How "aware" are you when you do your tricks

[tvsmurf]

Hi!

I was sitting the other night and saw some crazy tricking video with some insane "spin moves", the first thing I thought of was how can they stay "aware" throughout the whole trick. The reason I thought of this is because when I do a simple backflip everything becomes dark from the moment I leave the ground. I guess this, let us call it misfortune, will disappear the more I trick (if you haven't guessed I'm a newbie!). But exactly how aware are you throughout your tricks? And if you are totally aware, how long did it take for you to get there?

[Phil D]

after you have drilled the move a few hundred times you will know pretty much exactly where you are/should be when doing the move

[Colonel]

Aerial Awareness :D

[tuareg]

it will come eventually.

just practise.

[TKD_Andy]

with some insane "spin moves", ?

woah there.... "SPIN moves?"

sounds pretty intense! Must be years ahead!


haha j/k. Like others have said, its literally just practice. The more you do it, the more used to it you get :good:

[pete_man_man]

100% aware all the time.

it took me up until yesterday to get where i am right now

[zambri]

the moment your awareness becomes better you will now almost instantly during/after the move.

[Steve]

Just keep your eyes on a frame of reference and your entire problem is solved

[breykdown]

i know exactly where i am for the most part when i do corks, but when i try doubles i might as well be wearing a blindfold. it probably means im rushing the twist and i need to set more, and i have that problem in a lot of my tricks

[Chance]

It's a blurrrrrrrrrrrr

[chicanerous]

The reason I thought of this is because when I do a simple backflip everything becomes dark from the moment I leave the ground.
If everything is dark, you are probably closing your eyes, which is an understandable, instinctive reaction. Also, a completely unnecessary one.

When I was learning to front tuck, I would close my eyes, which made things very inconsistent. I didn't even know I was doing this until my coach pointed it out. After forcing myself to keep them open, pretty much everything leveled up.

You could, of course, be using a metaphor and my literal interpretation may then be useless.

[tvsmurf]

You could, of course, be using a metaphor and my literal interpretation may then be useless.

I was actually literal no metaphors here:smile: . It seem that I have to have patience in this matter and hopefully one day the light will come (ok that was a metapore I guess). Thanks for reply!!

(BTW this forum is GREAT!!)