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[QUOTE="Shig, post: 810492, member: 50190"]
Motor learning is based on modeling, practice and feedback.

Modeling: Get a visual image of the proper technique by asking alot of questions, getting a book on riding techniques, spending a day in a riding clinic, watching the faster riders, buying a copy of the Great Outdoors II video.

Practice: Perfect practice makes perfect. It will take more than 100 repetitions of a new technique to make it a reflex or habit. It's tough to build new reflexes for dirt when you have so many habits from the street, but it can be done without losing your street skills. I'm always amazed that I can go from a motocrosser to a MTB and still have the correct reflex for the front brake even though the levers are oposite.

Feedback: Have someone watch you or follow you around. Video taping will work wonders, especially if you can watch it while you are still at the track. It's tough to make effective changes to your technique if you have to go all the way home to see what you are doing wrong. Compare your lap times both before and after learning a new technique.
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