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POWER BOCKING EXPERIENCE => Bocking Tips => Topic started by: carlmac11 on September 28, 2006, 05:38:06 PM
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??? hay dudes, has anyone got any tips for trying a forward flip. i want to be sure i can flip on powerisers before i try it. i can do flips on trampolines well, im just worried about landing cos the soles are small and i dont wont to go over too far and KO. plz help! :)
POWERISER BUDDIES!!!!
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Hello my Pro-jump buddy
u should put some mats down (alot of mats so it is like a crash map) then try and flip on that but dont try and land, so u get the feelin of flippin in the air, then try and land on the mats, if u can then go for it if not keep tryin (all tho tryin to land on maps is abit hard but hay go for it i would lol)
Ewok ;D
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Can you flip standing up? As in on normal feet?
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no but i can on the trampoline with a couple bounces
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I can Backflip From Standing, But cant bring myself to do it on the stilts. (yet) think i'll get some body to video it if i pluck up the courage to try. I cant forward flip at all though.
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cool due ;D . hope u get the corrage soon, itll be well cool.
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for some reason i find it easier to do backflips than front ones so when i get mine im gonna start off with tht instead
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for some reason i find it easier to do backflips than front ones so when i get mine im gonna start off with tht instead
Back flips are easier to do as you can spot your landing. With a front flip you cant see the landing spot....if you can, you have over rotated ;)
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Its easyer to land a backflip than a front but if you screw up on a backflip you can land on your neck.
On a front you land on your ass.
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I'm in the process of inventing and creating a low-budget harness system for learning flips etc! Haha, it should be cool!
It'll work as well! I'll make sure! Wooooo...gonna be fun doing flips ;D
Dom
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Why not try one if them harnesses for trampolining that you see at funfairs and things with elastic ropes? I'll try and get a pic.
Luke
(but it would be pretty costly i would think tho! :-\)
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I'm in the process of inventing and creating a low-budget harness system for learning flips etc! Haha, it should be cool!
It'll work as well! I'll make sure! Wooooo...gonna be fun doing flips ;D
Dom
sweet!!! get some pics of it an a video of u using it.....really good idea tht well done
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Hello my Pro-jump buddy
u should put some mats down (alot of mats so it is like a crash map) then try and flip on that but dont try and land, so u get the feelin of flippin in the air, then try and land on the mats, if u can then go for it if not keep tryin (all tho tryin to land on maps is abit hard but hay go for it i would lol)
Ewok ;D
what they say here is EXACTLY what ive done previously to do my flips.. i think whats said in this quote is just right :D
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Just make sure to learn the flips on a trampoline first.
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I have started trampoline classes last weekend. Its already made a difference with how confident I am jumping on my bocks. I haven't started flipping on the tramp yet but I know it will make me feel more confident when I try on me PJ's
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just thinking out loud here but would it help me flip if i strapped bags of sand to my ankles ....what with the added weight of the pj i think this would help?
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not if you were flipping on a trampoline.. a tramp. is soo much springyer.. so you would gain technique yes.. but it would be nothing like doing it on your stilts.
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oh ok....thanks :D
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i used to gymnastics when i was younger and could flip i have lost it over the years but i am pretty positive the harness thing will only get you used to being upside down and wont help learn how to do flips... mainly because you need your arms to get the spin and the harness would get in your way of doing that...
and i know you can flip with out your arms but when learning they are pretty integral, and big motions, got to admit it even when i get back into flips on foot i would be warry with the added weight of the PJ and the added spring they give the jump along with the fact you will have to land correctly down on them or your on your ass...
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i think that what you need to learn flips is matts.. along with a little experience in flipping off a diving board or on a trapoline.. and then its easy.. ive seen it happen soo many times now.. i agree with the idea of the harness being a bad idea because the team have had bad experiences with it in the past.. but it may work for others.. im just guessing here..
K.
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i can do frontflips on trampoline easely but i`m to scared to try a backflip any tips?? ???
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Some people say backflips are easier, but I don't know. I can't do them myself though :P
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i think back flips are easier but then again im a bit mad....they feel easier
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Are you using the same technique on the pro-jumps as on the tramp when your flipping...
But isn`T it much harder to flip on a pro-jumps than on a tramp.
And in this week i have started to land on my face and not my legs going to far around ;D
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You may find this topic helpful...
http://www.projumpforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=716.0
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TO PEFORM FLIPS WELL ON PRO JUMPS
you must must learn to be able to land a front flip on a trampoline with a single bounce or from a run onthe grass
i reccoment also learning to do a front flip off a fitness trampette aswell this should build your confidence up for your stilts
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TO PEFORM FLIPS WELL ON PRO JUMPS
you must must learn to be able to land a front flip on a trampoline with a single bounce or from a run onthe grass
i reccoment also learning to do a front flip off a fitness trampette aswell this should build your confidence up for your stilts
the fitness trampette sound like a good idea. i probably try it.
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Yep that does sound like a good idea (the wife has one somewhere) I'm making some crash mats out of 4" foam covered with tarpaulin only 3ft x 2ft 6" but I will have 10 of them
Hold on small tramp and crash mats (this sounds like another accident )I'll try to vid this one for you lot to laugh at ;D
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lol i hope you are alright after it
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According to most peeps I know I've not been "right" for years so alright would be strange to me ;) ;D
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wow havent used the word peeps in yonks !
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Thats right make me feel old and out of touch ;) ;D
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lol old yes ;D out of touch?? i wouldnt say that you have bocks !!! 8) makes you a cool old guy lol
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Yep that does sound like a good idea (the wife has one somewhere) I'm making some crash mats out of 4" foam covered with tarpaulin only 3ft x 2ft 6" but I will have 10 of them
Hold on small tramp and crash mats (this sounds like another accident )I'll try to vid this one for you lot to laugh at ;D
lol, we want another good laugh!
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I think I can only manage to sew 1 or 2 crash mats a week so you might have to wait a few weeks also the wife wants me not to break the wrist again (just yet) ;D
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I think I can only manage to sew 1 or 2 crash mats a week so you might have to wait a few weeks also the wife wants me not to break the wrist again (just yet) ;D
you can always break somthing else...
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just learn to backflip on trampoline without bouncing, get a good and fast spin and tuck, when you get good without a bounce get some mats and put on floor and go try backflip, if you get your confidence good enough and tuch a little then you will be ok, u can never land the first backflip or frontflip, never, your amazing if you do.
but give that ago and mabye you get lucky within the first 10 or 20 attempts u might do one !!!
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u can never land the first backflip or frontflip, never, your amazing if you do.
Therefore, most people who I know (and who are on here) who can flip consistently are "amazing" :)