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30+ sessions into backflips, hit my head on the hard part of the foam pit. What should I fix?

I'm about 30+ sessions into learning backflips. Today I tried one off cushioned ground toward a foam pit, and my head hit the hard part of the pit instead of the soft foam.

My guess is that I didn't fully extend on the takeoff and my hips came up too slowly, so I rotated late and landed short. I'd like to know if that's the right diagnosis or if I'm missing something like arm swing, takeoff angle, or head position.

What drills would you do before trying it into the pit again, and should I be using a spotter or a bigger landing setup until my height is more consistent? I can post a video if that helps. Thank you!

u/calretrover — 4 days ago

Can anyone identify this trick??

My friend learned this somehow without any tutorials and we have no idea what this is lol.

u/mrman277353 — 4 days ago

I want to learn to backflip.

Do you think I can just send it? I am a very athletic young teenager with a decently high vertical. I can do a backflip on a trampoline along with back fulls, halfs, frontflips, corks, sideflips ect.

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u/KaleidoscopeMotor601 — 4 days ago

I was struggling for the whole session, slept for 30 minutes on a mat, got woke up by one of the coaches trolling by sniping me in the head with a foam block (twice), and then hit this 8 minutes later

Yeah, idek man 😭 wild session. I woke up and shuriken cork just made sense after that.

u/Equinox-XVI — 5 days ago

What have I done

So it's my first time doing backflips on a trampoline park and I got bored and started messing around with rotations what is this I thing it looks like the corks that we do on bikes but I don't really know what it is

u/awitaman — 5 days ago

Is this a proper 540?

surprisingly only took 3 attempts because of my martial arts background, wondering if it fits the criteria for a proper 540?

u/KillerBread146 — 11 days ago

Aerial help

As you can see. My aerial is basically still a b kick and im struggling with the conversion. I trying to really kick up my leg behind me (right leg) and am trying to look a bit infront of my left leg to get the my body lower compared to a b kick. Do you think my problem is a strength, flexibility or technique issue? I also hypothesis my hips are incorrect but i dont really know. Open to any recommendations. Thanks.

u/ZhongSandwich — 12 days ago