Great post by @virtualsolitude. I can say without a doubt I've been in many Intermediate sessions and there were some absolute dive bomber brakers out there. Legit. Like, holy shit I think they might be able to out brake me. However, it was very late, very abrupt, and most of them had the cornering speed of a Novice rider and the straight up and down braking of a pointy end advanced rider.
I will say this until I'm blue in the face - if you're trying to work on getting faster, stop. Just stop pushing yourself to brake as late as humanly possible and getting on the gas as soon as you can. It only leads to frustration, and honestly, crashing.
We've all set PB's, many, many times over. There's only one thing I have in common with every single one of my PB's - I wasn't focused on going fast. I was hitting my turn in points and focused. Going fast was literally the last thing on my mind.
And yes, 100% agree. Some rider/coach relationships are better fostered to certain guys than others. Nothing wrong with that. Some people are more receptive to others and/or the instructor can articulate the same point in a different method that's more understandable to the rider.
I will say this until I'm blue in the face - if you're trying to work on getting faster, stop. Just stop pushing yourself to brake as late as humanly possible and getting on the gas as soon as you can. It only leads to frustration, and honestly, crashing.
We've all set PB's, many, many times over. There's only one thing I have in common with every single one of my PB's - I wasn't focused on going fast. I was hitting my turn in points and focused. Going fast was literally the last thing on my mind.
And yes, 100% agree. Some rider/coach relationships are better fostered to certain guys than others. Nothing wrong with that. Some people are more receptive to others and/or the instructor can articulate the same point in a different method that's more understandable to the rider.
