Backflip fear

[Vinsjuh]

Hi guys, i am new to this communitie! Nice site :cool:

My name is Vinnie and i really want to learn a backflip.
I know the technique very good but i am afraid i dont come fully around when i want to tuck. Most people recommend me to use a spotter or a trampoline. I tried it 3 times on an trampoline but the 3th time i landed on my spotter his foot and it really hurted for a few days :P

I got days when i got shit and then i think i can really do it but it is the damn fear.

Any tips/suggestions?

Kind regards,
Vinnie

[Victor_S]

Try to stay relaxed, breath deeply and just go for it, it´s all in your mind. If you do it, you shouldn´t have troubles to land it, since you said you know the technique. And keeping use a spotter.

[Vinsjuh]

thanks for the help. it the point to jump the highest and then tuck and lean back with your shoulders? because im really scared i cant come around and fall on my neck.. ^^ but sometimes i have shit moments. one time i had an shit moment and tryed it 3 times on a tramp with a friend of me. the first time he gave me a little tick and i have turned around, he whas like ''what the fuck ?!?!'' lol. and the 2nd time i landed on my knees and 3rd time i landed on his feet. thats why im scared now..

[jiayo-chris]

Just play around with it, get a spotter and just keep training.

[RLW92]

Before attempting it go through the technique in your head and imagine yourself hitting it cleanly. also listen to a song that really motivates you before it, works for me.

[diogoo]

Mind over matter, mind over matter, mind over matter....

[Vinsjuh]

Before attempting it go through the technique in your head and imagine yourself hitting it cleanly. also listen to a song that really motivates you before it, works for me.


you got an nice motivating song? :)

regards,
vinsjuh

[searchsoul]

its better to keep landing on his foot/feet rather than to not learn the backflip at all, hey at least you get some progress, if he's a good friend of yours, he would let you land on his feet for the sake of your learning, if he does mind, get a new spotter/friend

[Vinsjuh]

oke thank you guys very much for the tips. i am going to try tomorrow. ill let you know if it worked or didnt. :wink:

loves,
vinnie

[kevinhimself]

wait you used a spotter on a trampoline?

[Vinsjuh]

wait you used a spotter on a trampoline?

yeah. lol

[Vinsjuh]

sorry posted the same thing twice..

[A_Wilhelm]

If you have so much fear that you used a spotter on a trampolin you might consider doing backtucks into a swimmingpool to get used to the feeling of going backwards. For the right technik take a mat (eg. your mattress) and tell yourself that its just as soft as the water was. Or just get the balls to try it in sand or on grass. But let the spotter alive :D

[rwm]

you got an nice motivating song? :)

regards,
vinsjuh

Eye of the Tiger? Haha or some insanely fast metal.

[mm tacos rock]

You should watch lots of backflip videos so you can see what different people do. Don't watch the crash videos. Those will freak you out.

Just keep practicing and working with the spotter and you'll get it.

YOU CAN DO IT!

[thaison]

i was in the same situation a week ago.. i jus got mine recently.. but heres what i did:
i did slanted back handsprings [that shouldnt be too hard].. once i was confident with that, i went straight back in the back handsprings, once confident with that, i started doing them without hands, until i had to put them down.. like.. an hour or so later.. i tried the actual backtuck, and yeah.. suprisingly easy.

hope it helps.
thaison.

[Vincent_Lee]

you got an nice motivating song? :)

regards,
vinsjuh

yeah, Rise against, with GIVE IT ALL, it has motivated me all my career ^^, also try to look for music that sings about success, not like emo cutt cutt music,:worry: have a nice day

[trixter_007]

i was in the same situation a week ago.. i jus got mine recently.. but heres what i did:
i did slanted back handsprings [that shouldnt be too hard].. once i was confident with that, i went straight back in the back handsprings, once confident with that, i started doing them without hands, until i had to put them down.. like.. an hour or so later.. i tried the actual backtuck, and yeah.. suprisingly easy.

hope it helps.
thaison.

whats a slanted backhandspring?

[Birch]

I fucking hate bhs, i get more scared doing those than backflips.

And Vinnie if you still have trouble after all your best efforts, it helps to find a gym!

[Vinsjuh]

thank you very much for all the tips guys!

[kamikaze!]

So...did you try it?
edit: on the ground I mean, not tramp

[Madyson]

And Vinnie if you still have trouble after all your best efforts, it helps to find a gym!

Totally. Foam pits rock at getting over fear.

[erufukami]

>... another.... really? We needed ANOTHER backflip fear thread? Seriously? I mean really? Okay last time. Seriously? Fuck....






GROW FUCKING BALLS!

[Masterj123456789]

I haven't grwon the balls to even try one. Last time I tried one I landed straight on my head. thats when I realized I will never pull off a backflip, ever! So I'm content with failure. This guy should be able to learn it though. I'm just a coward when it comes to this move, (Seeing how I can backflip 360, gainer flash, gainer arabian) but this guy has a spotter. It should be different for him since he has support. The best thing I knkow of when it comes to trying this move is keep trying the move on tramps, then after the tramps you should try the pit, then after the pit you should try the mat, then after the mat you should try the grass.

[Vinsjuh]

I haven't grwon the balls to even try one. Last time I tried one I landed straight on my head. thats when I realized I will never pull off a backflip, ever! So I'm content with failure. This guy should be able to learn it though. I'm just a coward when it comes to this move, (Seeing how I can backflip 360, gainer flash, gainer arabian) but this guy has a spotter. It should be different for him since he has support. The best thing I knkow of when it comes to trying this move is keep trying the move on tramps, then after the tramps you should try the pit, then after the pit you should try the mat, then after the mat you should try the grass.

did you already try it? :p

[DIR3]

I'm no expert, but I've found that the back tuck is a trick that everyone knows how to do in their head. There's really no tutorial needed (until later when you want good form and all that). I taught my eight year old cousin to do one in the grass over a weekend. The thing about the fear, at least for me, was I had to learn not to make myself do the trick, but to allow myself to do it. The first time you just jump, and tuck, and the next thing you know you're on your knees going "fuck, was that all?"

Hope that helped >.>

[CodyLee1337]

Haha had this exact same problem, Fear, well the other night a few of my friends at MA were doing Backhandsprings and Backflips so I was like 'wth why not' tried it and landed it, just bite the bullet, Have your spotter count to 3 and make yourself do it, and yeah i honestly think BHS are harder then this

[DIR3]

Yeah dude, I've found that getting a countdown really helps. Good show, Cody.

[CodyLee1337]

hehe thanks, just is what really allowed me to do it, just all mental the b flip is really

[Masterj123456789]

did you already try it? :p

Yeah, I landed it and now I have a backflip.

[jiayo-chris]

(Seeing how I can backflip 360, gainer flash, gainer arabian)

Vids or it didn't happen.

[DIR3]

documented evidence ONrY!

[Vinsjuh]

im still scared to do it :( already tryed with a spotter on tramp.. but i cant solo it. and the 3rd time i felt on my spotter's feet

[Masterj123456789]

Vids or it didn't happen.

I'm sick of you. I'm not going into your fucking games. You can just tell everyone that it didn't happen. I already have done one so I'm satified.

[Masterj123456789]

im still scared to do it :( already tryed with a spotter on tramp.. but i cant solo it. and the 3rd time i felt on my spotter's feet

try it with spotter but without tramp.