need frontflip help (with vid)

[hardcorejesse22]

hi everybody, i'm a noob and i've been trying to get frontflips and I can do them now but they're all shitty looking and low. any tips? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueuLlXMbCaA

[Monstyr]

set a little bit more, and your run up is killing you.
slow down the run a bit, you slowed down anyways right before you took off which isn't helping you any. if you want more height set a bit more and tuck tighter, you just have to open earlier then

edit: most important part, think up. you don't have to jump forward at all. don't throw your head forwards/down.
otherwise good work

[tsuchinoko]

Get a good jog for momentum, block, use your arms and jump up, and tuck real nice n tight, and land. Front flip is ridiculously easy =P

[Monstyr]

XD your avatar makes me laugh

[tsuchinoko]

Bird dog =D

[McGriddle]

What Monstyr said... and shoes don't do it for me. Punch the ground with the balls of your feet, you're punching flat footed and leaving your feet on the ground too long. There's an annoying baby who won't stop crying and is shitting its pants on the ground, getting in the way of your tricks. FUCKING KILL IT WITH YOUR PUNCH!!!:wicked: Minimize the time your feet are in contact with the ground. Make it a fast, strong punch, block, jump UP AND SET and tuck. If you still have trouble try doing it russian style like me :cool:. SUPER EASY. Good luck

[hardcorejesse22]

What Monstyr said... and shoes don't do it for me. Punch the ground with the balls of your feet, you're punching flat footed and leaving your feet on the ground too long. There's an annoying baby who won't stop crying and is shitting its pants on the ground, getting in the way of your tricks. FUCKING KILL IT WITH YOUR PUNCH!!!:wicked: Minimize the time your feet are in contact with the ground. Make it a fast, strong punch, block, jump UP AND SET and tuck. If you still have trouble try doing it russian style like me :cool:. SUPER EASY. Good luck

lol, i'll keep the baby thing in mind

[Monstyr]

good! because killing babies is what tricking is all about

[McGriddle]

good! because killing babies is what tricking is all about

Obviously!!! I kill babies by the crib full. The more unrecognizable the baby is when you finish a trick, the better that trick was.

But do you get the point I was trying to make? Watch your feet in the slow motion clip. They're on the ground for waay too long. It's simple physics. Impulse. To get the most efficient force bounced back, you need to apply maximum force over a very short period of time. The longer it takes for your feet to punch off the ground, the less force the ground has to give back. Also, what I said about punching off the balls of your feet, again physics. Large force+small area(balls of your feet)+short time= Massive front tuck.

Remember these 5 things next time you go for your front tuck.
Quick punch, block, balls of your feet, Jump UP!!, Tuck hard. And of course... dead baby