Hey guys welcome to my new backflip tutorial
Andi is in Berlin today
and I take that chance to show you
how you can learn a backflip without a mat or a gym
but with a training partner who supports you
let's start with step 1
stand upright, go down a bit
then throw the arms upwards stretched and jump as high as you can
like he is doing
step 2 is the tuck jump
jump as high as possible like in step 1 but then
try to grab your knees when you reach the highest point of your jump
repeat that exercise and try to show up your arms and tuck your knees with full power
ok, step 3
now you need your partner to support you
pay attention that your partner is strong enough to hold your weight
now he has to hold your entire body weight for a short moment
you have to stand in front of your partner
he grabs your back right over your hips
and you will do the same jump you did before but now
you can lean backwards while you do the tuck
so go in like you want to rotate backwards
but start carefully and just lean back a little bit first, so your partner can get the feeling how to hold you
in the end of that process it should feel like if you jump into a backflip
and on the highest point of your movement you lie on the straight arms of your partner for a second.
that exercise is perfect to reduce your fear of the reverse rotation
it's normal that you will have a blockade for that movement in the beginning
because you are afraid to fall on your head
thats why we are doing this exercise now to get used to that feeling for leaning backward while doing the tuck
and leave the chin on the breast while doing the tuck
when you feel safe with that exercise
and you have the feeling you could do the rotation now
if you would do the tuck with full power
then you can start with the supported backflip
now it is really important that you do everything with full power
throw up your arms and than do a counter movement with the arms while doing the tuck
throw the arms down with power
while moving your knees to your chest
that is important to get a fast rotation
now you really have to to everything with full power and without hesitate
do not let your partner do the work but try to do it as if you would do it for your own
your partner is there to secure and support you but not to do the flip for you
but of course its's normal that it will not work directly first
so now we show you how to support you partner for the first backflip tries
one hand goes to the back right over the hips
the same position like at step 3
the other hand grabs the thigh
go beside your partner and a little bit down to have a safer stand
and when he jumps up
you have to push his legs over his body for a full rotation
like that he will do the flip even if he is not doing the rotation by himself
your second hand stays on his back to hold him up in the air long enough to do the full flip before falling down
that is important if the rotation is to slow or he jumps to low
Otherwise he could fall to his head
if he is doing it right you don't have to do much
but be aware that it could be a lot of work for you at his first tries
now it gets a bit harder
we will go to the next step
now we will just use one hand to support our partner
we will just use the hand on his back
this one is only to safe him from falling down but not to help his rotation
so you have to do the back rotation by your own now
without the support on your legs
if that worked out well
and you had the feeling that you do not need the support anymore
and did the flip by your own
you can do the flip without active support
against the fear it is really helpful if the partner is besides you
and hold his hand near to your back
maybe you even need to feel his hand on your back
that gives you a safer feeling
to cross the line of doing it by your own
so your partner sands beside you now and holds his hand near your back without giving you any active support
just to be able to help you in the worse case if you stop rotationg for any reason
but you have to do it completely by your own now
hey guys that was my tutorial for the supported backflip
I hope you liked it and it helps you to learn the backflip
thanks to Andi for the good support
you can see more of him on his own channel
if you need a more detailed tutorial about the technique of the backflip
you can find that here
in that tutorial I talk more about the rotation
but with good support you can start training it just like we did today
and without any mats or a gym
with god support you also can do some mistakes without hurting yourself to much
so have fun with that move. See you next time