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Front flips

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Where-am-I
Posts: 1635 - Karma: 281
i absolutely can't do a front flip, not on a tramp, not on a matt, not in grass. i always land sideways. any thoughts
Sep 12 2008 7:48PM
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Myke
Posts: 937 - Karma: 11
Sounds like your not committing to it.
Sep 12 2008 9:13PM
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dodgeridge*rider
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make sure you tuck your head in and commit
Sep 12 2008 9:16PM
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hellomynameisjef
Posts: 5794 - Karma: 167
make your body as small as possible, just comitt
Sep 12 2008 9:25PM
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Where-am-I
Posts: 1635 - Karma: 281
i do commit and get all the way around and sometimes get on my feet but for some reason i get off axis and land more on my side
Sep 12 2008 10:40PM
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Skibumsmith
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That's weird. They've always been easy for me. Just jump and throw your body into a tuck and commit.

Sep 12 2008 10:47PM
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Where-am-I
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well practice makes perfect.. mabye i was just having a bad day
Sep 12 2008 10:50PM
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.Capn.
Posts: 1454 - Karma: 152
Spread your legs apart and still tuck. No homo. But like how gymnasts and divers do backflips, with there legs far apart. It wont help you spin fast but will give you better stability and keep you from going off to a side.
Sep 12 2008 10:58PM
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Aaaron.
Posts: 11817 - Karma: 903
what are your arms doing?
Sep 12 2008 11:00PM
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Shlogan
Posts: 4942 - Karma: 430
having trouble somiting to a front on a trampoline, you sound like my sister, lol
Sep 12 2008 11:11PM
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fsscott
Posts: 4684 - Karma: 114
make sure to go forward, not left or right
Sep 12 2008 11:15PM
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Jwalk
Posts: 4647 - Karma: 134
exactly
Sep 12 2008 11:24PM
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Where-am-I
Posts: 1635 - Karma: 281
cool thanks
Sep 13 2008 12:05AM
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jack_weisman
Posts: 2310 - Karma: 169
try a misty then.
Sep 13 2008 11:23AM
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amo
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same deal here. i always end up doing some kind of weird misty thing
Sep 13 2008 11:37AM
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Where-am-I
Posts: 1635 - Karma: 281
mabye i have one leg longer than the other
Sep 13 2008 11:56AM
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leckett1
Posts: 6476 - Karma: 294
It's because you drop a shoulder. I do a lot of flips n shit because I'm a lifeguard and we sesh the diving boards and stuff all the time. When your doing a front flip keep your shoulders parallel because if you keep going to one side that means your throwing yourself sideways. Watch this for viewing pleasure:

Sep 13 2008 12:19PM
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