Now in this video I'm gonna share my opinion on how to get the most out of your practice time.
Now I'm gonna give you three tips and I will share what I think you need to do
to improve your skills quicker so hang tight.
Hey guys I'm Paul the motor guy and welcome to my channel where I pass on riding tips practice
drills and defensive riding strategies. Now I'm a rider coach a motorcycle sergeant and owner and
instructor at ProRider Central Texas where we teach police riding skills to civilian riders.
Now I know from the comments that my subscribers leave that many of you are practicing to improve
your slow speed maneuvers, which I applaud you for. Because there's many riders that don't
so that being said I decided to do this video in hopes to help you get the most out of your
practice session. Now let's talk about those three tips. Now the first tip is you have
to have a plan. That's right you have to be strategic about your practice. Now many rides
will go out and spend a lot of time practicing but they never really focus on anything if that
makes sense. So as an example let's say that you're having problems with your head and eyes.
If you don't purposely focus on your head and eyes it would be hard for you to get rid of those bad
habits and they would tend to creep back in. Now I recommend picking one or two things to focus on
during your practice sessions. So if you're having trouble with your head and eyes then for the first
15 or 20 minutes just focus on your head and eyes, then pick another weakness and focus on that for
about 15 to 20 minutes. Now by doing this you'll find that over time your bad habits will creep
in less and less. Now this doesn't have to be just slow speed maneuver techniques, this could
be anything from emergency braking to swerving. No matter what you're working on focus on it.
He who fails to plan is planning to fail. Now the second tip is don't over practice. Now I found
that over the years of teaching that once fatigue sets in riders tend to regress and their bad
habits will resurface. So I recommend practicing only for an hour or so and then call it a day. Now
I know that many of you are thinking this is not enough but remember if you have a plan of attack
as I mentioned earlier, your time will be better spent therefore less practice time is needed.
Now let me know how long your practice session is in the comment section below.
Now the last tip is work on your weaknesses. Now many of us don't like working on what we aren't
good at so what we tend to do is spend a lot of time working on things that come easy for us. Now
when I see this at work I forced him to get out of their comfort zone and work on a weakness. Now in
my humble opinion if you really want to improve your skills quicker I recommend you taking an
advanced class. The reason is we all have bad habits that we need to overcome but most of us
don't even know what they are or how to fix them, so having a good instructor that can point them
out and give you ways to fix them is priceless. Now every rider that comes to my advanced course
finds out things that they're doing wrong and they had no idea that they were doing them.
Now once you know what you're doing wrong then you're able to start to self-evaluate your riding.
Now the progress that the students make in the eight hours that we work with them is amazing.
Now it's not because we're that great but it's because they start to see
and work on the bad habits. Now I like to say you don't know until you know.
Now let me also say that I think it's hard for most riders to learn slow speed maneuvers
from a DVD or book unless they already have and understand the fundamentals.
Now if you can't find an advanced class in your area then I ask you to join and be part of the
ProRider Membership Club. With the Elite and the VIP memberships you'll get me as your mentor.
Now you can email me questions and send me in your practice videos and I will give you advice on how
to correct whatever problems that you're having, and for my current ProRider Members thank you for
supporting my passion. Now I hope this video gave you some insight on how to be more productive with
your practice sessions, if it helped please smash that like button and don't forget to subscribe.
Now until next time practice practice practice and ride safe