How to get more rotation in a backflip

Post a vid, it helps

One barely landed and one caught an edgehttps://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/896395/GH010293-MP4


https://www.newschoolers.com/videos/watch/896396/20180304-133203-mp4

**This post was edited on Mar 5th 2018 at 7:38:28am

On the one that you didnt land you threw your arms but then brought them back towards your knees instead of bringing your knees up to your hands which makes you rotate slower. On the one you landed you didnt do that as much

you're popping then throwing the flip. it's great that youre not risking hitting your head on the lip rotating too early, but youre overdoing it

pop hard and start the flip with your hips at the same time, let em go off the lip, cause right now youre hitting the jump like normal and THEN flipping, which means youre not getting the help from the lip you should be getting

SofaKingSickyou're popping then throwing the flip. it's great that youre not risking hitting your head on the lip rotating too early, but youre overdoing it

pop hard and start the flip with your hips at the same time, let em go off the lip, cause right now youre hitting the jump like normal and THEN flipping, which means youre not getting the help from the lip you should be getting

So basically im doing counter rotation when bringing arms up to my body? Makes sense

well, freeze it right after you take off the lip. youre a ski length off the lip but still are almost completely upright, and your arms are up near your head. THEN you start the flip, and youre in a position that's really hard to flip around from cause you already forewent the help the lip wanted to give you

that's all well and good if youre doing it purposely because youre on a big jump and need a slower rotation, but in this case youre just making the thing harder for you cause youre not taking the jump up on the help it wants to offer your flip

pop and set the flip at the same time, and it's all in the hips. your arms will do much less relevant work flipping you than your hips and your shoulders. go watch some some old seth morrison footage, his backflips are (obscenely big but) very classic in their style and set

don't overcompensate-- right now youre on the other end of the spectrum from people who learn to whip backies around crazy fast cause theyre not taking their time and almost hitting their head on the lip. you wont need to worry about that as long as you POP and flip, nor just one or the other, or one then the other

If you have a good spot as is try it on the bigger jump the same way, I had a problem getting around at first but I could always see the landing and had an okay feel for it, then one of my friends got me to try it on a bigger jump and it was super easy

Straight air to late backflip.

push your hips out for the backflip when you pop.

start rotating sooner, your popping, so thats good, but just pop and bring your hips up at the same time.

Thanks for the indepth guys...will post the results over the weekend

you need to throw your head back when youre leaving the lip, Not when youre already in the air. Also you throw your arms straight up, and you should follow through and make them throw more backwards. Start the flip earlier, maybe try to lay it out instead. It kind looks like youre trying to set it exactly like a trampoline when you have to set it more like a gainer on trampoline.

SuckMySkisThanks for the indepth guys...will post the results over the weekend

Try not using your arms so much to initiate and complete the rotation. Use your hips and shoulders, Thrust hips forwards and up as you pop.Tilt you head back and allow you shoulders to drop. The instant you see the ground you'll be able gauge the rotation and just hang around upside down for a while to slow it down. With this method it gets easier the bigger the jump. You should be able to almost keep your hands by you sides on a jump even that small.

It might be in your best interest to go to a swimming pool with a 10ft platform (not diving board), first learn a straight backflip off it, then try gainers, A gainer is damn near identical to a backflip off a park jump.

Spread your buttcheeks, let some guy gape your butt hole the fuck out... that should help you with any rotation

send with your hips, son!