,, but in this day and age of insurance, health and safety it aint gonna cut the mustard mate..

[mike pardon]

well lets have a try
1st   slow speed
2nd   lever pedals
3rd    look forward
4th   pull up on bars whilst pushing from hips forward with knees
5 th  push forward on bars
6th   pulling hips up
well something like that

SIMPLE EH??? pull up on the bars whilst pushing forward with knees!!! iam lost

[harris]

  ha i never said it was easy just id have a go and aint easy at all i can think it but explainings a nightmare

[CD17]

Best thing is to learn from the Master

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=12935.0

[zed4130]

im crap at teaching this subject tried loads of times over the last 20 years 

[Dingobmxer]

I used to teach these in Greece o mtbers.
first teach them to get their front wheel over something small ( in our case a piece of hose pipe), then get them to roll over it and learn to lift their rear wheel by pushing back on the pedals with your toes down, then get them to do it all together and ta da!!! English bunnyhop 
We made a Hop-o-meter out of two poles with dowls in it about every inch and a cane spanning the gap and then if they hit it it didnt matter
  DINGO

[dazza]

I used to teach these in Greece o mtbers.
first teach them to get their front wheel over something small ( in our case a piece of hose pipe), then get them to roll over it and learn to lift their rear wheel by pushing back on the pedals with your toes down, then get them to do it all together and ta da!!! English bunnyhop 
We made a Hop-o-meter out of two poles with dowls in it about every inch and a cane spanning the gap and then if they hit it it didnt matter
  DINGO

or your  chocolate foot as hans ray says , in monkey see, monkey do , it showed me alot as regarding trials riding and my mate how to bunnyhop

[Dingobmxer]

I used to teach these in Greece o mtbers.
first teach them to get their front wheel over something small ( in our case a piece of hose pipe), then get them to roll over it and learn to lift their rear wheel by pushing back on the pedals with your toes down, then get them to do it all together and ta da!!! English bunnyhop 
We made a Hop-o-meter out of two poles with dowls in it about every inch and a cane spanning the gap and then if they hit it it didnt matter
  DINGO

or your  chocolate foot as hans ray says , in monkey see, monkey do , it showed me alot as regarding trials riding and my mate how to bunnyhop

Chocolate foot! I use that saying all the time when teaching and Mr Jiggs is waaay better a rider than some of my students I have taught 
  DINGO

[OrgasmDonor]

fook health n safety, get them  to sit  backwards on a wooden school chair on wooden floors and let them have ago of liftin it off the floor while keepin thier feet on the side rungs, i was bunyhoppin a nursery years before it was bmx associated

[woodzy]

id jus say lift front wheel jump and pull the bike up with ya so your feet dont come off the pedals

[Lazarou]

I don't think there is a 'teachable' technique, doesn't everyone learn it the hard way? practice,practice,practice!

[brass monkey!]

never thought about it, you just watch someone else and do it, not sure if it's 6th sense, instinct or what.

A baby just learns to walk, you don't tell it what to do, they just copy....same principle really !?

Harris' explaination just about explains it if it can be written down...good question though!

[brass monkey!]

I found this !!

http://www.bmxbasics.org/new/bmx0703.html

[snav69]

Jump up , Pulling bike with you