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POWER BOCKING EXPERIENCE => Bocking Tips => Topic started by: Rude Dog on March 28, 2012, 08:37:51 PM
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Only had a few steps in my bocks as they only arrived recently and I've been working (12 hours shifts = Doom) and to describe the new sensation I can only say it feel like i have 2 new knees at the back of my legs, which is spiffing!
I was surprised by:
- The weight of the bocks
- The sensation of extra knees
- The springs stick out so far behind me, like goat legs
This made me ponder falls, from my noob observation I think falling backwards seems like a grim way to fall. I can imagine rolling backwards on the springs and cracking my skull.
Anyone got any horror stories?
I do have pads and a helmet, as I am sensible. :Cwink:
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Make sure those pads include wrist/hand guards. I would say backwards is the worst, but if you can do it right it's not so bad. Look up "falling tutorial". I know Joe Legg did a video not long ago on it.
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I don't think the direction massively matters once you know how to fall - just don't reach down to break your fall - that's how wrists are broken.
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Backwards every time :Claugh: :Hoofies2: :CGEEK:
The thing is as you get better at bocking you seem to fall forwards more often (self preservation I suppose :Cbiggrin: )
The two worst falls of the Banned for injurys were me slipping on mud and falling backwards onto a wrist with no guards call me stupid I have worn them constantly since (even when not Bocking :Claugh: ) 12 screws and a metal plate
Clive sitting down after a jump (watch the vid you can hear the slap sound :Claugh:) it took over a year for that to come right and it still plays him up
Fallen forwards dozens of times and not even scratched myself
Thinking about it sideways isn't much fun either :Cbiggrin:
Jason :Hoofies2: :CGEEK:
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I've watched the falling video and have all the pads and a helmet, I have even upgraded all of my pads already as the wrist pads I had in the original set were designed to stop grazes but did not have the rigid anti-wrist-break support which I wanted.
I now have the rigid wrist guards and better knee and elbow pads too. And some spares!
:Becky: