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[Resplendency]

Yeah, uh...I'm pretty new to tricking, I mean two days or so... and I've been wondering if anyone could help me with an idea for some sort of protective layer? I don't have access to a spotter and the softest ground would have to be the grass in my garden/local park... If anyone knows what I should wear/put on the grass to suppress the paralysis if I fail a backflip or somehow fail a kick or something (I'm quite unfit; and also asthmatic - but not fat).

[Shelz]

woo! u live in england!! :P
uh...isn't there a gym u could go to?
and gettin hurt is part of the process...just need the soft grass:tongue:

[Jason6377]

try conditioning yourself first, jump alot. Practice the basics and then move up. For example, if you want a 540, perfect your tornado kicks first before moving on to the next step. Busting yoru ass out there is part of the job if you want to get good moves. Btw Shelz, nice Axe2aerial

[GabberGeorg]

Hi there, im new too...
Im not THAT unfit, my main Problem is that i fear when i wanna try a flip, cuz i know i can't jump high enough, the fear isn't the largest prob, cuz when it gets a bit warmer, im gonna get the trampoline up in the garden, and train on it.
What I'd like to know is if theres a exercise to build up jump strength...
is just jumping with a jump rope good enough?
Cuz I'm mainly at the computer@home but always when i don't know how to make progress with my page i just go into the middle of my room and stretch, ive got some success with it, so i'd like to do it with the jumping in the same way...


and resp: stretch like hell, if you haven't done much sports like me, you'll need some month to be flexible enough to do all sorts of tricks, and i don't mean only the legs, stretch the hand joints, thats something i missed for a long time^^

[drunk-monk]

Dogen's "Titanium Ankles" from www.dogentricks.com... watch it... use it...
just be... esprit

[GabberGeorg]

Thank you very much, just after half a minute i felt these muscles were ridiculously untrained =)

And I can do it even while working on my page :))

[Resplendency]

Thanks, but I was wondering if there was a kind of protective layer that works? I was thinking of buying a kind of small rubber stable mat, or if there's some simpler alternative? It's a bit muddy over here at the moment which helps the landing but it means that I can't get enough force to jump high enough as it's really muddy and so it disperses some of the upthrust energy...I've been trying to do some of the kicks but I slip and screw up on the run... so I had to slow down and ended up having too few spins... then I tried jumping off of concrete so I could have some speed then I slipped on the landing... any ideas?

[Shelz]

haha...don't trick on wet grass maybe?

[Resplendency]

haha...don't trick on wet grass maybe?

Well, at the moment grass is the safest median to trick on and so that's all I can use, and if you have any better ideas, please...? (No money for gym subscription and school gym = tiny + only allowed to use in lessons and PE isn't a GCSE subject of mine).

[Shelz]

i don't think the gym costs that much...fiver a session maybe?
and uh....since you're 15...u should still have PE lessons in school anywayz..i think:eh:

[Resplendency]

i don't think the gym costs that much...fiver a session maybe?
and uh....since you're 15...u should still have PE lessons in school anywayz..i think:eh:

Yeah but...I just never have money (I'm spending it on exercise equipment and other stuff...some of which I'd not like to divulge) and in school I have a 2 hour session of exercise thingy per week but "Athletics" (basketball, football, random stuff and etc.) doesn't interest me as much as rugby which means I really don't have access to any protective flooring. And my gym has a sort of wooden floorboard thing. They're manufactured wood but not the quality you'd expect in a gym (it's a few decades old).

[Shelz]

haha...just ask ur parents for more money!:tongue:

[GabberGeorg]

Man, you ain't got luck over there.
Here I got a gym with a few friends for free...
If you want to train tricking at home you should have at least 3mx3m free space...
But i dunno about the rubber mats, its good for gymnastics but if you spin on it it will spin with you...
But even if you only got carpeted floor, its much better than wood...

[Resplendency]

haha...just ask ur parents for more money!:tongue:

I would, but it isn't that simple... :eh: and also, I have a kind of.. 1X3m space but it's really close to a load of electrical items and above my head would be some lights... and it has walls or at least dangerous items on each side (I have to trick in the garden).

[Shelz]

haha...i wouldn't suggest trying to trick indoors :P
Spring will be here soon...haha...so when that happens....we'll all be happy!:smile:
damn english weather

[GabberGeorg]

Mhh, you got it like me...^^
Then just condition and stretch every part of your body, and wait for better weather...

Man, cant wait for good weather, but here it's at least 10 days crappy weather...
but as soon it gets to 10°c ill get that trampoline up in the garden^^

And don't forget: Force your parents do get you a Trampoline with d=3m for your birthday^^

edit: is it really raining so much in the uk?

damn the forum got some problem or its my browser^^

[Resplendency]

Mhh, you got it like me...^^
Then just condition and stretch every part of your body, and wait for better weather...

Man, cant wait for good weather, but here it's at least 10 days crappy weather...
but as soon it gets to 10°c ill get that trampoline up in the garden^^

And don't forget: Force your parents do get you a Trampoline with d=3m for your birthday^^

edit: is it really raining so much in the uk?

damn the forum got some problem or its my browser^^

My birthday was two weeks ago...so Christmas here I come! Plus, a trampoline would just be to get over the fear that I don't have... I know that I can't do a backflip properly but I've landed on my head enough (it helps if you tense your neck) to not be scared of trying... I just need to get that exercise shizzle that I have the money to buy but isn't in stock. Soon as I have it I'll work on building body mass...