What's going on guys? Today I'm going to teach you how to learn a backflip at home
and you're only going to need one thing and that is a mattress like this.
So this is a professional mattress but you can use your bed mattress or something like that
as long as you have permission to do so. Guys this is a dangerous move so if you're under 18
make sure you have permission and supervision from your parents. If you're over 18, just be smart and
be safe. So we're going to start off by stretching a few areas that we're going to use for the back flip
and the progression. First things first: the neck. So you want to do circles both ways.
Then the arms, same thing circles both ways. Now we're going to get on the ground
and do our ankles. So like the top we're going to do circles both ways make sure they're warmed up
and make sure you do both ankles. Then when you're done
you're going to do your wrists so we're gonna put our wrists on the ground like this and lean forward
then sideways and then we're gonna do a few circles with them.
So the first move that we're gonna start with is a mix between a cartwheel and a round off.
I'm a righty and my left foot is actually the stronger one so I'm gonna plant my left
foot first and kick my right leg behind, put my hands on the mat and then lay my feet together.
So I put my hands, kick my outer leg and then bring my legs together and land on the mat
If that feels weird make sure you try it on the other side and see if that feels more natural.
The next step is we're going to try the same thing but we're going to jump into it
so instead of kicking my leg like this I'm going to jump with my feet and put my hands.
So the goal is to always land the same way that you started so I started here
and I want to land with my chest facing this way.
Next up we're going to angle ourselves a little bit away from the mat like this and
we're going to do the same thing but now we have to jump a little bit over the shoulder like this.
Now guys make sure you take your time with each step because you don't want to rush this it's a
very dangerous move so make sure you do a hundred of each step if you have to. The next step is
back facing towards the mat fully straight and now we're just gonna go over the shoulder and
do the same thing so it's not as scary as it looks I can still see the mat
and you're just gonna put your hands just like you just did.
Next up we're going to do a few backwards rolls just to practice getting directly over our head.
So what you're going to do is stand right in front of the mat and then get your butt
to the mat like this. Then you're gonna get your knees to your chest and your feet above the
head while arching your back like this so you can practice doing that a few times before going over.
So when you're ready you're gonna kick your feet over your head and you're also going to put your
hands by your head to protect your head and also push off the mat to get onto your feet like this.
When you're comfortable you can do it with a
little more momentum from a standing position like this.
So when we're actually gonna do a backflip one of the most important things you can do
is a tuck. A tuck looks like this so we're gonna practice that one on the
ground first so you're gonna lay down on the mat get your arms up like this
as if you just jumped and then bring your knees to your chest and your hands your knees like this.
So you want to practice that a few times and do it as fast as possible.
So this is where the trick gets dangerous so make sure you did all the progressions before
and that you're really ready to try it. Now we're going to try to do the exact same thing we did before
but back facing the mat and instead of looking over the shoulder like we did
we're going to try to go directly over as if we're doing a back flip.
We're still gonna use our hands for this but we're gonna try to tuck a little more
which is why we just practiced it so if you do it properly it should look a little bit like this.
We're going to jump. Bend your knees, swing our arms to get a little more momentum and then make sure that
you swing your arms and go behind so you actually land on the mat and not forward. Looks like this.
You're gonna keep doing the same thing and you're gonna try to use your hands
a little bit less every attempt like this.
Once you realize that you're barely using your hands on the mat you can finally use
your hands to tuck instead. So what we're going to do is get as big of a jump as we can
and make sure you go backwards because you want to land on the mat so we're going to get a big jump
like this and then we're going to bring our knees to our chest in the tucking position
that we did earlier and then we're just going to keep doing the flip and land on our feet... hopefully.
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