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There shouldn't be any back pain, so unless you have a pre-existing injury that's being aggravated then it's a technique thing. Check out this section of my stomach drop tutorial, hopefully it's one of these issues! th-cam.com/video/UyoejqoY9qg/w-d-xo.html

Ayy thank you! I'm not sure, tbh. I'll try the next time I'm warmed up at the gym! I don't actively train press handstands these days, but I've been doing quite a bit of planche work and pike compression from forearm manna, so... hopefully 🤓👊🏻

Thanks for the comments, David! For falling into bridges, I would recommend standing in front of a wall, reaching back for it, and walking your hands downward towards a bridge on the floor gradually and slowly. Do this frequently, as well as trying to stand up out of a bridge forwards slowly, to build control and muscular engagement. I hope that helps!

@@ScottMcDonaldAcrobat Thanks Scott, I've played around with all of that and can get to the floor and back with control but the word 'frequently' ....rings a bell. Any ground work you cover will be really appreciated, so many dilattentes chosen for their incompetence and credulity really clutter this place with shallow inducements to buy rubber bands and be clumsy, it's great to hear considered advice from an artist :) Oh, I'm a musician, I recorded a little playing meditation/improvisation on my channel it's the last thing I uploaded , you might like moving to it, you can warm up and warm down with me. It takes less than three minutes. The single bar of music that is the seed I wrote in hospital recovering from the seizure that nearly destroyed my mental health. It worked, patience always does.

Is this easier or harder than a normal one

To my great surprise, I find this WAY easier than a normal one. Also less sketchy, as falling backwards out of a normal one (which I have my fingers pointed backwards for) forces my wrists into a really painful acute angle, whereas falling here just… falls a few inches with no wrist torture, haha

Glad the video helped!

Thank you! It’s a great song!

At what point in the combo?

@@ScottMcDonaldAcrobat tbh idk just in a middle of a combo, you choose.

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Ayy thank you!

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@@alexandersatdarov3872 certainly! If you send me a video on Instagram I could probably diagnose what’s going on, hut if you’re getting stuck at 270 it could just be a matter of opening early- getting the full rotation usually requires holding on longer than feels natural at first. Alternatively, you might be keeping your hands in a regular stomach drop position instead of loading them asymmetrically so you can pull extra hard into the rotation, not tucking as tightly as possible, or kicking the bed with your feet. I hope that helps in the meantime!

Thank you so much! I’m editing a seat drop tutorial right now and have a swivel hips one here: th-cam.com/video/_0xs2ktpZ0U/w-d-xo.html

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Thank you! Love their music!

I’ll need to work on it more first, but I will at some point 👊🏻 it should be a little easier on a narrower setup like many trampoline parks have, but it’s a full commit kinda trick

@@ScottMcDonaldAcrobat ahh okay, I’ll be on the lookout for it because they look really cool but I get stuck after the first transfer. And yes I have a narrow setup at the Skyzone in my city so it should be easy once I get the basics, thanks!

@@calebsavoy2193 Perfect! The main things I noticed when learning these were that you really have to anchor your weight into the far wall, anticipate turning into the return a bit, and start to go back before you begin falling. I have been doing flips for a quarter century and have never had such sore lower calves, it felt like someone had beaten my achilles tendons with a baseball bat for a few days after doing these, so be safe and warm up properly, haha 👊🏻😅

@@ScottMcDonaldAcrobat Oh wow that’s a long time lol. Double transfers always looked painful to me so I didn’t want to try them but I think I’m ready to start learning

Ahah that’s hilarious

Thank you! It’s the easiest of the whole group, in my opinion- debatably as easy or even easier than a regular cruise, once you have a consistent takeoff. There are a few more cruise variation videos coming soon with more interesting shapes 🤓👊🏻

Absolutely! In the meantime, a couple things that might help- the first drill I show in this tutorial, where you go from stomach to back, is the same snap initiation as you would use for a cody. If you can get that takeoff to feel consistent, it'll make life much safer. The second thing I would recommend is learning to drive a cruise all the way over to your back. Going to your stomach is a great start, but if you can flip it even further you'll learn how it feels to put the rotation in that you would need to do a cody to your stomach or feet. Lastly, if you weren't trying it from a back 3/4 (backflip to stomach), I would highly recommend starting there. It'll give you much more power than starting from a front drop, just like a roundoff backflip is much physically easier than a standing one.

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Twisting is mostly a matter of turning your hip, shoulder, and head at the same rate in the same direction at the same time, made much easier and more efficient by keeping your abs and butt engaged (what gymnasts etc refer to as "staying tight") so your entire body moves as one unit rather than in a disjointed way. For a front half, you can break it down in a pretty simple way- do a front tuck, kick out, and in the moment right before landing, close your hip and shoulder so you turn 45 degrees in the direction you want to twist. When that gets comfortable, add another 45 degrees so you're landing facing sideways, then another 45 to take you into an almost-half-twist, and finally another 45 degrees to take you all the way to a front half. From there, you can begin twisting slightly earlier and in a more open position so you can watch the trampoline, but that's how I would typically teach it. As for back twisting, cruises are a wonderful way to drill for the timing and general feeling of it. More to come on the subject, but it's hard to condense it into a TH-cam comment, haha. Hope this helps!

I have! I thoroughly enjoy 540 cruise to stomach, it's been ages since the last time I did 900 but it was fun (and terrifying) when I used to do them, haha. Cruise variation videos coming next weekend (and for a month or so afterward) 🙃👊🏻

Thank you!

I'm loving the new scenery, I hope they keep it like this even after Cloud 7 is over!

Thank you very much! I really appreciate it! Good catch with the terminology, too- I think of cascades and fountains as being the same general concept (minus switching hands) and often forget to distinguish between the two! Much appreciated, I'll be more mindful of how I refer to them 🙏🏻👊🏻

And so different in difficulty level, at least for me- the 540 cat always feels like it has to feel "wrong" to get the right amount of rotation, if that makes sense, whereas the Rudi ballout is just a full porpoise then I stare at the tramp and do nothing 😂🤷🏻‍♂

Not yet, but I will make one. There are three different ways you can approach it- Rudi timing (540 twist over the top), Jonah- full, or my personal preference: full up barani. I would argue that none of them is inherently right or wrong, it’s just what feels the most natural to you

Thank you so much!

Hard to know for sure how you're winding up on your neck without seeing it, but chances are you're bringing your knees too close to your chest while on your back then kicking too vertically and/or not keeping your neck muscles engaged. Hope that helps!

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Now that is an interesting idea indeed 🤓🤓🤓🤓

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@@bboyagua thank you! I was worried about my shoulders but it felt totally fine to catch like this, give it a go!

Ayyy merci! Hope you’re doing well man!

👊🏻☺️👊🏻 the biggest thing I would suggest is really, really drilling in on a raised surface until the mechanics are 100% before going any lower

Ayyy cheers, thank you so much! I hope the tips help!

Thank you very much!

Thank you! It's a fun one!

It's a fun one! It's one of those "less is more" kind of tricks and is one of the best drills for 360 dive rolls 🤓👊🏻

This facility is pretty one of a kind, but there might be something like a trampoline park, gymnastics gym, or small circus studio near you! I absolutely understand the frustration and difficulty of teaching yourself- I was in the same boat for most of my career, and it definitely made things take much longer/led to needless injuries. Based on your name, I'm assuming you live in Leiden, Netherlands- if so, good news: there are a few tramp parks and gymnastics gyms 🙃🙃🙃

@@ScottMcDonaldAcrobat thanks for the encouragement! Unfortunately I moved from Leiden to the backwaters of the Belgian countryside and feel very isolated from cool clubs and good facilities. I do have access to a trampoline park, so that's become my second home 🤣 No trampwall tho - the horror! Keep up the great content, it really is inspiring and thanks for taking the time to reply 💪

@@LostInLeiden Ahh, I see! Unfortunate about the lack of trampwall, but the tramp park sounds like a great substitute place to train the rest of your skills! Thank you very much! More trampoline tutorials coming shortly 🙃👊🏻

Thank you very much!

I am but a mere thief 😂 here’s who I stole it from- she lifts the opposite leg and does it infinitely better under infinitely harder circumstances! th-cam.com/video/T1ju0iyGsLY/w-d-xo.htmlsi=4YV1_FSFUGcNbojz

@@user-vx5eq2fs5j Thank you so much! Send me a video of your attempts on Instagram and I’ll take a look, but if I were to guess you’re probably rushing the twist and not swinging your legs directly underneath your hips as you leave the wall or tilting your torso off axis 👊🏻🤓

Okay ill send you the video on instagram

Ahhhh damn, I forgot about Geingers! I've already filmed and edited part three but I suppose I can always make a part four 🤓 The pullover cruise in particular is extremely helpful for back full out (which, in retrospect, probably would have been less threatening to learn as a pullover full out)

Thank you! Will do 🙏🏻

Nice! Maybe reverse engineering it by starting with the twisting challenge will help!