The Art of Tail Whips: A Guide to Mastering the Tail Up

When it comes to tail whips, there's no one-size-fits-all approach. The most important thing is to find a style that works for you and your body. For the author, catching cranks is key, but this can vary from person to person. The biggest mistake people make when trying to master tail whips is getting their back foot on first. This approach can lead to a loss of balance and a poor catch, causing riders to fly off. Instead, the author recommends focusing on getting both feet over at the same time, clamping them together tightly.

To start, it's essential to get comfortable with the motion of kicking tail whips. This means practicing tight circles with your arms straight down, allowing you to smoothly transition from one motion to another. As you become more confident in this motion, you'll want to start working on catching the whip. The author advises against focusing too much on getting back onto the pedals right away, as this can be a challenging and frustrating experience. Instead, concentrate on landing smoothly and becoming comfortable with the feeling of being airborne.

One technique that's proven to be effective is using the knees as a pivot point. By picking your knees up and bringing them closer together, you'll create a stable base that allows you to whip around more easily. This approach may not be for everyone, but it can be a game-changer for riders looking to improve their tail whips. The author acknowledges that catching cranks is a crucial skill, as it allows you to land the whip smoothly and maintain control.

To catch a crane, focus on getting your front foot on first, then start to bring your back foot over. This approach may take some practice to master, but with patience and persistence, you'll be catching cranes in no time. The author recommends listening to music that gets you pumped up and excited – for them, Queen Latifah is the perfect choice. As you get ready to attempt a tail whip, make sure to wear protective gear, including knee pads and elbow pads.

Before attempting a tail whip, it's essential to warm up your body and get into the right mindset. This means jumping off ramps, performing tricks, and getting comfortable with the feeling of being airborne. Don't be discouraged if you don't land a tail whip immediately – it takes time and practice to develop the skills and confidence needed to master this move.

The author's approach may not be for everyone, but it has worked for them, and they're willing to share their secrets with others. By following their advice and practicing regularly, riders can improve their tail whips and become more confident in their abilities. Remember to stay focused, keep your arms straight, and always land smoothly – with patience and persistence, you'll be catching cranks in no time.

The world of indoor bike riding is full of talented riders who have mastered the art of tail whips. If you're interested in learning more, be sure to check out the author's Instagram account, where they share their tricks and techniques with their followers. Don't forget to follow them at @adamlz on Instagram, Twitter, or YouTube – they'll be sharing new content and updates regularly.

As for buying gear, the author recommends checking out their online store, which offers a range of apparel and accessories inspired by the world of indoor bike riding. From T-shirts to hoodies, you'll find everything you need to show off your style and love for this sport. So go ahead, treat yourself to some new gear – with it, you'll be ready to take on the world of tail whips in no time.

The author's experience with jumps is a crucial part of their approach to tail whips. By jumping off ramps and performing tricks, they've developed the skills and confidence needed to master this move. Don't be afraid to try new things and push yourself to new heights – after all, that's what it means to be a rider.

As for the author's fear of falling, it's not something you'll ever hear them complain about again. With their experience and expertise, they're always ready to take on the next challenge and push themselves to new limits. So don't worry if you feel scared or hesitant – with practice and patience, you'll be catching tail whips in no time.

The author's advice is simple: focus on your technique, stay confident, and never give up. With these three principles in mind, you'll be well on your way to mastering the art of tail whips. Remember to always wear protective gear, listen to music that gets you pumped up, and keep practicing – with persistence and patience, you'll achieve greatness in no time.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey guys I'm Adam LZ and uh today I'm going to be teaching you how to do the tail whip so you're probably going to want to be pretty comfortable on your bike before you go trying these if you don't know how to 180 or like jump a box jump well I mean you probably don't how to jump a box jump cuz let's be real everyone r street but um yeah you should be comfortable on your bike before you go trying this so you're going to want to know which way to kick it if your right foot forward the easiest way to kick it always with your back foot you're going to want to kick it counterclockwise all right and then if your left foot forward you're going to kick it clockwise so a lot of people try learning to whips hop or out of banks or into Banks first but I think really the key to learning them and learning them fast is doing them out of a fly out I learn them approximately out I don't know like a 6 tall kind of like with a little bit of a kicker to it um a nice quarter from 4T to 7 ft would be great for learning them cuz you know it really gives you a lot of air time so you can focus on what you're doing and you know try to get the trick fast cuz I mean you don't want to be doing this for years it really helps to be able to get a feel for the motion on flat ground you want to kind of Swing the bike around kind of keeping it close and try to see if you can hop on before the bike lands cuz you know that'll be good when you're in the air if you know where you're going to put your feet and you know what's going to happen when you want to land then it'll just make it so much easier a lot of people like to do it on their back too okay so now that you've got the motion down and you're pretty comfortable with it you're going to want to go to your fly out and try them um a couple tips before you go and try them I like to wear Shing guards and knee pads you know ankle guards wear some beefy shoes not something that you're going to hurt your feet in cuz you know plan on falling a few times before you land them um it really helps to wear a helmet just stuff that makes you comfortable and confident cuz the more confident you are in landing it the more chance you have in landing it um having a tighter chain so your cranks won't move as much really help some people like to put a little bit of a flange in between their sprocket and their frame so it gives a little bit of friction so you know they don't spin as fast so that way when you're in the air and you're kicking your tail wet your cranks aren't spinning all over the place okay so uh now that you got pretty much everything figured out you're going to want to know how to do it so come at your fly out or whatever you're doing with a decent amount of speed enough to maybe get about 2 ft of air you want some time you don't want to go so fast that your bike's flying up but you don't want to go so slow that you're hitting on the ground so you're going to want to go up and this is the part that gets a little bit tricky the biggest problem I see when people are first trying tail whips they kick it too early and the bike goes above their head it looks nuts don't take a like Facebook profile picture of you doing a tail with the bars up here cuz anyone that rides bikes will know that you didn't actually land it so what you really want to do is go off the lip and it's almost like a bar spin where you want to kind of wait a little bit until you get off the coping with both wheels and you level out you're going to want to kick now mind me you're going to want to use your arms too but I find that it's pretty much 50% kick 50% arm so you're going to want to kick keep the bike close to you you want to keep your arms straight down and make tight circles keeping it down is what will allow you to get back on the pedals don't Focus about getting on back onto the cranks back onto the pedals right away that will come in time all right so once you start getting comfortable with that motion and you're kind of getting close to getting over the bike or getting on the pedals you're going to want to start ring about catching it um one biggest mistake that I see a lot of people try to get like their back foot on first when they're kicking tail whip so they're like this that'll mess you up a lot cuz you can't really land back foot first cuz you and fly off if anything try to land and like focus on getting your front foot on first cuz then you can start doing tail whips catch front foot and put the back foot on after you land so I mean if you can get to that point where you're getting over the bike you're going to want to start trying to catch I honestly recommend instead of doing the front foot first the way I do my Tails I kind of just like pick my knees up I don't know why it's weird but I have them consistent so I have the belief that you know you can do it whichever way you want but pretty much you want to whip it around when it comes around literally clamp your feet together as hard as you can and just catch whatever you can once you start doing them down stair sets and stuff it'll be way better to be able to catch cranks than to be able to catch pedals once out of every 10 times to get a million chinners um catching cranks is kind of I don't know some people like it some people don't but it's really consistent and if you look at my whips I typically catch cranks cuz then I know I'm going to land it so the pretty much hardest part about the tail UPS is catching it like I said you're just going to want to focus on getting both feet over at the same time not just your back foot and just try to clamp them together it's a lot of it's confidence more than anything if you think that you're going to land it you will if you're kind of like hesitant about it you're not wearing shinguards maybe you're wearing shorts you're kind of lazy not going for it there's probably more chance that you're going to get a shinner doing that than actually trying to catch the whip so I recommend I don't know listen to some music that gets you pumped I like Queen Latifa you know she really gets me I I just get that feeling inside of me that I don't even know how to explain it it's it's kind of a little weird yeah come to think of it but anyway it gets me pumped to do tail whips so you know put on your favorite Tunes jump jump out of the bowl jump out of your recar jump out of your fly out jump out of whatever you're going to jump out just don't do it on a scooter um do it you know kick it around and when it comes around clamp you know make sure to keep the bars down close to you tight circles 50% kick 50% arm um if you want to be on ordinary and kick with your front foot all the power to you but it's going to be a lot harder um when I do mine I mean they're opposite for me I typically go off the ramp wait and then like pull my foot back and like kick the back wheel um I don't think it's the best way to do it but it it's more confident for me than just doing it all arm so you know tail ups are it's going to take a while to learn don't expect to learn these overnight like you know if you watch my bar spin how to that that thing works magic like you'll probably land them in a day # indoor bike look it up on Instagram mad people do so yeah I mean good luck to you and if you have any questions feel free to post them in the comments and I'll try to answer them in the description but uh follow me at adamlz on Instagram Twitter I don't know whatever follow code at Cody Krueger with an underscore in there you know I mean I mean if you like my shirts and stuff check out the store just do your thing you know if the howto helps let me know and I'll make more I'm stuck I'm stuck here seriously D I'm not throwing it yeah you are no all right ready make it look good it's pretty good all right go that seriously though I'm like kind scared he I'm going to like grab these and they're just going to fall what's underneath my feet I can probably jump from here huh yeah probably watch your heel why didn't you hurt it oh yeahhey guys I'm Adam LZ and uh today I'm going to be teaching you how to do the tail whip so you're probably going to want to be pretty comfortable on your bike before you go trying these if you don't know how to 180 or like jump a box jump well I mean you probably don't how to jump a box jump cuz let's be real everyone r street but um yeah you should be comfortable on your bike before you go trying this so you're going to want to know which way to kick it if your right foot forward the easiest way to kick it always with your back foot you're going to want to kick it counterclockwise all right and then if your left foot forward you're going to kick it clockwise so a lot of people try learning to whips hop or out of banks or into Banks first but I think really the key to learning them and learning them fast is doing them out of a fly out I learn them approximately out I don't know like a 6 tall kind of like with a little bit of a kicker to it um a nice quarter from 4T to 7 ft would be great for learning them cuz you know it really gives you a lot of air time so you can focus on what you're doing and you know try to get the trick fast cuz I mean you don't want to be doing this for years it really helps to be able to get a feel for the motion on flat ground you want to kind of Swing the bike around kind of keeping it close and try to see if you can hop on before the bike lands cuz you know that'll be good when you're in the air if you know where you're going to put your feet and you know what's going to happen when you want to land then it'll just make it so much easier a lot of people like to do it on their back too okay so now that you've got the motion down and you're pretty comfortable with it you're going to want to go to your fly out and try them um a couple tips before you go and try them I like to wear Shing guards and knee pads you know ankle guards wear some beefy shoes not something that you're going to hurt your feet in cuz you know plan on falling a few times before you land them um it really helps to wear a helmet just stuff that makes you comfortable and confident cuz the more confident you are in landing it the more chance you have in landing it um having a tighter chain so your cranks won't move as much really help some people like to put a little bit of a flange in between their sprocket and their frame so it gives a little bit of friction so you know they don't spin as fast so that way when you're in the air and you're kicking your tail wet your cranks aren't spinning all over the place okay so uh now that you got pretty much everything figured out you're going to want to know how to do it so come at your fly out or whatever you're doing with a decent amount of speed enough to maybe get about 2 ft of air you want some time you don't want to go so fast that your bike's flying up but you don't want to go so slow that you're hitting on the ground so you're going to want to go up and this is the part that gets a little bit tricky the biggest problem I see when people are first trying tail whips they kick it too early and the bike goes above their head it looks nuts don't take a like Facebook profile picture of you doing a tail with the bars up here cuz anyone that rides bikes will know that you didn't actually land it so what you really want to do is go off the lip and it's almost like a bar spin where you want to kind of wait a little bit until you get off the coping with both wheels and you level out you're going to want to kick now mind me you're going to want to use your arms too but I find that it's pretty much 50% kick 50% arm so you're going to want to kick keep the bike close to you you want to keep your arms straight down and make tight circles keeping it down is what will allow you to get back on the pedals don't Focus about getting on back onto the cranks back onto the pedals right away that will come in time all right so once you start getting comfortable with that motion and you're kind of getting close to getting over the bike or getting on the pedals you're going to want to start ring about catching it um one biggest mistake that I see a lot of people try to get like their back foot on first when they're kicking tail whip so they're like this that'll mess you up a lot cuz you can't really land back foot first cuz you and fly off if anything try to land and like focus on getting your front foot on first cuz then you can start doing tail whips catch front foot and put the back foot on after you land so I mean if you can get to that point where you're getting over the bike you're going to want to start trying to catch I honestly recommend instead of doing the front foot first the way I do my Tails I kind of just like pick my knees up I don't know why it's weird but I have them consistent so I have the belief that you know you can do it whichever way you want but pretty much you want to whip it around when it comes around literally clamp your feet together as hard as you can and just catch whatever you can once you start doing them down stair sets and stuff it'll be way better to be able to catch cranks than to be able to catch pedals once out of every 10 times to get a million chinners um catching cranks is kind of I don't know some people like it some people don't but it's really consistent and if you look at my whips I typically catch cranks cuz then I know I'm going to land it so the pretty much hardest part about the tail UPS is catching it like I said you're just going to want to focus on getting both feet over at the same time not just your back foot and just try to clamp them together it's a lot of it's confidence more than anything if you think that you're going to land it you will if you're kind of like hesitant about it you're not wearing shinguards maybe you're wearing shorts you're kind of lazy not going for it there's probably more chance that you're going to get a shinner doing that than actually trying to catch the whip so I recommend I don't know listen to some music that gets you pumped I like Queen Latifa you know she really gets me I I just get that feeling inside of me that I don't even know how to explain it it's it's kind of a little weird yeah come to think of it but anyway it gets me pumped to do tail whips so you know put on your favorite Tunes jump jump out of the bowl jump out of your recar jump out of your fly out jump out of whatever you're going to jump out just don't do it on a scooter um do it you know kick it around and when it comes around clamp you know make sure to keep the bars down close to you tight circles 50% kick 50% arm um if you want to be on ordinary and kick with your front foot all the power to you but it's going to be a lot harder um when I do mine I mean they're opposite for me I typically go off the ramp wait and then like pull my foot back and like kick the back wheel um I don't think it's the best way to do it but it it's more confident for me than just doing it all arm so you know tail ups are it's going to take a while to learn don't expect to learn these overnight like you know if you watch my bar spin how to that that thing works magic like you'll probably land them in a day # indoor bike look it up on Instagram mad people do so yeah I mean good luck to you and if you have any questions feel free to post them in the comments and I'll try to answer them in the description but uh follow me at adamlz on Instagram Twitter I don't know whatever follow code at Cody Krueger with an underscore in there you know I mean I mean if you like my shirts and stuff check out the store just do your thing you know if the howto helps let me know and I'll make more I'm stuck I'm stuck here seriously D I'm not throwing it yeah you are no all right ready make it look good it's pretty good all right go that seriously though I'm like kind scared he I'm going to like grab these and they're just going to fall what's underneath my feet I can probably jump from here huh yeah probably watch your heel why didn't you hurt it oh yeah\n"