10-01-2007, 09:40 AM
BLINGMW Wrote:stevegula Wrote:..but really you need to be learning the stuff that keeps you from getting seriously injured (or killed).. don't be cheap about it.
Just curious.... couldn't you guys tell me that stuff? I mean, other than getting out there and slowing adding speed and skill, following the control riders around, not taking big bites of speed, what are they going to tell me in the classroom sessions that I haven't already heard or read about? :dunno: And do I really need instructors with tons of race experience when I don't even know how to get a knee down? Seems like I'd have a long way to go before I can absorb that information.
Yea it's worth it. Learn it first in the classroom so when you get started you don't start doing bad things and get used to doing bad things. Breaking bad habits isn't easy, especially when it's what you're comfortable with in high risk fact paced situations. You should be doing the same stuff the racers are doing in any track group, you just won't be doing it at the same pace they are. The principles never change, just your speed.