540 kick improvement

[tricker_d]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QoyPkeT8fCk

I took a break from 540 kicks so today I tried them again and they improved. But no matter how hard I try, I can't get any height on my jump.

[mm tacos rock]

Just have fun with it. At least you can DO a 540, right?

It helps when you practice to just have fun instead of turning it into a training drill. Just throw a bunch of 540s because you love them and they should improve by themselves over time.

[tricker_d]

I think it just takes some conditioning.

[skullmyst]

be grateful for your 540 abilities.

[tricker_d]

I'll just train my vertical.

[shengoikee]

training a vertical jump will have no effect on your 540 haha....

they looked pretty decent though man. just reach up with your arms as if grabbing a basketball hoop.

[Skilzat85X]

Don't be a blasphemous nigg David Hill! Training your vertical will effect your 540 on a grand scale!


Well, sorta haha. If you're like me you push everything into the air, whereas some people do many of their kicking moves with more concentration on pure lateral speed instead of achieving maximum height potential.
Ok, I don't even know if lateral was the right word to use their, but it just sounded sooo good. Haha. Horizontal spinning speed basically.

Although I can't judge at the momentum whether his style of 540 will be benefited by a higher vertical jump, for the FAG divshare link ain't workin!

[tricker_d]

Divshare isn't working. It won't let me view my uploaded files for some reason. And it takes too long to load today.

[tricker_d]

Updated with youtube link.

[del]

i think if u throw up your first leg higher u might get some more air

[Sakanem]

i think if u throw up your first leg higher u might get some more air

Precisely. That'll clean up your landing aswell. Nice kick btw :smile:

[tricker_d]

Thanks. The reason I keep my first leg straight is so I can get more momentum from kicking my butt with it to land on the kicking leg. If I can get it higher, it will be like a hyper feilong :juji:.

[Benji]

Thrust your hips upward. Try to hump the sky.

[shengoikee]

Don't be a blasphemous nigg David Hill! Training your vertical will effect your 540 on a grand scale!

naaaah dude, the difference in height will be so marginal compared with a quick alteration of technique.

i was going to make a 540 tutorial recently which focused on height but bust ankles are no good for that. :agony:

[tuareg]

Very nice 540 tricker!


Im very close to a 540, safe to say i would land it. Problem is, i dont have much room to try a 540, only have space for tornados (meh well, the room is kinda small, so i dont feel comfortable to try a 540 there). If i have a good opportunity to trick this weekend, im pinning that bitch.

[searchsoul]

dammit! how do you execute a 540 with that height?!

i feel my tornadoes are higher but i juz cant tuck that left leg in or stay slightly horizontal! is it cos of the twisting in the air thing?

[Skilzat85X]

Dig in more and bend your leg more when you step in so you can jump more and execute it smoother.

[mm tacos rock]

Very nice 540 tricker!


Im very close to a 540, safe to say i would land it. Problem is, i dont have much room to try a 540, only have space for tornados (meh well, the room is kinda small, so i dont feel comfortable to try a 540 there). If i have a good opportunity to trick this weekend, im pinning that bitch.
haha, this is why I couldn't get a 540 sooner! I was worried I'd crash and slam my face into something blunt. Then when it got warmer outside, I went out there and threw a bunch of baby 540s, then took a deep breath, tried the real thing and landed and I was like "zomg, I can 540!" and threw like 20 of them until I started crashing because I didn't have any left in me.

The moral to my story is that you have to be crazy to trick, which fine with me, because I'm mental.

[tricker_d]

Haha I was looking at the video a couple of times and asking myself "how the heck can I land these with this height?" Its like Im floating for a second. Thanks for the tips guys.