Tips & Stories
Here are some general tips and interesting stories about flips(Whether back or front doesn’t matter).
・For a particular objective
How to get more height in flips
How to get more rotation in flips
・For a particular phase of all flips(front, back, from round off…)
1. Before jump/punch
Faster run-up gives your flip more rotation
How to extend out your knee joints when taking off
Keep your torso and shins parallel when jump
Keep your torso straight and stick your hips out(front flip only)
Swing your arms and upper body
Appropriate swing direction of your body(arms, upper or lower body)
2. Takeoff
To arch your back makes rotation but decreases height
Make your waist be above your feet
3. In the air
How to make your form more efficient for rotation (including improving tuck)
Put strength to all your muscles
4. Prepare to land
5. Landing
6. General
Appropriate your face direction
How to fix your bad habit (move to a particular side etc. )
・Little known fact of flips
We don’t rotate by momentum of tucking at all
Back flips are easier than front flips for us
We are always rotating with an axis of waist in the air
・Short stories
The springs which doesn’t fall
(related to tip We don’t rotate by momentum of tucking at all)
Apparent axis shifts as time goes
(related to general tip We are always rotating with an axis of waist)
Swinging your arms upward, your weight becomes heavier