how to get the most height from my btwist

[maxx]

Ok heres the question how can i alter my tehcnique to get the most height out of my b-twist.

I do a hook b-twist or the step b-twist(the set up most people use)

when i b-twist it tends to be mad low. But i can butterfly pretty high so i wanna get the most of out the b-twist as much as i can. what can i do.

[Kyukodo Gaz]

"Here are my initial tips which I put up on my site for one of my students. I wrote this when I was landing them consistently but not getting any height. As I have practiced I have come to understand the move better and by posting the next lot of tips I put up, I guess you will see the progression in understanding.

Okay, somebody had to start it so here we go...

Dale can you please post your top five tips for a b-twist? Here are mine...

1- It's all about the take off, without the correct steps you are screwed (pardon the pun!).

2- Get into the floor. This is one of my biggest problems and I am only just rectifying it now. To jump properly you really need to bend your legs and push with all your might. Rebound jumps are simply not adequate for a b-twist.

3- Don't think about it as a twist. When you have jumped, all you need to do is turn over! Just think about looking at the ceiling and you will twist naturally. If you try and twist too fast you will over-rotate.

4- Jump up, not in! When you jump you need to make sure that your body is moving upwards and not forwards. This will give you the required time to affect the twist and not have you 'just' land it every time.

5- Why not try the same steps but with a double foot take off? I've just started trying this now and it gives you so much more height! Bring on the round kick at the end!!!

Hope that helps!

That was the first lot. Here's the next. Please bear in mind Dogen's tuts.

I have now got the balls, to try and execute the correct technique. So here I go with my top tips...

The U shape is very mportant, so I will reiterate the need to go as low as you can before you jump, however, this concept is quite difficult so I will give you some more tips to think about when you are doing these.

1) Practice your B Kick. The more height you can get with your first leg, the better your twist will be.

2) Bend your take-off leg. I have already said this above, but it is so important that I feel I must say it again! The more you drive into the floor with your take off leg, the higher you will jump.

3) Your lifting leg (the one that lifts first) should reach its peak before you attempt any sort of take-off. That way the leg reaching its peak will add extra height to your jump. If you are jumping as it is lifting it will only cause you to rotate forward. Needless to say this causes all sorts of problems and puts your head into the floor. ONLY JUMP AS THE LLIFTING LEG REACHES ITS PEAK!!! The harder you throw the leg, the higher it will pump you.

4) Your jumping leg (the one you take off from) should not only be bent, it should be pushing into the floor with all its might! This means driving to the tip of the toes. Jump from the quad, push through the calf, into the ankle and the toes. Get as much power from that leg as you can possible derive!

5) Okay. Now we are getting some height, practice your B Kick from here. You should get extra height, extra air time, and better technique. Concentrate on getting your float. When you have this feeling, you are getting close to achieving your B Twist! (Believe it or not!)

6) At the point of the 'hang' (the peak of your jump where you feel like you're floating), you twist. Wrap your arms around yourself tight and look at the ceiling. Your body will automatically try and right itself and it is very difficult to practice this technique and stop whilst upside down. the momentum just does not allow it. You will turn. As you face the floor pike your legs down to land.

Pay particular attention to the first few points. The twist is NOT important. Anyone can do a single twist, it does not take massive effort. The trick is to get the height and time to perform one whilst being able to land out from it. Just going into a B Kick take off position and spinning staright away may just give you a landing, but it is NOT a B Twist. You will know when you do one of these right because you will see the floor, and then think, 'OK, I should put my feet down now and land.'

So there you go. Revised B Twist! Hope that they help."

From my post on the B twists tuts on Guides and Write Ups.

[Less than Dan]

i think you should read the Dogens central of gravity tutorial :)

Dogen's entire tutorial is just putting the obvious stall factor for a lot of moves into fancy wording. Watch as I sum up his entire tutorial in one sentence:

"Jump as high as you can and delay the flip/twist/kick for a better result".

There isn't much to it. Besides, this is a specific problem. Watching his tutorial really won't answer his question. The b-twist is a lot more complex than just a stall.

[Source]

A simple tip. If you can butterfly kick high as you say, then do the butterfly twist the exact same way as the kick, except you just look over your shoulder to initiate the twist at the peak of the kick.

[lak89]

some like source said, i was just about to recommend that

if you can b-kick that high, then pretend you are going to b-kick, then at the peak of your jump, twist.

Can you standing btwist? if you're getting the same height in the standing one as well the one with the run-up, then you're not feeling the benefits of the run-up at all

[Ryoda]

lak89's Bkicks will have your kids for breakfast.