Like others I’ve hit the ground a lot playing other sports so most of the time it hasn’t been an issue. But falls and injuries can happen so quickly in spite of trying to avoid it. I thought I’d done everything correctly on my worst crash. I stayed inside the bike and rode it to the ground. I avoided putting out an arm and even tried to hold my head up to avoid it crashing against the pavement. However the bike got sideways off the ground, and my right hip took the brunt of the fall. It felt like I hit and bounced instead of hitting and sliding. The blow to my hip was hard enough to completely break and dislocate the ball on the femur neck. Oh well.
I have some NASCAR drivers in my neighborhood and they’re taught how to react in a crash. Like some of you have said they tuck and ball up and “roll”. Think about a car going airborne and rolling over alongside track.
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