Multiple National Champ: Top 10 Tips to winning
1. Good set up with your bike
Having a setup that you know and that you’re comfortable with makes all the difference and ensures that you’re ready to race.
2. Make sure your suspension is 100 percent for the track you are racing at
Suspension is the most important when it comes to racing and winning. If you don’t have it set up for the specific conditions you’re racing, you’re going to be in for a long day!
3. Do your homework
Knowing what condtions you’re lining up for is key to preparing. Check weather, nothing worse than showing up to a mud race with no spare gear. Check track conditions and train for those conditions, the condition and type of the track determines your training routine. Watching old race videos of yourself and others. This can help you to spot mistakes and learn from them.
4. Put in the work
Being fast is great, but if you’re not fit, you have thrown your entire race away. Make sure you are fit and can last the whole race. Our local nationals are around 20 minutes long, so I make sure I can push out hot laps for the entire 20 minutes by doing even longer motos on training weekends.
5. Make sure your Goggles are ready for any condition
Doing your homework and knowing what weather to expect helps you determine your goggle set up. If its raining and muddy, you dont want to be running tear offs!
6. Support System
Suspension is the most important when it comes to racing and winning. If you don’t have it set up for the specific conditions you’re racing, you’re going to be in for a long day!
7. Mental Strength
The taller the tree, the harder the wind blows! Its a tough sport, so you have got to be tough mentally!
8. Find the positives!
Even on a bad days, it is important to always go backtrack, acknlowedege your mistakes, recover from them and improve from them.
9. Never give up
This one seems cliche, but its true. In racing, anything can happen and a race or championship can switchup within the last lap. Just because you think it may be too late to win, sometimes the the universe surprises you!
10. Have fun
The most important one of them all! If its not fun then you’re doing something wrong and you need to take a step back to find the fun again!
