How do motor cross riders know how fast to hit a ramp/jump to land safely on the downramp?

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Like, how do they figure out how to not overshoot or case it? Was just watching a guy hit a heap of jumps in an arena and he got every single landing perfect.

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Same way you know whether you can you can jump a gap by standing and jumping, a walk and jump or if you need a running jump.

Same way you know that when you’re driving, going 60mph round a bend would be too fast and you wouldn’t make it, but you can at 40mph.

Same way you know how hard and high to throw a ball to someone standing at varying distances.

It’s practice which leads to instinct. Start small and slow and build up speed and distance. It’s obviously a lot more complicated and more involved than my examples but the principles there.

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