The piece of wisdom that unlocked manuals for me was "pull up as slowly as possible" I got consistent manuals within probably a few rides of applying that advice.
When you're riding along flat ground, just lean back as slowly as humanly possible, and you'll find your balance point that way. From there, hop manuals, drop manuals, etc all fall into place fairly easily. I'm far from amazing at manwells but that got me on the right track.
The piece of wisdom that unlocked manuals for me was "pull up as slowly as possible" I got consistent manuals within probably a few rides of applying that advice.
When you're riding along flat ground, just lean back as slowly as humanly possible, and you'll find your balance point that way. From there, hop manuals, drop manuals, etc all fall into place fairly easily. I'm far from amazing at manwells but that got me on the right track.
Holy shit, this actually helped so much. Just gave it a go and it's definitely easier to find your balance point. This and looking 10m in front or so and it's a lot easier.
I rode with this tweaker dude once who was really good, (like air tailwhips good) and he could manual super far and consistently but he kept his legs almost straight and pulled his arms in with his chin super close to the bars.
To this day I've never seen someone who can actually manual like that.
Not exactly on the Manual topic but I picked up a set of the Cult Vans tires for my BMX and while inspecting it noticed the "Made in Thailand" on it. Dammit I really gotta find the Vee factory.
Nothing specific at all. Besides hops. Some shit will come to you easier than other stuff for sure. Nose 180s are good to learn. Throw on some pegs and learn feebs and double pegs. Other than that imo you'll just pick up on other stuff eventually.
If you're going to ride park then I'd say you should have learned to drop in and how to pump around transition. 180s in banks and maybe 180s to disaster in banks. Learn how to get into a manual, even though it will take a while to learn to hold it.