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How do you backflip without using your hands?



How do you backflip without using your hands?

its hard. In reality its easier than a front flip but more dangerouse because you break your neck if you mess up. this is how i learned (i was obsessed withe learning how to backflip a few years ago).
You need a trampoline, you just cant learn without one. otherwise a diving board. with a diving board or platforn you always carry the risk of not clearing the platform and landing on it. thats why a trampoline is better.
first. do a few front flips and start angling the flip to where your begining to do a side flip. Main goal with a side flip is to contunie facing the same direction but rotating 360 side to side. So no head tucking, your goal is to end the flip facing the same way as when you began it.
When you can flip sideways well and land on your feet you will be ready to try the backflip. Instead of fliping to your side (over your shoulder) start going slightly back yet still going sideways. this will give you the falling backwards feeling. if your too scared go back to the side flips and start slowly leaning back more when you flip. once you just flip a little bit more towards your back you will see how similar it is to a backflip and start working your way to a full backflip. Once your there youll see how when your upside down your legs swinging over you sort of hold your head up in mid air it makes you feel like your hanging and suddenyl youll see how more under control a backflip is than a front flip. if you dont have a trampoline try learning how to do a backwards dive off the side of the pool. be ure to lean back far. learn how to jump so your in mid air for a few seconds. expirament and see if you can flip enugh to not do a belly flop. this will teach you how to speed up and slow down the flip so you can pull it off above ground. the only important thing..


YOU HAVE TO COMMITT! Any time you dont committ to dangerouse tricks, you almost always hurt yourself worse. Commit to doing what you have to do so you dont land on your head. Second, just be brave. these things are easy to learn when you obsess about them and pick it apart so feel free to try and understand the mechanics of a backflip. Source(s): it was my goal to backflip one summer (i was likr 14 and obsessed with japanese anime so i thought i should be a ninja too)
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By having a qualified instructor show you how step by step and with patience. Otherwise, this is the kind of thing with which you risk serious injury.
You cannot use your hands to do a back flip anyway that would be a back handspring.

Also is the Martial Arts question because that would be a really stupid thing in a self defense situation?
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