How to Backflip

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Learn how to backflip—no gym, no spotter! If you learned it, like and subscribe! If you still need help, let me know down below!

After flipping only 2-4 times a day, only 3 days a week, on grass, with good shoes, without landing awkwardly or twisting anything, I suddenly got an ankle sprain and probable fracture, and my ankle has been hurting on and off for over 3 months.

I am not going to attempt backflips again, and I personally would not recommend learning this. But if you do, stay safe, use perfect form, be patient, and have fun!

FORM BASICS
1. Shallow set (don't go all the way down)
2. High jump (as high and straight as you can)
3. Delayed tuck (wait until you're almost at the peak)
4. Hard tuck (tuck tight and fast!)
5. Long tuck (stay tucked as long as possible)

PREVENTING INJURY
1. If you have pain, stop immediately.
2. When you land, let your legs bend naturally to reduce the pressure on your joints. Don't stiffen them. Stiffening your legs when you land is like walking up to a brick wall and kicking it as hard as you can. Your body will eventually pay you back by making it painful to do simple things like walking and biking.
3. Don't keep trying if you are landing on your toes or knees on the ground. This hammers your toes, ankles, arches, and knees in a bad way. If you fail twice in a row on the ground, go back to the trampoline until you can over-rotate. Then go to pillows until you can land solidly on them.
4. Every hard impact your body suffers raises the chance that when you get older, you're going to have a lot of pain. Even if it's years later. Keep that in mind. It's the same with parkour, football, boxing, and even long-distance running (especially on concrete). Obviously it's equally bad to sit in a room all day and miss out on life (and atrophy yourself), so if you can find fun activities that avoid hard impacts (biking, swimming, walking, calisthenics, weight-lifting, dancing, yoga, versions of tai chi, etc.) go for those as much as you can.

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[eithanturetzky]

Thank you. I wanted to learn how to backflip for
THE LONGEST TIME

[Markism]

Neighbor George : "Hey Meredith, that kid is training for the circus again out front"

[fakevoices]

Wow, thanks so much for making this detailed tutorial. I think you may have the most detailed backflip tutorial video on YouTube. I'll be getting a trampoline next week and will be learning a backflip. I've been able to do all sorts of flips for years, like front and back flip variations on a mattress (I have a diving board tricks video on my channel) but never a clean standing backflip. This video should really help, thanks for making it Chris.

[kevintsai]

OMG before back in November 2019 I could backflip on the ground and only land a few times. However after that I stopped back flipping until I started again during March. I couldn’t backflip on ground anymore and when I was practicing, my form was messed up. Until now, I found this helpful video that actually works and now I can do a backflip with perfect form on the trampoline. I will take it to the ground soon. Thank You So Much! I always launched my upper body back, but now because of this tutorial I go straight up then my tuck is what initiates the flip! 👊🏻😎🤩

[mooserat]

This is the best tutorial I have seen, thank you and wish me luck

[Skarhodges]

I can already backflip but I love watching tutorials

[Kreno]

You're kinda doing a gainer which is pretty cool

[walkerowens]

the tutorial is here!!!!, legend says, that if your first then Chris Bandy will either
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This helped a lot thx bro, this was no lie one of the most in depth tutorial I’ve seen

[Skarhodges]

And the spotting the ground to know when to open isn’t something that’s easy when you first start especially with the backflip being the first flip you learn, but with front flips and backfulls it helps a lot

[ivvalid]

ayoo u said straight up mane i wish u could have teach me like in rl

[nikoflow_fm]

I genuinely think my trampoline is hindering me. I can’t tell if this is true or not but that’s my belief.
The supposed benefit of at tramp is that you can go much higher and get more airtime, which obviously makes the backflip way easier to complete. However… for me, thats the exact problem. Basic physics says the higher I go the harder I fall and that thought terrifies me.

Idk what to do. I’ve been going at it for a week or so now and all I have is this crappy sideways back handspring. Do I get rid of the tramp entirely and try to progress on ground with pillows/mattress? Or should i just STFU and continue trying on my tramp?

[ThangHuynhTu]

I'm waiting for your "How to front flip "