has your height anything to do with it?

[tyoogoha]

hi, I wondered if your height has any impact on your abilities in tricking. like, has a shorter person it easier than a tall person when he/she is taking a frontflipp, backflip or whatever..

[anerky]

basically, no. What would you do if it did? ...Get leg transplants? The only reason I see for such thinking is justification for not being as good, which is bullshit.

[tyoogoha]

okey, hehe
your right :D

[BboyAgua]

OMG HOW DO PHYSICS WORK FUCK MY BRAIN.

of course small people have it easier.

[bobcheese]

Steve Terada.

[Swartz]

hi, I wondered if your height has any impact on your abilities in tricking. like, has a shorter person it easier than a tall person when he/she is taking a frontflipp, backflip or whatever..

.: NO :.

[zambri]

IM SORRY BUT I MUST USE THE N WORD

the question was full of non sense

[Anima]

No it does not effect your tricking.

[Swartz]

The thread starter is a GIRL.

[bobcheese]

The thread starter is a GIRL.

Lols. This is gonna get big then :D

[Swartz]

Well she didn't announce it so unless everyone sees my post it won't.

I KNOW WHAT JUST GOT LONGER THOUGH.

Not really.

[Shaolin.dk]

.: NO :.

more than one gymnast has said to me that height and size do have an influence on your capability in the tricks/flips, so im pretty sure ure wrong.

[Swartz]

Yes, because a handful of gymnasts must be 100% correct in everything they say. Don't be a dumbass Shaolin.dick.

[pete_man_man]

your number of chromosomes has a bigger influence as demonstrated by yourself, shaolin.

LOLOLOLOL :wink:

- Shengoikee

[bobcheese]

Yes, because a handful of gymnasts must be 100% correct in everything they say. Don't be a dumbass Shaolin.dick.

So brutally honest ^__^

[Shaolin.dk]

Yes, because a handful of gymnasts must be 100% correct in everything they say. Don't be a dumbass Shaolin.dick.

I assume they know more about it, than a retard like you.

[bobcheese]

Yet another TT argument ^__^

[Shaolin.dk]

Yet another TT argument ^__^

and swartz is involved as usual..

[Hyourinmaru]

hahaha, cooool
more norwegian female trickers !


YES SWARTZ! A FEMALE!! OMG!!
AND! A NORWEGIAN ONE!! :juji:

[Tocano]

You've made some great posts today swartz. I applaud you!

[BboyAgua]

If you don't believe or understand why being taller is a disadvantage then you are a moran.

Carry on, gentlemen.

[Flowers]

I saw what you did there.


I'm not a scientist or anything so anything I say is just a guess, but I'd say shorter people have it easier.

(Try doing a flare while being 6'3" compared to 5'5")

[bobcheese]

I saw what you did there.


I'm not a scientist or anything so anything I say is just a guess, but I'd say shorter people have it easier.

(Try doing a flare while being 6'3" compared to 5'5")

Yeah what if you were 6'3" and had 5 foot long arms and your legs were 2 feet long and you had a 4'3" upper body?

[zambri]

thats one disproportional body

[bobcheese]

thats one disproportional body

But isn't it possible? Then he'd be da flare master.

[zambri]

lol , i just pictured it... hahah thats funny it like a midget with the limbs of a basketball player

[Aiden Bloodaxe]

lol , i just pictured it... hahah thats funny it like a midget with the limbs of a basketball player
HAHAHA!

I think it would make the slightest difference but how would you know?You couldn't try tricking one day at 5"5 & the next at 6"3 & picking the size with the best advantage.Why care?If you like tricking just get on with it!JUST TRICK!!!

[BboyAgua]

Yeah what if you were 6'3" and had 5 foot long arms and your legs were 2 feet long and you had a 4'3" upper body?

You're missing the point. It's not just the lever effect. Bodies are all made of same substances, regardless of size. You ever wonder why they don't just increase the size of every aspect of a remote control car proportionally and have an incredibly efficient electric car? A human may be able to jump higher than a frog, but the frog's 1 foot jump is 25 times it's body height. The ability to overcome gravity remains relatively the same no matter what size you are, but amount of work needed to move that body is less the shorter you are.

Gymnasts who are about the 6 foot tall range who end up getting strong enough to do an iron cross, end up working a lot harder for it, and very often end up breaking their own sternums due to the stress from the incredibly powerful pec muscles. The sternum may be larger to compensate for the larger pecs, but the structural integrity of the bone tissue is the same.

Just think of why Ant's can lift 50x their own body weight with ease. And there is no insect over the size of a small cat. An insect larger than that would be crushed by its own exoskeleton.

[Adam Ross]

http://www.viscountentertainment.co.uk/Photos/Long%20Arms-Street.jpg
LIMBS

[Flowers]

Truth^

[bobcheese]

http://www.ibiblio.org/wm/paint/auth/malevich/sup/malevich.black-square.jpg

Oh, totally.

[Christorres]

The only way to increase the spin of an object, but keep the amount of work needed the same is to decrease the rotational mass. but BboyAgua is right the amount of work needed is peportianat to the persons size. So shorter trickers only have it better in theory. If you need further proof that size has nothing to do with ability jus compare Trickers like Anis and Steve Terada

[BboyAgua]

Oh, totally.

Pretty much.

[tyoogoha]

is it very unusual with girls in here??

[Hyourinmaru]

is it very unusual with girls in here??

well...
theres a feeeeew...
its more like swartz and.. certain others.. no just swartz.. that liked to blow things out of proportion..
just stay out of publicus.. you'll be fine =)

[tyoogoha]

sounds good :)

[WushuTricks]

Basicly, if you have nice and short, flexible, strong legs, you would have a really good body for tricking. If your tall and not anis or any of those guys, you could die or get paralyzed for life.

[pete_man_man]

Basicly, if you have nice and short, flexible, strong legs, you would have a really good body for tricking. If your tall and not anis or any of those guys, you could die or get paralyzed for life.

unfortunately, anis is not tall

[WushuTricks]

unfortunately, anis is not tall

He's average-tall.

[BboyAgua]

6 feet is average. So he's average for a full grown male. But for a good trickster he is somewhat tall.

[stefanuz]

i don't think size has that much to say, as long as you're proportional. but if you are really small or really tall, the tall one would definetly be at a dissanvantage.. Everything that's "normal" doesn't matter that much though

[tyoogoha]

what is anis?? and I'm 1,70 m.. (5.8 feet or something) does that mean that I am more lightly to get paralyzed for life??

[Shaolin.dk]

anis is not tall at all haha, im 180 cm and hes about the same.

[stefanuz]

hehe, i consider 180cm to be tall :P but that's because i'm short.
but i think that everything between tiny (bigger than dwarfs) to maybe 185 or so, shouldn't have a problem with tricking, if you get higher than that i think you're more likely to get injured etc. but i find that often long people are helluva good twisters though ;)

[Hyourinmaru]

anis was.. when i met him around 180-181 something.. that was loopkicks germany 06 ,and he's younger then me, the brat.. so dunno if he's grown alot or not hahaha

[Hyourinmaru]

hehe, i consider 180cm to be tall :P but that's because i'm short.
but i think that everything between tiny (bigger than dwarfs) to maybe 185 or so, shouldn't have a problem with tricking, if you get higher than that i think you're more likely to get injured etc. but i find that often long people are helluva good twisters though ;)

haha, you consider 180 tall cous your shooooooooort :D:D

[mchitti]

I just took a look at some professional gymnastics videos to come to a conclusion, I observed that they were all roughly the same height, which was reasonably tall, about 180cm plus or something; I am bad at judging height, but there were no short people. I think it's stupid to come to logical conclusions on this topic because there are so many variables you just never take into account; instead, look into the real thing where it actually shows.

[JiayoJames]

I think it's stupid to come to logical conclusions on this topic because there are so many variables you just never take into account; instead, look into the real thing where it actually shows.
Seriously. Way too many variables for any kind of worthwhile theoretical speculation here.

[Swartz]

I don't understand why people even bring it up in the first place. Whether you're short or tall and want to trick you just accept the way you are and do the best you can. No amount of knowledge on how height does/doesn't affect tricking will help you.

[Hyourinmaru]

I don't understand why people even bring it up in the first place. Whether you're short or tall and want to trick you just accept the way you are and do the best you can. No amount of knowledge on how height does/doesn't affect tricking will help you.

swartz does have a point...
if you wanna trick.. then you trick... no real use pondering your start out "stats" (so to speak) haha..

[glide2]

I just took a look at some professional gymnastics videos to come to a conclusion, I observed that they were all roughly the same height, which was reasonably tall, about 180cm plus or something; I am bad at judging height, but there were no short people.

You're indeed bad at judging heights because most elite gymnasts are shorter than 180 cm, and if they're all short it's for a reason. It's easier for shorter people to flip, because it takes them less torque to flip than tall people.

[tigtricker]

i am 210cm and cannot backwards roll, never mind backflip!

[Swartz]

i am 210cm and cannot backwards roll, never mind backflip!

Plenty of 6.5 foot or taller guys can backflip, gainer, etc haha.

What the hell is with you people?

[Aiden Bloodaxe]

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[biyak]

sure it does....
power to weight ratio ...

[Aiden Bloodaxe]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9G1XGxgCA8&NR=1

[tigtricker]

Plenty of 6.5 foot or taller guys can backflip, gainer, etc haha.

What the hell is with you people?

indeed i can do those tricks, it was an attempt to abuse the thread topic

[glide2]

[b][color=#ff0099]Plenty of 6.5 foot or taller guys can backflip, gainer, etc haha.


Yeah, but can they do it as easily as short people? No. Show me someone over 6'6 with *very good* acrobatic skills. Oh you can't find any? Guess why faggot

[Swartz]

Yeah, but can they do it as easily as short people? No. Show me someone over 6'6 with *very good* acrobatic skills. Oh you can't find any? Guess why faggot

I think you need a time out. Don't have a temper tantrum. Maybe I should call your mommy so she wipe the dribble from your face.

I'm sorry that the topic of "height" has offended you so greatly.

[short gorilla]

I'm short. I suck. The two are unrelated.

[glide2]

I think you need a time out. Don't have a temper tantrum. Maybe I should call your mommy so she wipe the dribble from your face.

I'm sorry that the topic of "height" has offended you so greatly.

Yeah I'm so offended I don't believe it

[Swartz]

There there...

[Birch]

Lols. This is gonna get big then :D

it just did

[Dave]

Seriously. Way too many variables for any kind of worthwhile theoretical speculation here.

Exactly, even a generic study [say look at how long it takes people of different heights to learn a backsault] would fail due to the many other factors which are involved.

Also any anecdotal evidence is completely pointless. I'm like 192 cm or something, I really don't care lol.

Just do the tricksss, this topic should only occur out of curiosity/interest/perhaps physics or something but whenever it comes up it's always someone tall or short looking for an excuse.