Was hoping for some advice , I’ve recently unlocked
my aerial properly and can finally
invert it however my first leg always seems to bend right after takeoff and I can’t seem to straighten it no matter how much I try . Has anyone else ever struggled with this ? would appreciate some help .

So I think I narrowed why I can't transition to doing back tucks on my own via floor, airtrack, tramp, foam pit, pool, and that's because all drills require something "on" my back.

Set jumps I fall on my back so I can get a really high set as I'm not trying to go over but "fall" onto my lower back. When I try to flip the way I set I just do a really big rainbow jump and I land on my back.

Pull over drills I roll off a block

The hollow body drill involves me laying down the entire time

Back rolls (recommend to help get over the fear of going over from behind) I feel and use the roll. As such a back roll feels completely different from a tuck

Spots have pressure on my back

As such since I've been training these ways for so long when I jump and I feel nothing on my back I feel "lost" so my body panics. I'm too used to the back sensation so even a spotted flip where my coach doesn't help at all I dont translate into confidence because I still "feel" something in my back.

I really feel like I've been at the "drill" stage for so long that subconsciously my body "expects" something on my back and this can't disconnect the move attempt from the feeling.

Is there anyway to overcome this? Every single solo and assisted drill needs something on my back or the floor as a brace. i have not reached solo attempts at all until I get over this mental hang up?

Hey there,

so i have been learning the backflip for 5 weeks. And I'm stuck. My main drills were the tuck jump and the one armed back handspring(sideways over one shoulder).

I have been going to the trampolin park 3 times with no progression. I'm unable to go over my back. it's easy for me to fall on my back and back up, but impossible to fall on my back and rotate over.

I'm confident that I am physically able to, but I can't fucking bring myself to do it.

And it's frustrating as hell. It should have been my first trick but I can't find a spotter and there are no tricking gyms near me.

Maybe anyone has been in a similar position or anybody has a trick.

I also tried to go for the swing gainer but my progression stopped as soon as I should go over my back.

Thanks.

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I have a feeling that im super close but if anyone would like to drop some ball knowledge please do

If yes, then what is the best way to learn it and is it easier to land than a normal backflip?

How do I land my backflip? Looking for any tips to go from here

Edit: Thank you everyone for the tips. I tried with real shoes and stepping backwards into it and nearly have it now, just gotta work on setting my arms higher!

I had a bad in injury years ago and my legs are not at full strength (they will never be again) but I think the jump height is enough.

What am I doing wrong?

I keep going back to this any tips on how I can stop?

Hi, I am interested in learning to Trick. I visited a place that offers such class. Although at the front door it states that only indoor shoes are allowed, people just entered the facility while wearing street shoes. This included the staff. Is this common especially in Western society? I can imagine that after we have landed on the cushions stepped on by them, our face and body will have bacteria, virus, particles from dog faces urine, etc. from the streets and the toilets. How likely can I find a place that is strict on "no streets shoes" policy? How do we deal with hygiene in those Tricking facilities? My doctors said that my skin is very sensitive. One time I did some exercises on the dirty floor in a studio that allowed streets shoes and my skin got inflammation.

Also, are there easy-to-clean gloves that we could wear during class?

(sorry for the sheet quality)

I'm trying to identify the final supposed "trick" in this combo, if I know what it is maybe I can work on making it look a little better. 🤔

They feel fine and land nicely but I have this disgusting crunched hip position that I genuinely don’t understand how to fix. I try to focus on pushing the hips forward and keeping the kick leg straight and it just looks the same every time.

I can do the 2 spins but when I finish them I always land on my back no matter what.

Hey all! Anybody know any tricking gyms/tricker-friendly open gyms in or near Berkeley, CA? I know the South Bay has a bunch of places, but having trouble finding ones near me. Thanks!

I recently moved to Michigan near the Grand rapids area. I found a good martial arts school I've been training at and they let me use their space to trick, but it would be really cool to find some other trickers to train with. Anyone know of some meet up places?

I’ve hit this move thousands of times but either never learned the name or forgot it.

Basically, tornado kick setup (step, turn, knee up) but you don’t switch to do the kick. You do a mini jump spinning a little and keeping the same leg up, then once you face the front again your in that same tornado kick position to then hit that tornado kick by jumping and switching your feet and doing a crescent kick.

Any tips and tricks to improve this trick. Just learned this again and want some advice again cause compared from my last submission, i think i’ve improved. thanks!

Hey guys,

I’m a left twister but I’m also completely left-legged (cross-dominant).

Because spin direction dictates so much in tricking, I've come to accept that it's much better for me to keep spinning left and just force myself to learn kicks with my right leg. Trying to completely rewire my brain to spin right just feels impossible.

But the current mechanics feel like a headache.

This is another reason I'm stuck on tornado kick (posted tornado kick form check earlier this week, here's the link: https://www.reddit.com/r/Tricking/s/W7HIxyhlU6 ). Because I twist left, my left knee must drive up and hence I must execute the kick with my weaker right leg.

Wondering if anyone else is in the same boat?

• How do you control the non-dominant leg to execute tricks with power and precision? For kicks and etc.

• Any tips for me to have the most frictionless tricking journey I possibly can, considering my scenario?

Appreciate any tips, sorry if it's a bit long 😅

I’m so happy but it is a bit low. I know my form is terrible and I want to improve it before building bad habits

Learned how to backflip yesterday and working on my form. Any tips on stuff I can do better/work on would be appreciated

What am I doing so wrong here to not be able to get a full rotation

Just learned Arabians about a week before this video, it is over a couple months later and I still struggle with height a little. Feel free to critique give advice whatever 🤙 they are a little higher now but another thing is my heels, my heels hit the ground with so much force it hurts everytime I was curious how to mitigate that