Next step?

Ok so last two times I've been out, I've been doing some small jumps. Feeling more comfortable with it, but I still don't give it enough gas sometimes and come down nose heavy. The jumps I've been doing are on the Intermediate track where I go, and they are fairly small. One is a small tabletop and the other is a small set of doubles. I've been clearing the tabletop, and the doubles, so I wanted to try something just a bit more to help develop my skills.

So looking at, and riding around the big MX track there, I was thinking what would be the best place to try my next step. There is a set of doubles, that good guys clear, but the second jump has a pretty low angle to it, and I've watched plenty of people land on the face of that one. So I was thinking that would be a good place to try since I know I won't clear it, and like I said it isn't really steep that it's going land really hard on the face of it.

So would that be a good place, or I know a lot of people suggest tabletops as the place to start. Only problem there is they are pretty large, and I feel less comfortable landing on a downhill rather than an uphill. Does that even make sense?

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks for the info. I don't recall a true tabletop where it has a large landing area on top though on the bigger track. There is one on the Intermediate track and that was what I started on, and definitely made it easier. Now I'm clearing that tabletop, so was looking for the next thing. The tabletop that is on the big MX track, and maybe it's not actually a tabletop then, has a downward slope on the other side, that I think any decent speed that is where you're going to land.

As far as the nose down, yeah I know what causes it, and can get it right sometimes but not everytime. Part of the problem on that track is it is soooo.... tight that with a 125 if I don't nail the berm in front of it my speed is off that's when I wind up nose down. If I catch the berm just right then I'm setup and clear the tabletop and usually land both wheels, or rear wheel down first.

So I'll have to scout the big track some more see if there is something like that tabletop where it has a decent level surface to land on. But I think most of them have the decline on the other side which is the part that intimidates me.

Don't think I'm ready to try clearing the doubles yet so maybe I'll stay away from those for now. Again thanks for the advice, and I'll have to check it out some more to figure out which one looks to have the level surface.