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Help fix my backflips

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Aidan.Okelly
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my first ever backflip attempt:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKLR7LylxHc

The jump I tried it on was not ideal, but I didn't want to go any bigger.
Any tips/help would be great.
Apr 2 2019 5:32PM 1 0
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theabortionator
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Didn't look bad, but looks like you need to go a little faster or his a slightly bigger jump. You had to work a bit too much to pop and get it around. If you go slightly bigger, you can throw your hips forward, arch your back, and hang for a second, then snap it around.

The plus would be that if you want to take it to bigger jumps, you just hang it for longer. Pretty decent first attempt. But tip catch can be death, so def try and get a little more air if possible.
Apr 2 2019 5:35PM 2 0
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Aidan.Okelly
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theabortionatorDidn't look bad, but looks like you need to go a little faster or his a slightly bigger jump. You had to work a bit too much to pop and get it around. If you go slightly bigger, you can throw your hips forward, arch your back, and hang for a second, then snap it around.

The plus would be that if you want to take it to bigger jumps, you just hang it for longer. Pretty decent first attempt. But tip catch can be death, so def try and get a little more air if possible.


yeah, the jump def. wasn't ideal. I'm too lazy to build one so ill just have to go bigger.
Apr 2 2019 5:36PM 0 0
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theabortionator
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Aidan.Okellyyeah, the jump def. wasn't ideal. I'm too lazy to build one so ill just have to go bigger.


Landing looks pretty gradual so you could take it a decent amount deeper without getting too wild. Obviously you don't want to over shoot, but getting a little more height, and clearly the knuckle by more could save you a similar fate on round 2. Looks pretty solid though, you'll probably stomp it in the next couple tries.

Once you get it dialed, throw a bunch that day if possible. While everything is the same in terms of the jump, the weather, and you're feeling it. The more you can get it into muscle memory the easier it'll be able to send one randomly mid jump line in the future.
Apr 2 2019 5:40PM 1 0
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rice.chex
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Good attempt, pop harder for sure, then listen to everything theabortionator said, it was all good advice.
Apr 2 2019 5:48PM 0 0
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meadows69
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Aidan.Okellymy first ever backflip attempt:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IKLR7LylxHc

The jump I tried it on was not ideal, but I didn't want to go any bigger.
Any tips/help would be great.



Go faster for the jump size. its all a ratio of the jump and speed. alternatively, you can go to a bigger jump, but you will need more speed ratio wise. Look where you would have landed had you not flipped. barely over the knuckle.
Make sure you are landing straight airs where you want to be landing the flip.


Your actual flip looks clean, your laid back and looking for the landing like you should.
Apr 2 2019 6:10PM 0 0
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