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POWER BOCKING EXPERIENCE => Bocking Tips => Topic started by: Schuman on June 01, 2009, 02:15:35 AM

Title: Flipping???
Post by: Schuman on June 01, 2009, 02:15:35 AM
i've been really working on getting better on my stilts.. and i was wondering how high you should be able to jump before you try to do a front flip..
and what kind of flip is the easiesst?? front or back??
Title: Re: Flipping???
Post by: XS on June 01, 2009, 03:11:55 AM
you need a min of ~4 ft of air to land flips

fronts are way less scary to try, but backs are easier to land once you're up side down.
Title: Re: Flipping???
Post by: einkleburt on June 01, 2009, 01:45:09 PM
When you say ~4ft do you mean with a tuck or when keeping your legs straight.
Ive managed about 3ft without tucking so I would probably be 4ft with a tuck.


Title: Re: Flipping???
Post by: XS on June 01, 2009, 01:58:11 PM
idk that's why i put the ~, it means approximately.  its different for everybody.  You've just got to get a mat and try it.
Title: Re: Flipping???
Post by: einkleburt on June 01, 2009, 02:05:11 PM
Its just that it would be usefull to know before i find myself a mat.
But then again you don't know until you've tried

When some more of the people I bock with are at a similar level I'll look for a gym.
Title: Re: Flipping???
Post by: Caroline on June 01, 2009, 04:34:17 PM
you could just hire a gym with them and then they can get better with their tricks etc :)
Title: Re: Flipping???
Post by: Wally247 on June 01, 2009, 05:27:59 PM
or come along to a gym meet held by another bocking group?
if you come along there will probably be someone who knows how to flip and will be willing o help you

Good Luck lol  :Cwink:
Title: Re: Flipping???
Post by: sprog on June 01, 2009, 06:20:58 PM
you need a min of ~4 ft of air to land flips
YOU DO?! :Claugh:
Title: Re: Flipping???
Post by: darfgarf on June 01, 2009, 07:06:43 PM
i'm with sprog, don;t need that much...though try not to do them quite so low as he does  :Claugh:
Title: Re: Flipping???
Post by: XS on June 01, 2009, 08:41:00 PM
you need a min of ~4 ft of air to land flips
YOU DO?! :Claugh:

yes to do a flip you do, if you want to do a forward roll on top of an antigravity field like sprog, you can work with less.