Struggling to learn manual

[severe quartz]

I got my c5 6 speed yesterday and it’s my first manual car and I just am kinda looking for tips to help

[hallow breach]

You put your left foot in
You put your right foot in
Now you take your left foot out
And do a fat burnout

No but really is it stalling or attempting burnouts?

[clever glen]

Edit - this one https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=waeOibnmuJk

[severe quartz]

I’m struggling with getting started smoothly without jerking I’ll let out the clutch slowly with a little gas but I’ll unconsciously let off the gas and it makes the car jerk

[errant helm]

Try and get rolling just by slowly letting the clutch go

Once you can comfortably do that, try to apply throttle when taking off

You really only need throttle to get going faster, so what you really need is to get confident with your clutch use to be able to focus more on throttle afterwards

And as far as the jerking goes, this is just a result of the amount of torque the car produces in first gear. Even a little bit of gas gives you loads of torque, because it has to get the car moving, and letting go of the gas pedal just instantly takes that torque away, hence the car jerks. That means you're basically halfway there mate!