Learning a Front Flip 8/15/07

[adanali63]

did you learn all that in one day



[demigoduriah]

umm jumping high isnt the problem hes holding his tuck all the way through the jump he need to let go of his legs about halfway 4/6th of the way throguh the flip

[XxplosiveAM]

dude, jump more

[CatScratch444]

also you were trying way to hard to jump forward rather than up ;P i know this is like 8 years old but if you ever want to do these again you might wanna try that,

[CatScratch444]

just so you know, its not good to do the little "hop" before you actually jump. It's lowers the height you'll get on your real jump, what people are starting to do is just step into the jump rather than hopping! Try it out :)

[sk8erdoodjames]

i bet your feet hurt like fuck after that

[bunderhill2525]

Seeing u land it in one day makes me realize how much i suck at frotflips

[Killerspider762]

What did you do today?

"Practiced my front flip 1000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0­00,000,000,000,000,000,000,000­,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,0­00,000,000,000, times"

[David8Parkour]

1:09

Haha epic push up

[David8Parkour]

Perfect man good job.

[RichesTom]

well done man, practice makes perfect ;)

[noneoftheabove911]

too long



[nonpoint666rocks]

nice man, you actually got it, i got it in like 15 jumps in my school's gymnastics matress i didn't practice for about 4 days, and i completely forgot, but i'm getting it again now



[TheSchil39]

good job it took me 4 eva to land flat i stil dont get it every time

[20OurBand09]

3:01 LMFAO

[JT15038]

Good job, started getting it right after her turned the mattress

[TheVideoVector]

jump up more...but good job!

[SaReK20full]

I dont know why but i look the video over 5 minutes! ^^

[trainguy118]

i wanna flip dont have a mattress tho.... dude dont that hurt ur bk ?

[BowHunterNman77]

@trainguy118 go find some sand or a gymnastics place with open gym :)

[ChloeSapienza]

click clickclick bowm 'uh'

[igosaln]

ohhh nice

[naqibbaboon]

this guy doesnt jump high

[PAULYThePOJO]

4:28 xD

[illm4t1c]

@PAULYThePOJO yeah. it's exactly what it looks like, too.

[LukicVladimir]

Nice..just try to jump higher..and when u see ur high enough than tuck..much easier..and your feet dont hurt that much ;) Peace

[Kizzaayyx]

so i wont kill myself?:L

never done this before, i want to! just i'm reaaaaaaaaally scared in case i like do it wrong and break something.

does it still hurt even if you have a mattress to land on? :L loooool.

[rafaelrdzc]

no slatas nada pero weno hay la yebas

[TheBboydaniel98]

Yo,man,I have a couple questions for you!How do you land when you first time was doing frontflip,and how much do you spend to learn a frontflip????

Please answer!!!!!And,you do that so well!!!!

[gookmail]

man i love yr flips, anyway is it okay if i ask a question, here goes

did u jump to the peak of yr jump or...? i cant seem to rotate when i got to the peak of my jump, actually i got scared of landing my head on the mattress how did u do it man.. i envy u, please reply :D

[illm4t1c]

@gookmail I guess i'm not really sure what you're asking. You want to jump as high and as hard as possible, but you want to focus especially on throwing yourself into the rotation (use your arms!) and tucking as tight as possible. It's not like you jump up and then rotate. You have to jump and rotate at the same time. Does that make sense?

[gookmail]

@illm4t1c er so like immediately rotate after jumping up or wait till you reach to your highest point then you rotate, i notice that i am not jumping high enough, any solutions, yeah i jump at an angle and rotated immediately after my jump.

thanks for replying ;D if ever i can do it, ill sub to you :D

[illm4t1c]

@gookmail rotate immediately when you jump. THROW your arms into the rotation (i'm not really doing it very well in the video. have your hands above your head and throw them forward/downward) and tuck as tight as you can, as quickly as you can. of course, you always want to jump as high as possible, but you shouldn't really even have to think about that. Your focus should be on tucking and getting enough rotation.

[gookmail]

@illm4t1c thanks for the tip, will try it out subbed :D

[NextTightEyez09]

Nice job man you've given me an idea thanks to you i'll be able to get some good front flips hopefully before December

[timeassassin2]

how long did this take?

[dralacoper]

are you landing on packets of crisps ?????

[hecktwopointo]

well as far as i can see all you needed was orange juice

[TheLolduck]

im having a problem with tucking. can you explain it to me?

[Innercow]

@TheLolduck learn a 1 and a half on a diving board or get good at doing single flips on a trampoline. 1 and a half on a diving board you have to tuck or you land on your face. :D basically just grab your kness and force your head towards your crotch area.

lol

[illm4t1c]

@TheLolduck just grab your shins or your knees, pull them as close as you can, and try and make yourself as egg-shaped as possible.

[Kizzaayyx]

this is quite funny actually, cos like you suddenly come on the camera and flip, then dissapear then come up again x]

i'm scared if i land on my head, or neck or back in a strange way :/ i def don';t want to break that :L And if .. like i do to flip over but i spaz out and land flat . paah x]

[SaVaGexRuSh]

dude dont jump so high just glide then remember the best tuck is to hold your shins

[DarncoL]

lol you definatly learned that a lot faster than i did, it took me one day to learn as well but i was not half as consistant as you were :P

lol and my back also hurt like crazy, legs too

[Hruskar77]

nice man, best tutorial ever :)i allways thought that you need someone to help you with the flip but now i see that it's not true.Thanks, im gonna go try this :)

[anirudhkrishnamani]

what kind of a mattress is that?

[illm4t1c]

@anirudhkrishnamani the kind that you sleep on...? idk. it's a normal-ass mattress.

[TheBlasianNinja]

@anirudhkrishnamani oh really?

[anirudhkrishnamani]

@TheBlasianNinja

did i say something?

what was this reply for?i can't find my comment here :|

[TheBlasianNinja]

@anirudhkrishnamani rofl just replying to when you told the guy it was a normal matress

[anirudhkrishnamani]

@TheBlasianNinja

hehe it was him replying to me..

i was the one who asked him if it was a normal mattress.

so u replied to the wrong guy :P

[TheBlasianNinja]

@anirudhkrishnamani FAIL lol :P

[SuperComputerGuide]

i am to afraid doing this :(

i guess i will never learn it

did you hurt yourself at doing this

pls answer

[illm4t1c]

@SuperComputerGuide shit dude, sorry i missed this.

I definitely did NOT hurt myself doing this, except for my back hurting like crazy the next day from suddenly doing 100 front flips at once.

[xoxforeverfriendsxox]

lol at 3:10 you looked so shocked that you landed it like they weren't your legs and "why am i standing?" Lol

[Killadobby]

are there stones on your landing ?XD

[mmacritics]

This video is so awsome that it will probally get you a subscriber more.

Well done!

//mmaritic

[Hairboy01]

did somebody say shin splints? :S

[SuperZYR]

2:28 lmao xD

[andyxfrxdude]

reach your arms up higher before you jump, then swing them down alot harder and you will deffinetly make it!

[R3dSt4r90]

1:52 this happens to me all time

[kool2104]

good jod i stiil practicing

[BorderInspector]

this video just proves that practice makes perfect! good job.

[Smoopl]

Well I can't find anything homosexual about that :)

[fdhadi]

1:52 lol!

[rapala24]

3:10 - 3:13

"What the hell?" :D

[illm4t1c]

yeah it was kinda like that. :)

[Smoopl]

Hey, I'm trying to learn this, but I'm too scared to land on my back/neck/face, anybody got any tips?

[MammothBallz]

the key point to the trick is to tuck, keep tucked during al of ur flip time and when uve done almost a full flip untuck and try to land on your feet. if you untuck too early or if u dont tuck at all you might injure yourself. try it with a matress

[boredlife4]

shut your eyes before the jump

dotn call me gay it does work just dont shut your eyes while your running cuz you wont know when to jump

[heartbreak1234567890]

dont shut your yes u have to spot your landing

[iamajerk101]

dont be scared thats the thing that will make u land on ur ass u know man run and once you do that first jump..jump straight up man youll get it like that i can do a double front flip belive me man i know wat im talkn bout

[angrymuffin123]

thats pretty damn good...it took me a few weeks to get a front flip

[SkaterRudy45]

it took you one day??

[illm4t1c]

ya.

[dwaynesb12]

u got good

[bigdaddyballer2005]

nice job keep practicing

[hakuboshi1]

thats how my feet hit need to learn to jump up

[McGizmo4]

2:58 lol

[MidnightxxxRunner]

that would have been pretty funny youtube footage if it was a water bed XD

[sergiotiza]

viejos tiempos e trompeta!hay k volver a ellos!jajaja

[ELVIZPOWER]

your not jumping your full hight capasity

[lepros60]

the reason why your feet sink into the ground is because you dont untuck and you land in a tucked position.Your mistake starts from the beginning of the front-flip when you throw your hands down.When u start throwing them down you dont have them over your head,you dont have them in full hight so as they can give you enough momentum when you throw them down.

[NakedLegend]

I bet you were aching the next day!

[DimiDeiod]

I'm gonna do the same thing this summer. :D

[Hairboy01]

looks good, well done putting in all that effort

[grasseline]

haha i get about a 40% success rating on my flips. I just commited to it one day just like this

[RoxasHiakaru]

Timing is Key. See how the lad puts his foot forward then jumps? Im a fellow practioner of parkour, I Started doing front flips at first on soft grassy land. I Recommend you use a 12 - 20 ft trampoline for faster feel of the rythem.

[haraldinho13]

GJ you pushed yourself so hard

[tokez4ever]

do you really learn that on one day ??

[skullcandy1295]

it's just effort and yourself

[tokez4ever]

cool i want to try thats to but rigth now its relly raning so im waiting to tomorrow (;

[WhoCares1295]

Ran faster

[bodybuilderoby]

Not necessarily to run faster. And how could those people who do a standing frontflip? :)

[fe7gh]

evertime i try to land i always fall forward :(

[asiansk8s2]

i kinda learned it, but dont u get dizzy and head start to hurt?

[irule1697]

i dont understand why people use matresses. you do better on solid ground.

i landed it my second try

[wuntoothwee]

To prevent possible injury? (or at least FEAR of possible injury...)

[Damiani95]

Ugh...i need some orange juice...ugh

Lmao

[illm4t1c]

ya dude it was very necessary at the time

[walidicia]

nice

[95thomas11]

what is it you will land on?

[delphidan]

I wouldn't ry on conrete just yet.lol. Great video.

[Yakenneth]

Don't do the 2 jumps the first little one gets rid of all your height

[Mps5056]

I bet your knees are killing after that. you need more height looking up when u jump

[sk8ingforever]

well i've been taking video of it and i can't seem to keep my tuck it's like i just tap my knees but then i can't keep em on my knees and i've been doing them for about a couple weeks.

[ssbrazo]

how long were u doin it b4 u got it?

[sk8ingforever]

yo anyone have any tips for me I always land either on my back or butt. If you have tips for me that would be great.

[ssbrazo]

do u tuck? if not tuck until u get better? if so try 2 spin faster or get more height... u can see my vid of my front flip off a lil platform at the park it kinda sux cause i was hurtin that day

[bathingapes2]

dude jump straight up then at your highest point tuck and land

[morgsta]

thanks man lol

[Vicarious6]

LOL did anyone watch this the whole way through? seriously lol, i stopped like halfway... gj though buddy, i want to learn how to frontflip too

[ssssnakelips]

uh, like, as of today, about 2,579 viewers have watched the whole way through. this kid figures it out.

[Pujc]

magasabbra kellesz ugrani , jump higher ... :)))

[Raeberry]

too much time on your hands....

[drunkenshaolinboxer]

Notice towards the end, you were throwing your hands higher? Keep them hands up, and GJ! on the training. *claps*

[mmddmm2002]

really nice work 'n funny coz all of that happens to me when i was tryin to do that too :D

[5431211808]

Wow, I wish I could bring my matresses out side. My house is two stories, the bottom floor has a 6.5 foot ceiling, so flips are no good there. The top is 7.1 foot, but no room. My wall run is almost owndom though. PARKOUR TTM!

[Wegreatones]

this is how i learned to do a front flip only i didint have a water bed i had wet dirt

[AOTDagents]

wow a waterbed?

[illm4t1c]

no... definitely not...

that would be one of those bad ideas...

[LatriceIsHere]

lol i'd laugh if it popped haha

[samwam18]

UBER

[cronicmoua]

wow determination...good stuff!

[themanyone]

Nice. I'm "too old" to learn this but I will do it anyway.

[camfoodooismrocker36]

thats good as, the first try on vid, is that your first try ever?

[yousmellfunni]

Looks good!

Arms man! watch your arms, you can improve them so much, if you're worried find a sand pit, or long jump run, but

1.Have your Hands behind your head

2.Throw them up/forwards but more up

3. What you've been doing bring them down FAST.

I Promise you'll you'll land standing straight up once your used to it

[darkjohn]

Really good improvement.

[KoreanPlayGeneration]

LOL 1:54 nice improvement.

[VentilHatt]

Good video! At 4:29 U got the best flip! I'm glad that I only can do front and backflip on trampoline!

[ganjalova]

LMAO omg i loved how wen u landed it perfectly u moved ur head side to side like "o shit"hahahaah...n ur cuteeeeee

[f1yb00]

lol wow good job! i cant believe i watched the whole video.. great improvments! haha i wish i could do that :P

[illm4t1c]

I love how much cooler these look on video compared to how it feels like they look when I actually do them... except the ones for like the first few minutes of the vid... those aren't necessarily so cool looking. The first one without the mattress was like whoa kinda scary. Anyway I think I'm doing OK for being 6'1

The best is when I overshoot and go flying off the side of the screen... smooth...

[SpookyDS]

That's really sweet spike, thanks for posting.

Carleen

[illm4t1c]

whoa

thanks! I didn't know anybody actually gave a crap.