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From : Jesusdragon737
Added: Apr 11, 2009
My friend James and I go through the steps of how to do a tucked backflip on a trampoline. Ok, there seem to be reoccurring problems that people are having with the backflip. Since I'm just copying and pasting answers to your questions from previous answers anyway, I've decided to put general responses to issues right here in the description. Not that I'm trying to be impersonal, it just takes a while to answer each individual question. If your problem isn't one in the description, feel free to ask away. 1. If you're scared of doing the backflip, or halfway though the flip, you twist sideways and fall on your back, then: Use the spotting technique that we demonstrated at the end of the video. While their arms are linked, you can just roll over the "arm-bar" backward and get the feel of the motion of a backflip. (it's not scary). After that, work up to a jumping flip using two spotters until you get more comfortable. 2. If you're doing the backflip, but you go really far backwards and end up at the other end of the trampoline nearly falling off: The issue is that you're pulling back too much at the beginning of the flip. It can be kinda scary to delay the flip by starting the rotation after you leave the trampoline, but that's what you have to do. What I suggest is to stand in the middle of the trampoline and practice jumping straight up high and doing a backdrop, landing exactly where you jumped from. That should help you get comfortable with the movements. After practicing that for a bit, and understanding how to start a backward rotation without actually traveling backwards, just work on pulling straight up at the beginning of the backflip, and not so much back. If you'll notice my backflip at 3:15 my body is pretty much in a straight vertical line. That's what you want to aim for. The video is a bit lengthy, so here are the points of interest: 00:00 - The video begins 00:48 - The set and steps of a backflip 03:00 - Backflip in slow motion with the steps clearly shown 03:51 - Backflips while bouncing 05:00 - The backdrop flipover (makes flipping backwards less scary) 06:08 - Spotting a backflip
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