Tailwhip’s are an incredibly hard trick that most people want to master on a BMX Bike. It took me close to 2 years to master this trick but I’ll share my knowledge and help you learn it much faster.
The main key to mastering the Tailwhip is to be comfortable on your bike and lean forward. A great quote from someone who helped me learn them: “if you think you’re leaning forward enough, you’re not.”
1. Get Coaching
Go here (https://learn.schoolofbikes.com/p/bike-school-home) and become a bike school member so you can post your attempts in the private Facebook group and I can give you personalized feedback because everyone’s issue is different.
2. Make sure you have the basics
There are tricks that lead into the tailwhip that you need before you even attempt this trick. I go over it in this video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2B8xY5iw-8&t=24s)
- X-Up or something that makes you lean forward
- Jumping with proper form
- A foot variation – taking off your foot and putting it back on
3. Understand the way the trick works
Study some how-to videos and get a full understanding of how the trick works and why it works. Notice how the hands move, and the feet and the head. EVERYTHING comes together to make this trick happen.
4. Lean forward
You really need to lean forward and be 100% over the bike. It needs to be under you otherwise it will not come around.
