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[QUOTE="wayneg, post: 654618, member: 24675"] No I don't think we're identical twins Patman - you are much taller than me :confused: A case in point was the trial I went to yesterday. My younger brother bought an old Gas Gas trials bike a couple of months ago, and this was his fourth or fifth trial. He did really well yesterday (32 points for 40 sections) and is progressing well, mainly because he is getting better at remembering where he has to go in each section, and because his confidence is improving. It makes a huge difference to your performance and the amount of fun that you can have at an event if you are feeling confident and relaxed, which kind of brings up the point that trials can sometimes be more about concentration and your mental attitude than bike skills. If you take the attitude of 'I'm here to have fun' rather than 'I'm here to win' sometimes you end up having more fun, and riding the bike a lot better as well. Its something that I have to work on before the National Champs, because I have generally let my nerves dictate my placing (there usually a huge number of butterflies before I've even got the bike started!). I know that I now have enough bike skills to do reasonably well at the event, its just getting my attitude up to speed. So, Getmetoca if you do go to another event then it might help if you try and relax a bit more about goals such as finishing or winning, or worring about what you look like to other people and just try and have as much fun as you can. Most people have to start from somewhere, and usually theres no fairy godmother around to wave a magic wand and presto suddenly you are a champ class rider, so everyone else has been a little bit awkward and a little bit wobbly at some stage, and they will go through this for a few events each time that they move up a grade. One of my friends had his first trial yesterday in the 'B' grade, and was a pack of nerves for the first loop. Once he realised that he had the bike skills to ride the event pretty well, then he started to really enjoy himself and can be proud of his result. Forget about what anyone else thinks and just concentrate on enjoying yourself. [/QUOTE]
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