Start with little or no speed, with your good foot forward and sitting in the middle of your saddle. When ready, push down with your leading foot, simultaneously pulling up evenly on the bars, follow with another pedal stroke. Now, hopefully up concentrate on using the bars, (left and right) for balance. Continue appropriate pedal strokes pushing bars forward or back for more balance, using brake feathering if you want for more control. Also, you may find it easier on a slight uphill.

With a bit of speed, your good foot forward, (its best to start small and build up) have your arms slightly bent with your legs ready to bend. Once ready, pull on your front brake lever, simultaneously shifting your body weight slightly forward. As you feel the back end rise up, absorb it with your legs, release the brake if things look bad. Avoid at first moving your hips to swing the back round, gently straightening your legs when you're ready for gravity to act again, but absorbing the landing accordingly.

At first, practice standing over your bike, with your good foot forward on the appropriate pedal. Now, push your foot down, back and up like a clawing motion. You should notice the rear wheel lifts up. You can now try this on the bike with both feet. (It may help to lean slightly forward.) Again the back end should come up. Now, at the same time with speed and your good foot forward, pull up on the bars and 'push' up/back your pedals with weight central. This should produce a full hop away from terra-firma. For bigger more stylish hops, pull the front end up first to a good height. Then, bring the back end up to meet the height of the front, absorbing the following landing evenly. This does take practice to perfect.

At a slowish speed, you may want to endo first, otherwise begin from the spot. Whichever, pull the bars up, simultaneously pushing down hard with your good foot. Hopefully you have hopped onto the back wheel, holding your back brake. Next, release the brake, clock the pedals back to their original position, before pushing another pedalstroke forward and up, as the front wheel has started to drop. Continue this, and you should be back hopping, probably after a lot of practice.

Remaining focused while riding is crucial to your safety in the event of a crash. It should help you 'see' the best method of avoiding injury. However, with crashing, main principles apply of this tried and tested method. It is likely, natural reaction will have you falling away from the bike, with your hands out. Hopefully the bike does not come with you and you're wearing gloves. Have your arms and legs bent, not rigid, but ready to absorb impacts. Try to go into a roll, using your limbs and side to help you. This will reduce the impact considerably. Continue rolling, absorbing impacts until you come to a stop, hopefully unscathed. Bear in mind of course, each crash is different and you may need to position yourself differently, e.g.; trees, curbs etc.