How To Do A Backflip - Extremely Detailed Backflip Tutorial

[Bobabadabadabada]

I donated $20 for a webster tutorial last Tuesday and I still haven't gotten it -.-

[Wowgangz]

Hey great tutorial! Just got into freerunning / parkour. What would you say is the easiest thing to learn, front or backflip?

[NotMrJamesBond]

Thank you for this very in depth tutorial! It has been very helpful to me, and today I will try a back-flip. I have mastered the front-flip without much difficulty. But the back-flip has scared me away.

Sense watching this tutorial I feel I know what will happen, and that's who I am, I have to know how things work.

Thank you so much for taking time to make this tutorial!

[MrColdbloodd]

im 13 nd i can do flips now i first did my flip when i was about 6-8 or somthing like that ever since ive started trying to backflip but i never really got the landing onto a flip until this year. im thinking to start going to free running/ parkour classes to learn proply but im gunna wait a while see if i still wanna l8er (any tips on landings?)

[mattowu]

oi ya should come and helpme try to backy cause imjust toshit scared tofild cause it fills like im bout to break my neck and die im tryying to flip bout ibail out plz help me!!!

[MarkyBoy720]

I bet I can easily do this, I can jump and all that shit easily but I'm just too scared to flip...

[stuntsandfuninc01]

is there a roundoff back tuck tutorial

[1133bruce]

U souk

[7parkoursocceraddict]

how bad?

[7parkoursocceraddict]

if u never tried it in the gym and in the real world did u ever get hurt

[simonmartin1234]

what do u need the money for bro i already subbed and i will pay if u tell me

[agentx4575]

the audio and video get off sinc

[superlemonhead]

no jesse dont mess up your face, i get it all the time.......fuck

[uJStLOStTHeGAMe1]

Is his sound off sink with his mouth or is it just me?

[akondable]

Thanks man =) my problem is just not believing in myself much ^^ but i did back flips on sand btw i loved 13:43 part because now i know what exactly i did wrong xD thanks again

[loverboyninad]

Dude, I can't believe that you learnt it all directly in the real world.. Really, your videos motivate me to do stuff but I am afraid of doing flips, coz I know that if it hurts, it can be very serious ... But anyways, instead of trying in open (I don't have good and safe place) I will practice at my home with some good padding on the floor... I hope this would work as well.. Please reply..

[deathman595]

Jesse, I found this tutorial for spotting. I noticed there wasnt one in the description. /watch?v=4mcGoQD8d_0

[tommycolhoun]

Awesome explanation mate. Next time I go to the beach I'm gonna try for sure. Very thorough tutorial.

[MachaPoelski]

Dude at 8:25 you have a hole in ur groin

[MachaPoelski]

HI GUYS- at 3.44 :D hahaha

[TheSuperUber]

Hey Jesse can you help me. When I jump up and tuck I just land on my back

[FieldBoy111]

how tall are you

[LaFlairParkour]

@FieldBoy111 6ft

[eoinfoy2011]

do you have an ipod touch/iphone app cuz yu shuld really get 1

[LaFlairParkour]

@eoinfoy2011 I don't have my own app, but if anyone out there wants to collaborate on one I am in!

[AustinEatsRamen]

@LaFlairParkour If I ever get an iPod/iPad I would definitely help you develop one. I've been developing software for almost 3 years now.

[TheKourari]

I'm 14 and from Finland and im good doing frontflips but I scared trying backflips on a trampoline and its annoying!! BTW AWESOME VIDEO

[cjs3872]

If I was training with you, it wouldn't be a good idea for you to spot me, since I weigh considerably more than you do. I do have a goal of at least trying, if not succesfully completing a backflip by my 40th birthday later this year, but at the pace I'm going, I may be able to do a backflip long before that. And I don't have a trampoline, gym, or a spotter available to me. All I have is a ball field about six blocks away with a wood pellet box with steps that I might flip off of first.

[TheClemsonkid11]

The way to get over your fear is to have someone spot you. My parkour group leader put one hand on my back and I flipped but if I didn't rotate enough he could rotate me or vice versa. After you try that for a while it becomes natural

[theoneandonlyjust]

flips are so fun i needed to no how to backflip 1 week later i learned how to do 12 different flips

[Alphabobman2]

anyone have advice to get over fear everytime i try my arms just automaticly go side ways so i dont od it, and bale out i took out the couch cushions to land on them but im still too scared any advice please reply

[TheSonicqwerty]

Thanks so much for the video its awesome and very helpful. Before i watched this i wasn't landing on the ground softly and my ankles were being ruined. thanks for this video i hope to see more

[superlemonhead]

I wish I could help. But Im under age and I have ZERO income. I love your videos

[jerome13ification]

baddub desease!!!!!!!!!!!

[ThatWhasianBoy]

any tips on how to get over fear because every time I try and do the flip I bale and put my arms out and do more of a back handspring than a back tuck...

[nolanrocks27]

a lotb a lot a lot lol

[OldschoolDresta]

do you look up when you backflip? or u can look straight

[OldschoolDresta]

do you need back flexibility? i can do a front flip, but im kinda scared for my back and my neck when i do this

[REPTILEOwnage]

@yodacasper i just learned it the other day on a huge jumping pillow, i started by going over my shoulder and only just landing, this was because i wasnt jumping very high, then i jumped high and went straight over my head and landed it. there was another excercise i did which was hold onto twwo poles pretty close to each other then jump (keep holding onto the poles until your done) and do a backflip, and keep progressing so you let go before you land and try keep getting higher and higher.

[adventurequest125]

i thing the ambulence came because someone did a backflip and hurt himself

[yodacasper]

Man, I've been trying to do a back flip but whenever I'm about to do it, I psyche myself out and end up landing on my head (tweaked my neck just last week, my fault for not tucking). I can land a front flip easy but the back flip just terrifies me, no Idea why, anyone have any tips to get over this mental block? Good tut nonetheless, just this damn mental block screwing me up.

[psycotoastFTW]

When I first heard of free running (age 12) I instantly wanted to learn how to do a front flip. I actually taught myself that w/o help of tutorials. I mastered it in only about 2-3 weeks. BUT, since then (4 years) I have been trying to learn how to do a back flip and I have just recently barely gotten myself to land upright if I do it at higher grounds, into a foam pit. It seems as though everyone has more problems with frontflips but I am the opposite way.

[LaFlairParkour]

@psycotoastFTW to be honest most people have an easier time trying frontflips becasue they are a lot less scary, but I would say after you learn a backflip they are less work.

[psycotoastFTW]

@LaFlairParkour I think it is because I put to much thought into it. Yesterday, I went to a gym and just went for it into foam with out too much thought and I did pretty good at it.

[therandomcookieshow]

@psycotoastFTW I am 12 right now and trying to learn this :3

[KeatonAndCasey]

Thnx man it help alot! :D

[rockparkoure]

on secound 00:37 it lookes like he is standing on grass

[rhyssmith334]

i can do a back flip alright...... but i wanna knw how to not b afraid of doing it

[paulginterratedPG13]

hey jesse, im going take classes at tempest. i saw you at tempest when i was at open gym with my bud and i knew you looked familiar when i saw this video. cant wait to take classes and i look forward to be taught by you. when i was there you were helping people with the backflip but i was too chicken too try it. but not anymore. when i take classes, be ready to teach me that backflip :D

[TheJaylon13]

NICE!..

[jesusking1100]

nice man now i know how to do it thank you

[wqopreuity]

Great video. Thanks

[MarioBros6565]

I'd say 10% skills and 90% guts btw very good video

[iFreerun1338]

I was just wondering if the side flip is more easy then the back flip? Please answer!!!

[gookmail]

I cant drive my knees up :(

[PerfectC0rruption]

WOOOT, thanks dude it really helped me. I started by doing no bounce on the trampoline, then to a matress, then the ground with pillows and finally i just did it on the ground!! thanks it really helped me :)

[DayDiamond11]

WHO JST SKIPED TO THE END TO SEE THE BACKFLIP ! i did

[xXxgriefelementxXx]

Great stuff dude, you are tha man!

[TheEziofan]

7 people landed on their head!!1

[TheEziofan]

best 18:22 minutes of my live

[kcingham1]

anybody notice the hole in his pants at 8:23

[GranTurismo360]

I tried to do the backflips, but when I tucked in my legs, I crushed my balls... But today, I got better at it! Thanks, man! :D

[XxCoNtRaDiCTxX1]

HELP :when i do this i dont rotate at all i tuck and sorta look back but i just land on my shoulders/neck and i was doing a frontflip and i was doing the safety tuck and i hit my tooth off my knee ...

[bmx7381]

can you show how to do a backhand spring.

[Xterainable]

I find it weird because I started on Trampoline then off of things and for some reason I was scared to do backflips on trampoline's but after 3 tries I find it easy but i can not do frontflips on ground only backflips any tips on how to do frontflips i tuck and all that stuff and my jumps are good.

[LaFlairParkour]

@Xterainable I have a front flip tut that should help

[mukku36]

@LaFlairParkour hey I am not able to tuck



[Dboy5tm]

I put a the Jump, Chuck ,and Tuck In a easier form

Jump high as can, Chuck &Tuck . Chuck after Max High, Tuck Makes you flip for that defined flip as late as you can to jump higher +)

[DeeNiroJones]

I bony like it

[cpuissant7]

hello, stud muffin ;D

[PicturePerfectTages]

I can do it in the pool, i can do a fronflip on ground standing still, but i cant get the balls to do a backflip on the trampoline, what should i do?

[EMC2Documentaries]

@PicturePerfectTages you kiddin me? doing it on a trampoline is easy, just do it as you think it should be done and it will happen.. the big problem is trying to do it on the ground which I never was able to do.. because jumping becomes much harder

[PicturePerfectTages]

@EMC2Documentaries It scares the living shit out of me

[kjmhafferkamp4]

Hhhhh

[xxxmokeyman3]

@TheShadow2424 yeah me 2

[xxxmokeyman3]

do u have an methods for not being scared when you are gonna flip or when you start

[dehvana]

@xxxmokeyman3 Its easy - you just have to not being a pussy

[DXD901]

/watch?v=T3E9Wjbq44E&ob=av2e inspires for backflip if i scared

[terenfrancis678]

@DXD901 stereo hearts? that really did help me. thanks!

[tribalwarriors98]

what's easier? Backflipping off something or backflipping on the ground?

[teachmekungfu]

thanks jesse

[teachmekungfu]

awlright?

luv that part XD

[thelostpinapple]

6 people are in hospital :)

[TheTr3yification]

@TheShadow2424 trampoline also helps a lot to practice :D

[Nnnarekkk]

@pinkpinkystrawberry Can you make a tutorial please?

[Nnnarekkk]

Hey, I cn anyone help me I tried this and my problem is that I did it halfway and then fell on my head. I did on sand and it didn't hurt much. My questions is should I just do it without thinking too much? Because I stretch my legs out, 'case I think I am gonna fall.

[TheTr3yification]

@Nnnarekkk don't stretch ur legs out :P always keep them bent going towards ur chest that makes u rotate quicker :)

[Nnnarekkk]

@TheTr3yification It's scary and sand isn't good padding. I guess you have to do it once to get use to it.

[TheTr3yification]

@Nnnarekkk yeah :P once you do it once or twice it a lot eaiser to do

[Nnnarekkk]

@TheTr3yification I'll go find a better place for a back flip than a sandbox full of wet sand.

[DXD901]

@Nnnarekkk that's not bad your in the process of tucking (

when i backfliped i didn't tucked until i wanted to do it on ground... ) it means your a getting little scared to tuck but stretching out legs could make rotation bad so try safety tuck :D

[Nnnarekkk]

@DXD901 Thanks for the tips I will try it again after 2 months when my collar bone heals :-D

[emeralddragonex]

what do you do about the jerk you get when you land? Or you get used to it after a while? Also will practisin the moves separately prepare you to do it all together? Like the jumps and the tucks. Thanks for the tutorial by they way!

[LaFlairParkour]

@emeralddragonex I don't know the "jerk" your talking about maybe send me a video response... And yes practicing them moves separately will still enhance your flip.

[AQDarkiron]

@LaFlairParkour i'm fit, i can jump high, i'm well flexible.. there's grass here, but whats the best way to do it on ur first time? off an edge, or just on the ground?

[DXD901]

@emeralddragonex that 'jerk" is gravity that pulls you down waiting for you to land or .... bail

[DXD901]

6 people didn't try to backflip and got injured did 3:34 to 3:38

[DXD901]

@TheShadow2424 when your not scared anymore for flipping , your confident

[DXD901]

@TheShadow2424 soft surface or spotter, water ,trampoline.water is pool, two bed loafs togetther loaf is matresses put pillows on what i do XD?

[PheoniXFreerun]

you see i have done backflips but on the trampoline stage like you, its like your advice is exactly to the point its unbelievable dude. nice work :)

[randomloverofcheese]

@TheShadow2424 Depends on how much you practice i guess...

[stephenmartz15]

Awesome! ..just awesome man!!

[DjAstral100]

Nice tutorial,Im going to share this. But one quick question, what shoes are you wearing when you practice cause i bought some free running shoes that cost 140$ and they arent that great.

[DXD901]

@DjAstral100 There **"Nike 's"**

[DjAstral100]

@DXD901 which??? Nike's have lots of varity, like nike freerun, these are great and the ones i have are the same thing but they are from live strong, so quality is a little shitty not so much though

[LaFlairParkour]

@TheShadow2424 Find a safe way like into a pool first

[DXD901]

@LaFlairParkour Thnx "Easier said then done" I I can Backflip now thnx XD took some days ( 1 day)

[eveie31372]

^ people must of landed on the dislike button trying to do this lol xD fail

[MARC473886]

I want sideflip , corkscrew , and gainer tutorial :D But I got no money to donate :( sorry ~

[bradyrockytop]

hey dude i learned how to do a backflip. i can do one on the ground. but when i land, my body is always at a 90 degree angle bend at the waist. so my chest is facing the ground, and i fall forward and have to catch myself with my hands. any advice on how to get my chest in line with my legs and land standing up insead of bent over. ive tried tucking longer and jumping higher but i cant figure it out. any suggestions?

[LaFlairParkour]

@bradyrockytop I kinda need to see it... Shoot me a video response

[DXD901]

@LaFlairParkour what stops me from opening up late 12:53 - 12:57 XD????

[PheoniXFreerun]

@bradyrockytop land with your toes just behind the length of your head so your knees can bend

[SIRRENITY6182]

My freaking video keeps freezing!

[DXD901]

@SIRRENITY6182 put it on 240p or right click on the video select settings and unable (uncheck) the enable hardware accleration

[kleinepatrick]

realy good tutorial but im scared to do it outside have you tips to make me scared less

[theveritas100]

@laflairparkour i did a video response :/ i know im a newb just gota get the roll right... help?!

[hpufo]

The worst thing you can do is try to bail. Seriously you are better off committing and fucking up than trying to bail. Trust me on this one. I learned from experience.

[GiGreg1968]

I want to know if you could do a tutorial on how to do a roll landing

[mokeyrock]

You look like Michael Cera

[Xscythe11]

plus i got noone to spot me lol.

[sharkman000000]

@TheMexFilms its called a pk roll

[tylervanyo]

please help me, i have no problem back flipping on a trampoline, i also did it easily, but i came dangerously close to hitting my head on the edge, please give me advice of how to fix that.

[tylervanyo]

please help me, i have no problem back flipping on a trampoline, i also did it easily, but i came dangerously close to hitting my head on the edge, please give me advice of how to fix that.

[Desh681]

11:00: That box in the corner...is that Snake!?

[mutated1011]

@kplk i with the other guy go with bakflips first there a bit harder mentaly but esier to get round trust me i can do them but not front flips

[KLPK100]

should i learn backflip or frontflip first? i do parkour but i want to learn free running

[kingtiffer]

i am actualy realy anoyed ive bein searching for somewere to learn parkour in blackpool and nothing looking for a person who can teach me in blackpool and still nothing anyone who can help me

[macPROvideoEditor]

fraking great men you are the best i will let you know as soon as I get my backflip

[unknownmovement]

If you donate him 100 bucks he will come over an spot you with your backflip:P haha

[ReverseNegativeTV]

Haybales are only for assassins.

[toxicvalentine323]

you should teach a wall flip, i already know how to do one but im sure ppl would like to learn and lplease look at at my wall flip video and let me know if there is any improvement i can make??

[sonic1221992]

KO's!!!!!!!!!

[ramboanime]

I have a trampiline and i want to make a backflip!!! :( But I have fobbia too it

[parkairfreerunning]

Good video man! What got my attention was when you said bring your knees to your arms! Ill definately try it like that soon.

[Thebackyardninja94]

he doesnt get very good hight...and he threw his head back

[monnyg1]

any more tips /watch?v=PFv-jTP8Tzc

[ogelrok]

your a great instructor thanks man!

[MckMick]

You threw your head back..

[DXD901]

@MckMick not really

[Matashi911]

What shoes do you use?

[abdullahkunhimohamed]

i saw many videos,but only this works

[silentkiller345xbox]

where do u live because this park looks familiar

[LaFlairParkour]

@silentkiller345xbox century city

[bobjoemagee]

@LaFlairParkour I live a few hours from you. Lucky me

[TheEziofan]

@LaFlairParkour can i ask you something can you make a wallspin tutorial and a wallrun

[TheEziofan]

9:32 look clossely at his pants you can see A SMALL HOLE !

[ssj4solarflare]

@LaFlairParkour Ok so i got the rotation down and everything, but i cant stick the landing yet. whenever i do it, i land with my knees bent at an acute angle, then i roll to my back. am i doing something wrong or do i just need to practice? thanks

[DXD901]

@LaFlairParkour So ... when you Bflip do you look at your knees all the way or look back (with your head)

[LaFlairParkour]

@DXD901 No you should NOT look back until you have gotten all the height you can get, and only after your knees come up to your chest and you start to rotate. Eiser said then done, but if you throw your head back right away you will cut off any chance of getting height and not be able to flip

[DXD901]

@LaFlairParkour when i was practicing i realized that i dont land on my feet

[DXD901]

@LaFlairParkour since i'm not good with tucking ( i never tuck) like i get my knees to my chest but i don't feel like tucking :(

[DXD901]

@LaFlairParkour at 15:39, 15:40 and 15:41 for tucking

[DXD901]

@LaFlairParkour wait i ment 14 instead of 15:

[DXD901]

@DXD901 no i ment 11:

[pranawarman]

hey can you do a front flip tutorial?

[LaFlairParkour]

@pranawarman I already did check the tutorial playlist on my channel

[pranawarman]

@LaFlairParkour okay thanks, i'm still confused with the backflip, but i'm watching it over and over again

[TheMexfilms]

@LaFlairParkour hey can you do a tutorial on how to do that roll when you jump from high stuff and land on the ground I think its called barrel roll Im not really sure.

BTW YOU ROCK!!

[glenni678]

wasn't you gonna place a spotting vid in the description ?

awsome vids i have seen all the tutorials love them ;-)

[SkelaSnave]

Excellent video, you seem like you would a good teacher.

[franichigo]

you look like diego forlan :D anyway... you are good

[maplerzhackerz]

haha, the voice match-up with the video

was like an english dubbed anime

[SkelaSnave]

@maplerzhackerz I agree xD

[OscarK08]

You're a really nice guy!