The Heelclicker is one of the earliest tricks pulled, but you are almost guaranteed to see it at any FMX event and in any FMX Video. Pro riders pull this trick in competitions usually as part of a combo, but some even pull the heelclicker as a single trick on its own.

Having the Heelclicker in your bag of tricks will always be a good step, as it is the basis of getting your confidence with pushing your body up above the handlebars and holding on only by your arms.

When wanting to do a heelclicker, you need to be able to do No Footers, preferably be very confident with no footers and be able to throw your legs out a fair way.

1. When approaching the ramp, stand in the normal attack position when hitting the ramp, you want to hit the ramp straight up the centre to keep the bike in a straight line. This will hopefully keep the bike in a fairly neutral position all through the jump.

2. As you leave the ramp, you want to let your feet up off the pegs and hold onto the handlebars tight. Pull your body up closer to the handlebars.

3. When your up close to the handlebars, spread your legs out wide, and lift them up high, you might have to crunch your belly a bit to get your legs up when you're first learning.

4. When your legs are up a bit higher than the handlebars, all you need to do now is wrap your legs around your arms, and try to touch your feet together. This is the Heel-Click.

5. Now you just need to spread your legs back out and bring yourself back down for a nice safe landing.

Too easy!?? - Here's ways to extend the Heelclicker and make it look better.

Extension tip #1.
When you leave the ramp, instead of pulling your body up closer to the bike, how about trying to push your body up so you feel like you're above the handlebars. This will make the heelclicker look much more extended!!

Extension tip#2.
Also, another way of extending the heel clicker is to try and get your feet up as high as possible. Some people can get these so extended, they're almost doing a heelclicker over and behind their heads (Like you would see a 2 year old kid with it's legs behind it's head)

Extension tip#3.
Now that you have the Heelclicker down... Why not do 2 clicks? You can either go up, get your legs around and click once and then simply click again, as if you were clapping your feet.
OR you can go up, legs around and click, then bring your feet back down to the pegs, and then go back up, legs around and do a second heelclicker, and then down for landing. Both are considered a Double Heelclicker.

To make this trick more fun when out with mates and you are all starting to get heelclickers down (Or you're advanced riders) You can try to see how many heelclickers you can pull in one jump

When you become a more advanced rider, and you are pulling other tricks, you can incorporate the heelclicker into these other tricks to make "Combo's" Which look alot better, and score much higher in a competition. Example, you can pull a Catwalk and then before you land, come back to the centre of the bike and pull a heelclicker.

Good Luck and hope to see all you beginners post your new pictures of your heelclickers

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