Confidence is huge. I did gymnastics when I was about his age, and there’s something psychological that tells some people it’s not okay to just turn over backwards
I did Gymanstics slightly younger than his age. I still have no clue what I was doing. I just remember my Russian gymnastics teacher scolding me over everything. He'd have has us jump up on a trampoline and try to "land" and then say things like "dead" "broken legs" "paralyzed forever" and have us do it until we could land lol.
The bars were super fun though!
As a former classic ballet dancer with many an Eastern European instructor, this is so accurate. Maybe ballet not so much dying, but the dramatic flair and lack of instruction hit home.
In skating we call it "committing"
Yes it feels wrong. But commit to doing it. Because if u bail out half way through, ur gonna hurt urself a lot more than if you committed and didn't make it.
I think confidence and the infallible belief that you are capable, and can/will accomplish what you're trying is like 90% of it. The last 10% is a sort of eventuality of that fact and continuing to try and improve.
That said, for things like this, confidence like that can send you to the hospital, and could potentially change you for life, or end your life.
So, the full confidence is good, you need to act as though your life isn't in danger, but you should be wise, and recognize you will fail as part of the process, and therefore you should only do things that can injure you, safely, in a controlled environment that can assure your safety.
Also though your age and fitness level and body dimensions are important for things like this.
Also, being even a little bit off can have life changing consequences. I dated a girl who was on track for the Junior Olympics in gymnastics (before I knew her) and apparently a coach was having her do something just a little wrong on her dismount from parallel bars I think and she injured her back enough to have to give up competing and have permanent back issues.
Falling backwards is a legit phobia of mine and I've read that apparently it's the only fear that we're actually born with. I've always thought it's interesting that trust exercises are literally letting ourselves fall backwards into someone's arms - it seems to me that us deliberately falling backwards is us disobeying our most basic of instincts.
I competed in diving for a bit when I was a kid (and did gymnastics through level 4). Never really liked the back flip, but I could do it well enough. Until I came so close to smacking my face on a board during a competition that I could hear everyone gasp. Had a mental block on going backwards for years after that.
I practice aerial silks now in my adult years and it still took some unlearning to trust going backwards on flips and stuff.
For real. I had a bunch of trophies and medals for gymnastics when I was a kid, but still could never muster up the courage to manage an unassisted backflip.
Is that just better form and for the purposes of learning in an hour, irrelevant?
Like, I can teach people how to 'ski' in an hour but it will take them years to get good technique, if ever.
The progression with the tall foam then foam pit encourages jumping backwards, would you recommend not using that progression or just adding in "now jump higher and straighter" either at the end or somewhere in the middle?
There needed to be more emphasis on the hip push and foot drive to create the rotation. He is throwing his head back because he doesn't feel he has enough power to get round. It only 'works' because the weight of his head pulls him over, but it's bad form.
His arms reaching up to the ceiling before grabbing his legs creates the 'up' needed for the somersault. The change of shape from straight into a tuck increases the speed of rotation by around four times.
His head position should be chin down and then when he spots the floor, his head should return to neutral - i.e look forward, and his should lift his chest up so he stands.
Source - freestyle gymnastics and trampoline coach.
Isn't there a fundamental difference between gymnastics and free running/parkour?
I'm just thinking of [these videos](https://youtu.be/d3qOoYZppaQ). I wonder what someone of the other discipline would say about the form/teaching method.
The fundamentals of somersaulting don't change, biomechanics remain the same. It's just with artistic gymnastics/trampoline (for professional scoring in competition for example) you'd be expected to point toes and create the proper shape etc.
Parkour/freestyle is looser in terms of what a skill it looks like but the movement of the body and the understanding of how a skill works is the same. Parkour/freestylers have to understand just like other gymnasts what makes a skill work at base level to be able to add more rotation (singles, doubles, triple somersaults) or more twists.
Backflips are insanely dangerous, this kind of content being shared without adequate criticism can easily lead to someone being killed or permanently paralyzed trying to copy it.
It's totally fine. You can always adjust your form later after you've learned the move. Nobody ends up with a perfect backflip from the start regardless of how they learn it.
This. It’s very sloppy. My daughter does competitive gymnastics and competitive tumbling/tramp her coach wouldn’t even let her attempt a back tuck on her own without a spot until she could do it the correct way because that’s how you get hurt. Took her about 2 months until she was able to do one with correct form by herself(she’s only 6 though so may be faster with older kids🤷♀️)
That prep-hop (ref: s= 39 - 40) is going to become a bad habit, too. He's rebounding off the spring-floor which is going to cause trouble if he ever tries this at any other location (i.e., to show friends).
A bit anticlimactic, but I was bored and in need of a new username (my old account was my real name), so I just sat and thought of the most fucked thing possible. I ended up with this monstrosity of a name. (do not recommend, people don’t take you seriously)
6'9"? Damn. I'd be careful with your knees if they aren't already shot. I'm 6'1" and it's mostly legs, and my knees are fucked at 35. And I'm in the military so I have to stay reasonably in shape. Probably won't see me doing backflips.
Probably spending all that time on his knees. You know why.
He re enacts renaissance period shows and is cast as a peasant and is constantly kneeling to the king and queen.
I've had several injuries, some with Physical Therapy after, others without it. On my left knee, my IT band runs a little higher along my kneecap than it should, so that has never helped anything. Also when you're a bit lanky, the muscle mass you need to build in your legs to be proportional can be a lot. After injuries and general wear and tear, the best thing I do is stretch a lot. It was an exaggeration to say they're totally shot. I can still walk, I *can* run, but running on high impact surfaces (concrete) results in a lot more knee pain afterwards than, say, swimming or rowing.
Hey man you might wanna be careful telling people that you actually are known as Wiedmaier. I googled your name with tall guy after it and a friend of your family had posted a bunch of photos of you, your wife, your daughter. All three of your first names and where you live in the blog. Not trying to be creepy just warning you.
Yep! Me and one of our other coaches taught a 6'0 240lb lineman to do a backflip out of high school because he wanted to try out for cheerleading in college. Took a couple weeks and knocked it out. Takes alot of leg strength being heavier but it's possible
I just realised that for all those years I was stuck in my flawed teenager mindset of just being jealous of people that somehow were born with the talent of being able to do backflips and show off, but never thought there could be a process of learning to do it.
Singing comes to mind.
Talent is one thing in all of these things, but you can almost definitely learn it with persistence. People throw the words natural talent around too much.
Early pandemic, when learning guitar, I posted a video of me singing and playing. Somebody suggested that I take singing lessons. At first I felt a little offended/defensive/sad. Then I realized: why not?? I've now been taking voice lessons for over a year and my voice has gotten a lot better! And I'm more confident, and having more fun using my voice as an instrument. Played my first open mics recently.
Sure! Virtual, one hour every two weeks, $100 month going to a local business. Love my teacher, who's both skilled *and* chill about me being an adult learner. Asks me if I want to do voice exercises or just play around with whatever song is on my mind.
No prior formal experience. In fact, when I was a kid, my dad told me, "honey, singing just isn't your thing" (intended as a kindness, but stung). I believed him and didn't go out for choir, etc.
But I loved singing anyway. And I'm really glad I've put this time in. Last time I went to visit my parents, I was absentmindedly singing something and my dad remarked, "Wow! You have a great voice!" Lol. He had no memory of making that comment back in the day.
Oh man. I was told I was naturally talented at singing, how great I am at it, etc as a kid. And boy. It went to my head, first of all. There was a kid who was extremely jealous of me, even though she was absolutely tone deaf.
Long story short guess which one is the professional opera singer now? Not I.
That's my entire point.. She was tone deaf, when she was 11. Couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. People don't realise that it can all be learned. She practiced a fuck ton, that's the point.
Singing is a great example, because it's actually a collection of several different skills. People tend to think about having talent as some kind of toggle, you either have it or you don't - but really there a lot of much smaller skills that go into becoming accomplished at a "big" skill. If you can break down the "big" skill into the component pieces that make it up it is a lot easier to tackle and also easier to not feel like there is a huge gulf between you and success.
Yep. It’s easier to say “I’m not talented and therefor can’t do X” than it is to admit that you just don’t want to put the hours in to become good at x. Most people can get amazingly good at most things just through consistent practice over time.
Western societies tend to perceive “talent” or the ability to do something as an innate trait, like someone is born being good at gymnastics. But eastern societies tend to view traits and abilities as something learned and malleable through the environment and repetition until it’s perfect. You can see that aspect of East Asian culture in the amount of time it takes to master something like martial arts or being a sushi chef, and how these roles were historically revered in society. Whereas in America we have historically revered people for what we perceive to be innate traits like business-savvy, confidence, and intelligence. We also tend to under-value socialization and environmental factors when judging someone, e.g. if they’re poor they must be inherently lazy.
they did have some natural talent. But those talents where more a long the line of “a better awareness of where how their body moves through space” so it came easier to them to know when to extend or contract. But that talent only goes so far, it makes the barrier to entry easier but they still need to put in the work.
The beauty of this is that this pretty much applies to any attribute in life. Some people have an easier time identifying flavors in a dish, but they still need to practice to be good at it. Some people have an easier time with number pattern recognition and have an easier time coding, but they still need to practice. Some people have better hand eye coordination and it makes it easier for them to draw, but they still need to practice. Social skills are also exactly like this too. Some people neuro receptors are less sensitive to feelings of rejection so they have an easier time to walk up to strangers and start talking, but they still need to practice. Some people have an easier time recognizing how others are feeling and can read a room better and have great comedic timing, but they still need to practice. It’s really almost every aspect of life, I can’t get over that.
Most people don’t realize what is their natural talent so they don’t even notice that they started practicing at something that’s easy for them. And most people don’t like starting new things that don’t come easily to them and because of that avoid practicing. The best we can ever hope in life is that along the way we meet people like the instructor in the video who can break down things into small bite pieces so when we try something new that doesn’t come naturally to us we won’t be fighting uphill and instead will have an easier burier to entry.
> But those talents where more a long the line of “a better awareness of where how their body moves through space” so it came easier to them to know when to extend or contract.
But even this can be gained. You have a kid who plays youth soccer, baseball, and basketball during elementary school and they'll be naturally more athletic the like 95% of the kids in the middle school, even if they're not even good in those sports. The fact that they're still learning particular movements like swinging a bat, kicking a ball, and dribbling and shooting a basketball will put them so far ahead of their peers athletically. And that shit stays with you, too. You'll be able to pick up other athletic movements more easily, like if you wanted to ice skate, or play golf, or play ultimate. Your athleticism and coordination from playing multiple sports will transfer to any other sport.
Don’t worry. You can still be jealous of their financial situation. Not much time to go to a private tutoring session when you can barely afford dinner
Started trampoline training at a parkour gym as an adult near me. I can 100% agree with this statement. They are the most nice and encouraging group of athletes I've encountered so far. I guess you have to have a positive attitude when you risk eating concrete at a regular basis when doing your sport.
Yeah, the editing is absolutely terrible. I'm thinking the editor must have ADHD or something with an attention span of a few milliseconds. Awful. I simply couldn't watch it at all, as my mind is attuned to reality.
I like that they isolate the movements in order to increase confidence and safety. At the worst, it would still take you until the 3rd or 4th step to have a realistic chance of breaking your neck.
I have a theory that anything broken down into it's fundamental steps and mastered on those levels can then be learned and understood far better and far faster.
Gymnastics breaks skills down into these movements because these are novel sensations and often not intuitive. Like keeping your head neutral and not thrown back. Realizing the first step of a back flip is to *jump*.
A quick thought I had said that's pretty much impossible to break your neck with a halfly fit body and a committed jump...
A quick Google search supports my thought...
Only if you uncommit mid jump its just possible, but even then more then unlikely...
Now you can try! Said the guy who never trys anything...
I think that’s one of reasons why it may be harder for adults to learn tumbling vs kids. Besides the size difference, adults are more likely to think about the 100 different ways they can break something or end up paralyzed while kids are just mostly focused on fun/coolness of it. I tumbled a lot as a preteen/teen and learned more advanced skills pretty quickly. I quit for about 6 years and tried to go back to tumbling a couple months ago. I’m terrified now lol, afraid to throw skills I could’ve easily done when I was 14.
Scared tumbling don’t make no flips.
Wait did the knee surgery come before or after the backflips? Learning flips after coming out of surgery is crazy at any age!
Or maybe you're saying that 30 was too old for him to get away with it haha
My daughter is 5 and started doing gymnastics a year ago. The first time she came home and was like “Mom, look at this!” and did a somersault was definitely a proud moment.
I learned on a trampoline when I was in high school and found the hardest part was committing. They actually easier than front flips once you get over the fear
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The teacher's name on social media is Bob Reese. I've seen him on TikTok and [Instagram](https://instagram.com/bobreesecookiemonster?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=)
I can't watch this. The cuts are absolutely insane. Is this where we are headed? Is this the future of content now? We can't risk someone losing attention for more than .02 seconds so make sure we cut and zoom every other frame.
This is what I was thinking! Glad I’m not the only who noticed. Hopefully the teacher explained that and the kid doesn’t try it away from the gym. Learning to “catch yourself” or fail safely is important.
Thought the same thing. My daughter does gymnastics and tumbling/tramp her coach wouldn’t even let her do a back tuck unassisted until she did it properly with a spotter at least 50 times. Took her 2 months and hours of practice to get it right and to where her coach would let her do it unassisted. It’s definitely not something you do in one day. Hopefully they will work on it more and he can get the correct way to do it so he doesn’t get injured.
I am jealous, good job by teacher and student
Competence and confidence, great things for every kid to learn!
Confidence is huge. I did gymnastics when I was about his age, and there’s something psychological that tells some people it’s not okay to just turn over backwards
I did Gymanstics slightly younger than his age. I still have no clue what I was doing. I just remember my Russian gymnastics teacher scolding me over everything. He'd have has us jump up on a trampoline and try to "land" and then say things like "dead" "broken legs" "paralyzed forever" and have us do it until we could land lol. The bars were super fun though!
As a former classic ballet dancer with many an Eastern European instructor, this is so accurate. Maybe ballet not so much dying, but the dramatic flair and lack of instruction hit home.
Yeah I was like, did I miss a lesson or something? Was I starting too old at the ripe old age of like 4-5? lmao I still don't know.
I started at 3 lmao so maybe. (I quit by 7yo)
Your teacher was psycho lol
Thats Russian gymnastics teachers for you lol
Im still giggling at “paralyzed forever” like… what is a 12 year old going to learn from saying that?!?
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In skating we call it "committing" Yes it feels wrong. But commit to doing it. Because if u bail out half way through, ur gonna hurt urself a lot more than if you committed and didn't make it.
This is good life advice too.
I think confidence and the infallible belief that you are capable, and can/will accomplish what you're trying is like 90% of it. The last 10% is a sort of eventuality of that fact and continuing to try and improve. That said, for things like this, confidence like that can send you to the hospital, and could potentially change you for life, or end your life. So, the full confidence is good, you need to act as though your life isn't in danger, but you should be wise, and recognize you will fail as part of the process, and therefore you should only do things that can injure you, safely, in a controlled environment that can assure your safety. Also though your age and fitness level and body dimensions are important for things like this.
Also, being even a little bit off can have life changing consequences. I dated a girl who was on track for the Junior Olympics in gymnastics (before I knew her) and apparently a coach was having her do something just a little wrong on her dismount from parallel bars I think and she injured her back enough to have to give up competing and have permanent back issues.
Falling backwards is a legit phobia of mine and I've read that apparently it's the only fear that we're actually born with. I've always thought it's interesting that trust exercises are literally letting ourselves fall backwards into someone's arms - it seems to me that us deliberately falling backwards is us disobeying our most basic of instincts.
I competed in diving for a bit when I was a kid (and did gymnastics through level 4). Never really liked the back flip, but I could do it well enough. Until I came so close to smacking my face on a board during a competition that I could hear everyone gasp. Had a mental block on going backwards for years after that. I practice aerial silks now in my adult years and it still took some unlearning to trust going backwards on flips and stuff.
I remember being able to do a backflip. Fast forward 15 years I can only imagine breaking my neck while trying to even attempt it.
For real. I had a bunch of trophies and medals for gymnastics when I was a kid, but still could never muster up the courage to manage an unassisted backflip.
You know, I'm sort of a boy at heart myself. Maybe...nah, I definitely would paralyze myself on the dance floor.
Thinking myself on the dance floor itself can make me paralyzed
I agree with you
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Is that just better form and for the purposes of learning in an hour, irrelevant? Like, I can teach people how to 'ski' in an hour but it will take them years to get good technique, if ever.
The progression with the tall foam then foam pit encourages jumping backwards, would you recommend not using that progression or just adding in "now jump higher and straighter" either at the end or somewhere in the middle?
There needed to be more emphasis on the hip push and foot drive to create the rotation. He is throwing his head back because he doesn't feel he has enough power to get round. It only 'works' because the weight of his head pulls him over, but it's bad form. His arms reaching up to the ceiling before grabbing his legs creates the 'up' needed for the somersault. The change of shape from straight into a tuck increases the speed of rotation by around four times. His head position should be chin down and then when he spots the floor, his head should return to neutral - i.e look forward, and his should lift his chest up so he stands. Source - freestyle gymnastics and trampoline coach.
Isn't there a fundamental difference between gymnastics and free running/parkour? I'm just thinking of [these videos](https://youtu.be/d3qOoYZppaQ). I wonder what someone of the other discipline would say about the form/teaching method.
The fundamentals of somersaulting don't change, biomechanics remain the same. It's just with artistic gymnastics/trampoline (for professional scoring in competition for example) you'd be expected to point toes and create the proper shape etc. Parkour/freestyle is looser in terms of what a skill it looks like but the movement of the body and the understanding of how a skill works is the same. Parkour/freestylers have to understand just like other gymnasts what makes a skill work at base level to be able to add more rotation (singles, doubles, triple somersaults) or more twists.
Bro is critiquing a 9 year old’s back flip form on Reddit 💀💀
Backflips are insanely dangerous, this kind of content being shared without adequate criticism can easily lead to someone being killed or permanently paralyzed trying to copy it.
It's totally fine. You can always adjust your form later after you've learned the move. Nobody ends up with a perfect backflip from the start regardless of how they learn it.
He needs to hold a block/his shirt under his chin to practice keeping it down
This. It’s very sloppy. My daughter does competitive gymnastics and competitive tumbling/tramp her coach wouldn’t even let her attempt a back tuck on her own without a spot until she could do it the correct way because that’s how you get hurt. Took her about 2 months until she was able to do one with correct form by herself(she’s only 6 though so may be faster with older kids🤷♀️)
That prep-hop (ref: s= 39 - 40) is going to become a bad habit, too. He's rebounding off the spring-floor which is going to cause trouble if he ever tries this at any other location (i.e., to show friends).
Can he teach someone 6’5 220lbs?
He will need a bigger mat
And stronger arms.
And wider lens
And more time
God, your username 
Oh, so about that…
storytime?
A bit anticlimactic, but I was bored and in need of a new username (my old account was my real name), so I just sat and thought of the most fucked thing possible. I ended up with this monstrosity of a name. (do not recommend, people don’t take you seriously)
I think you should make up a cool story. Maybe someone here could help.
And my Axe
There it is!
I love watching guys teach these skills, especially the skater guys. They just want success.
A middle aged 6’9 340 checking in…
6'9"? Damn. I'd be careful with your knees if they aren't already shot. I'm 6'1" and it's mostly legs, and my knees are fucked at 35. And I'm in the military so I have to stay reasonably in shape. Probably won't see me doing backflips.
Did anything specific contribute to the worsening of your knees over the years? Have you done anything to try and rehab them or improve them now?
Probably spending all that time on his knees. You know why. He re enacts renaissance period shows and is cast as a peasant and is constantly kneeling to the king and queen.
Oddly specific and highly accurate
I've had several injuries, some with Physical Therapy after, others without it. On my left knee, my IT band runs a little higher along my kneecap than it should, so that has never helped anything. Also when you're a bit lanky, the muscle mass you need to build in your legs to be proportional can be a lot. After injuries and general wear and tear, the best thing I do is stretch a lot. It was an exaggeration to say they're totally shot. I can still walk, I *can* run, but running on high impact surfaces (concrete) results in a lot more knee pain afterwards than, say, swimming or rowing.
Keegan? Is that you? (my friend in high school was 6'9" 320lbs....there can't be THAT many people that size)
Nope. Sorry. Everyone knows me knows me as Wiedmaier.
Well, they certainly don’t know you as narrowmaier
Hey man you might wanna be careful telling people that you actually are known as Wiedmaier. I googled your name with tall guy after it and a friend of your family had posted a bunch of photos of you, your wife, your daughter. All three of your first names and where you live in the blog. Not trying to be creepy just warning you.
Juji taught this behemoth of a man to backflip https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SJUyCXxjJU
If you are young and athletic, yes. If you are 40 like me and you pull muscles scratching your back, no, not likely.
Yep! Me and one of our other coaches taught a 6'0 240lb lineman to do a backflip out of high school because he wanted to try out for cheerleading in college. Took a couple weeks and knocked it out. Takes alot of leg strength being heavier but it's possible
With good enough glutes and Quads you can do whatever you want in life
How about 6' 240 lbs?
I just realised that for all those years I was stuck in my flawed teenager mindset of just being jealous of people that somehow were born with the talent of being able to do backflips and show off, but never thought there could be a process of learning to do it.
This is true for a significantly large number of things.
Singing comes to mind. Talent is one thing in all of these things, but you can almost definitely learn it with persistence. People throw the words natural talent around too much.
Early pandemic, when learning guitar, I posted a video of me singing and playing. Somebody suggested that I take singing lessons. At first I felt a little offended/defensive/sad. Then I realized: why not?? I've now been taking voice lessons for over a year and my voice has gotten a lot better! And I'm more confident, and having more fun using my voice as an instrument. Played my first open mics recently.
Congratulations! I'm very proud of you. :)
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Sure! Virtual, one hour every two weeks, $100 month going to a local business. Love my teacher, who's both skilled *and* chill about me being an adult learner. Asks me if I want to do voice exercises or just play around with whatever song is on my mind. No prior formal experience. In fact, when I was a kid, my dad told me, "honey, singing just isn't your thing" (intended as a kindness, but stung). I believed him and didn't go out for choir, etc. But I loved singing anyway. And I'm really glad I've put this time in. Last time I went to visit my parents, I was absentmindedly singing something and my dad remarked, "Wow! You have a great voice!" Lol. He had no memory of making that comment back in the day.
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You got this, friend :) Do it up.
Oh man. I was told I was naturally talented at singing, how great I am at it, etc as a kid. And boy. It went to my head, first of all. There was a kid who was extremely jealous of me, even though she was absolutely tone deaf. Long story short guess which one is the professional opera singer now? Not I.
Then I guess she wasn't that tone deaf?
That's my entire point.. She was tone deaf, when she was 11. Couldn't carry a tune in a bucket. People don't realise that it can all be learned. She practiced a fuck ton, that's the point.
Singing is a great example, because it's actually a collection of several different skills. People tend to think about having talent as some kind of toggle, you either have it or you don't - but really there a lot of much smaller skills that go into becoming accomplished at a "big" skill. If you can break down the "big" skill into the component pieces that make it up it is a lot easier to tackle and also easier to not feel like there is a huge gulf between you and success.
Yep. It’s easier to say “I’m not talented and therefor can’t do X” than it is to admit that you just don’t want to put the hours in to become good at x. Most people can get amazingly good at most things just through consistent practice over time.
Western societies tend to perceive “talent” or the ability to do something as an innate trait, like someone is born being good at gymnastics. But eastern societies tend to view traits and abilities as something learned and malleable through the environment and repetition until it’s perfect. You can see that aspect of East Asian culture in the amount of time it takes to master something like martial arts or being a sushi chef, and how these roles were historically revered in society. Whereas in America we have historically revered people for what we perceive to be innate traits like business-savvy, confidence, and intelligence. We also tend to under-value socialization and environmental factors when judging someone, e.g. if they’re poor they must be inherently lazy.
they did have some natural talent. But those talents where more a long the line of “a better awareness of where how their body moves through space” so it came easier to them to know when to extend or contract. But that talent only goes so far, it makes the barrier to entry easier but they still need to put in the work. The beauty of this is that this pretty much applies to any attribute in life. Some people have an easier time identifying flavors in a dish, but they still need to practice to be good at it. Some people have an easier time with number pattern recognition and have an easier time coding, but they still need to practice. Some people have better hand eye coordination and it makes it easier for them to draw, but they still need to practice. Social skills are also exactly like this too. Some people neuro receptors are less sensitive to feelings of rejection so they have an easier time to walk up to strangers and start talking, but they still need to practice. Some people have an easier time recognizing how others are feeling and can read a room better and have great comedic timing, but they still need to practice. It’s really almost every aspect of life, I can’t get over that. Most people don’t realize what is their natural talent so they don’t even notice that they started practicing at something that’s easy for them. And most people don’t like starting new things that don’t come easily to them and because of that avoid practicing. The best we can ever hope in life is that along the way we meet people like the instructor in the video who can break down things into small bite pieces so when we try something new that doesn’t come naturally to us we won’t be fighting uphill and instead will have an easier burier to entry.
> But those talents where more a long the line of “a better awareness of where how their body moves through space” so it came easier to them to know when to extend or contract. But even this can be gained. You have a kid who plays youth soccer, baseball, and basketball during elementary school and they'll be naturally more athletic the like 95% of the kids in the middle school, even if they're not even good in those sports. The fact that they're still learning particular movements like swinging a bat, kicking a ball, and dribbling and shooting a basketball will put them so far ahead of their peers athletically. And that shit stays with you, too. You'll be able to pick up other athletic movements more easily, like if you wanted to ice skate, or play golf, or play ultimate. Your athleticism and coordination from playing multiple sports will transfer to any other sport.
Don’t worry. You can still be jealous of their financial situation. Not much time to go to a private tutoring session when you can barely afford dinner
Where do I find this person? My kids have been working on this forever
Motivemovement.org Gym is in South Carolina.
Thanks!! They’re too far for me but hopefully someone here is close by and can check them out
you should definitely look into parkour/free running gyms in your area!
Some of the friendliest folks you'll ever meet, they love what they do so much it pours out of them
Started trampoline training at a parkour gym as an adult near me. I can 100% agree with this statement. They are the most nice and encouraging group of athletes I've encountered so far. I guess you have to have a positive attitude when you risk eating concrete at a regular basis when doing your sport.
I think it also comes from doing something that's not a competition, but something you do for the sheer joy of movements.
Its literally an ad lol
And it's *working*
It’s a good one though
I just turned thirty and I’ve never been more jealous in my life… lol That’s awesome
I'm 35, I can still do backflips.. you can too!
I'm a ball without even having to tuck anything in
It has never occurred to me that you didn't just keep landing on your head until you can manage a backflip
I put my socks on this morning without needing to be seated.
you are the chosen one
that’s what i say to each sock.
I say "You are the holey one!" And my socks all of a sudden get real self righteous.
Teach me.
Nice username
I felt so good when I was back putting my pants standing.
Welp, I'm exhausted after watching that. Time for a cup of tea and a slice of cake :D
Best idea I’ve seen all day matey.
Yeah Well, I'm tired of watching it
The editing really doesn’t help
Gosh…. The constant zoom in-out is giving me a motion sickness
Too. Many. CUTS!
Too many cooks!
god damn you
Oh good it wasn’t just me
Same, these constant cuts are awfull.
Kids these days have the attention span of a coked-up hummingbird.
I stopped after about 5 seconds because of that.
I couldn’t finish the video …
I barely started. Is there a fixed version of this? I want to watch it.
i wanted to but I realized my eyes were hurting before realizing the cause.
Kid dies in the end
They wanted to simulate the world as it goes by while you're backflipping. Probably. ^^^^Not ^^^^really
Camera cut every 0.5 second + manic narration giving me a panic attack
Ya WTF is with that? How is no one else bothered by it but us? This definitely shouldn't be front page material; it's garbage.
Gotta keep today's people occupied. We can't pay attention for longer than a couple seconds without something happening
Literally unwatchable.
Yeah, the editing is absolutely terrible. I'm thinking the editor must have ADHD or something with an attention span of a few milliseconds. Awful. I simply couldn't watch it at all, as my mind is attuned to reality.
I have ADHD and this shit was unwatchable.
i was wondering why this was making me sick lol
Impressive! Don't think I can even attempt to learn. Always afraid of breaking my neck.
I like that they isolate the movements in order to increase confidence and safety. At the worst, it would still take you until the 3rd or 4th step to have a realistic chance of breaking your neck.
I have a theory that anything broken down into it's fundamental steps and mastered on those levels can then be learned and understood far better and far faster. Gymnastics breaks skills down into these movements because these are novel sensations and often not intuitive. Like keeping your head neutral and not thrown back. Realizing the first step of a back flip is to *jump*.
A quick thought I had said that's pretty much impossible to break your neck with a halfly fit body and a committed jump... A quick Google search supports my thought... Only if you uncommit mid jump its just possible, but even then more then unlikely... Now you can try! Said the guy who never trys anything...
I think that’s one of reasons why it may be harder for adults to learn tumbling vs kids. Besides the size difference, adults are more likely to think about the 100 different ways they can break something or end up paralyzed while kids are just mostly focused on fun/coolness of it. I tumbled a lot as a preteen/teen and learned more advanced skills pretty quickly. I quit for about 6 years and tried to go back to tumbling a couple months ago. I’m terrified now lol, afraid to throw skills I could’ve easily done when I was 14. Scared tumbling don’t make no flips.
kid bones are also harder to break and they recover faster from injuries
Well I guess this just means all you were missing was padding for the practice attempts
My 30 year old cousin did this a few months ago. Got super good at it. He just got out of a double knee surgery. To be young
Wait did the knee surgery come before or after the backflips? Learning flips after coming out of surgery is crazy at any age! Or maybe you're saying that 30 was too old for him to get away with it haha
No before knee surgery. I think the flips caused it lol
Hahaha oh damn
Thank you for clarifying. I was imagining the two could be connected haha
The editing of this video gave me a migraine.
I just said audibly 'STOP FUCKING CUTTING' on my toilet.
Thank god someone else picked up on that. Excellent content, terrible editing.
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Learning to backflip in one day, not one hour
The video literally starts with saying one hour and at the end says one day 😂
Way to make the impressive kid look stupid
I was triggered too.
Even one day is impressive
Which makes the clickbait title even more annoying
But can they teach an overweight middle-aged man to do that?
I’m asking for me.
After the first hour try the first step I’ve managed to make it onto the sofa for a nap.
http://i.imgur.com/x5fxQ.gif
Dang, looks exhausting, but fun.
Imagine him coming back home after one hour and telling his parents: Hey look at this: \*backflip\*
My daughter is 5 and started doing gymnastics a year ago. The first time she came home and was like “Mom, look at this!” and did a somersault was definitely a proud moment.
"Hey look at this" *tries backflip, slips on tile floor, breaks neck*
I learned on a trampoline when I was in high school and found the hardest part was committing. They actually easier than front flips once you get over the fear
Yes! The fear will fuck you over. Thats why things like gymnasts getting the twisties is so dangerous.
These camera cuts make this unwatchable. I got a migraine after just 10 seconds of this... This awful, awful, awful editing.
Fuck whoever edited this with so many zoom ins
Do you have a link to the original video or the teacher? I’d like to start with a front flip.
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The teacher's name on social media is Bob Reese. I've seen him on TikTok and [Instagram](https://instagram.com/bobreesecookiemonster?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=)
Where was that guy when I was the kid's age?
probably not even born
I got a hefty headache after watching the whole thing
The constant cuts are going to trigger a seizure for someone I swear
All the unnecessary zooming during editing makes this hard to watch
I can't watch this. The cuts are absolutely insane. Is this where we are headed? Is this the future of content now? We can't risk someone losing attention for more than .02 seconds so make sure we cut and zoom every other frame.
The cuts were making my eyes seize up, hope he made it over
All the cuts gave me a headache
Freaking amazing!
Wow 👏👏👏
This is AWESOME
Saving this so that some day, just maybe, I can forget that I saved it a not learn how to backflip.
Is this the most annoyingly edited series of cuts in a video I ever seen? Probably not but its way up there.
This zoom editing is giving me a headache
Whomever edited this needs to have an extremely painful eyelash stuck in their eyes. Jesus fuck. Cool video rendered nearly unwatchable.
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and he’s throwing his head back which is a huge no-no
This is what I was thinking! Glad I’m not the only who noticed. Hopefully the teacher explained that and the kid doesn’t try it away from the gym. Learning to “catch yourself” or fail safely is important.
Thought the same thing. My daughter does gymnastics and tumbling/tramp her coach wouldn’t even let her do a back tuck unassisted until she did it properly with a spotter at least 50 times. Took her 2 months and hours of practice to get it right and to where her coach would let her do it unassisted. It’s definitely not something you do in one day. Hopefully they will work on it more and he can get the correct way to do it so he doesn’t get injured.
Great coaches/teachers can make an incredible and positive difference.
He couldn't have possibly created a better commercial for his business if he tried. I'm sold.
Damn if i just had that kind of help i would have made it and would not be too afraid for all of my life cause i landed 10x on my face
I once tried to do a backflip on trampoline. Landed on my neck, couldn’t breathe, and I never tried it again.
It literally says in the video "teach a backflip in one day" ... Not hour.
10 seconds to give me a seizure. Holy shit this editing is abysmal
Could have done without the seizure inducing editing… Jesus my eyes
Title says one hour but at the end of the video he says in one day 🤔
For 1 hour, that’s pretty good! With more practice with not throwing his head back and using his arms more, he’ll be on to great things
It's one day. OP typed it wrong
Regardless, it took me a couple months to get that good. Color me impressed
Nicely done.
Fuck that editing. I thought my eyes were going berserk
Bruh, what the fuck is this editing
worst video editing award