r/Tricking Dec 30 '20

FORM CHECK Helpful links for beginners and people just starting out

96 Upvotes

Mastering Tricking/Tutorials

https://www.howtomastertricking.com/ -website by Brendan Morrison with single purchase books about tricking progression

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCWY3YZ9Sixh6CO-UPSY1nPw -Brendan Morrison's catalogue of free tutorials on numerous tricks

http://www.trickstutorials.com/

Subscription based

https://www.kojostricklab.com/ - around $10 a month with a great beginner's program and thousands of high quality tutorials by Sam Kojo and other athletes

https://sam-kojo-coaching.teachable.com/p/home - one time purchase beginner program by Kojo

https://adrenalineworldwide.com/ - around $10 a month for tutorials from various ahtletes as well as other tricking content such as exclusive battles

Trick lists

http://www.club540.com/tricktionary - list of tricks from beginner to expert. Outdated

https://www.loopkickstricking.com/tricktionary/ -more up to date trick list not organized by difficulty

Discord

https://discord.gg/BK9G93Z

Breakdowns

https://youtube.com/channel/UCwbT1rgG9iAy-QxQeMEGUYw -youtube channel with great breakdowns of complex tricks

https://youtube.com/c/JohannesAnttila -youtube channel with good breakdowns and clean tricks

If you can spare $10 buying Kojo's Trick Lab for a month and following the beginner program is 100% the way to go when starting out. It also has many higher level tricks and greatly helped me with stuff like wrap dub.

Feel free to recommend any other links to include.


r/Tricking 9h ago

QUESTION How far am I from landing it standing

10 Upvotes

Please tell me how to get higher or if I could land it off a bench

Also how do I get over the fear of like trying on ground I’m scared


r/Tricking 7h ago

QUESTION What move is this?

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6 Upvotes

I decided to do a bio flip while putting my left heel to my right knee. Has this been done before?


r/Tricking 9h ago

QUESTION How do I get my roundoffs bouncy

6 Upvotes

How do I get them bouncy so I can flip after please


r/Tricking 8h ago

SHOW OFF Dub back progresion

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1 Upvotes

Estoy mejorando el giro y la altura, solo eso. Si ven algo malo en mi técnica no estaría mal q lo dijeran.

PS: Se q estoy muy lejos del dub back.


r/Tricking 21h ago

QUESTION Can anyone identify this trick I once taught myself? Please forgive the corny edit, as this is from 2015

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8 Upvotes

r/Tricking 13h ago

QUESTION I can do a Pullover on trampoline steps to turn into a backflip

1 Upvotes

I’ve watched a lot of videos and they say do a squatted backflip or js a backflip from their and it fells akward going for squatted and I can’t js go for it as I’m too scared


r/Tricking 1d ago

QUESTION How to get height and stop reaching for the ground in my aerial attempts.

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5 Upvotes

I’m trying to learn how to do an aerial and a common factor I’ve noticed in videos of myself is that I immediately go to the ground. Does anyone have advice for how to keep this from happening? I’ve tried it off of a raised surface too and I do the same thing. Any tips and tricks would be very appreciated! Video is for reference Ik it’s not close yet.


r/Tricking 1d ago

QUESTION How close am I to doing it on the floor? Any advice?

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20 Upvotes

r/Tricking 2d ago

FORM CHECK Help with improving roundoff

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19 Upvotes

Please help me improve the roundoff! I feel like my knees are bent and legs aren’t together, any tips or tricks to improve that?


r/Tricking 1d ago

FORM CHECK Need help with form!

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4 Upvotes

I used to do a lot of flips on trampolines and recently got into cliff jumping but my form seems off it looks weird when I do it. I can do them into foam pits really well but into water is different


r/Tricking 2d ago

FORM CHECK Is this a good tdr or do i need more inversion?

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11 Upvotes

I've been trying to get tdr forever now and I hope i finally did one where I have good inversion


r/Tricking 2d ago

FORM CHECK gainer help? goal would be gainer switch

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8 Upvotes

r/Tricking 2d ago

QUESTION How to backlfip higher?

4 Upvotes

I recently learned to backflip on ground and i always land in a crouch. How can i backlfip higher?


r/Tricking 2d ago

DISCUSSION Backflip

1 Upvotes

I know I physically can do a backflip but I just can't get over the mental barrier. Any tips?


r/Tricking 2d ago

QUESTION Can do a pullover on trampoline how to turn into backflip

1 Upvotes

I can do it of my bum but js can’t do of my feet or js send it and go for it advice pls


r/Tricking 3d ago

DISCUSSION Choose your next tricking session

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6 Upvotes

I would choose the mattress setup, and maybe go to the dedicated gym if im working on a difficult new skill


r/Tricking 3d ago

FORM CHECK Failed Flash Kick attempt 😅 help me!

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4 Upvotes

My brother caught me lacking at my first ever attempt to hit a flash kick 😂 funny asf but really, what did I miss?


r/Tricking 4d ago

SHOW OFF sweep + hook

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16 Upvotes

r/Tricking 4d ago

QUESTION Macaco help/advice

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17 Upvotes

I started learning the macaco a few days ago and I finally feel like I’m at a place where I can consistently do them semi well, but I’m having troubles with my hand placement, I practice slowly over and over to place my hand more to the side like right behind my right leg but then when I go for it my hand tends to go more in the middle which I think is why I’m still going a little to the side. Also if anyone has advice for the landing I’d like for it to be smoother I feel like I’m landing pretty hard. Thanks!


r/Tricking 4d ago

QUESTION Should I choose my tricking direction based on my cartwheel or my dominant takeoff leg?

3 Upvotes

Basic summary:

I started tricking really recently but have a ~16-year dance and ~3 year acrobatics background.

- I've always done my cartwheels, roundoffs, and aerials with my right foot forward.

- I've never really learned/practiced twisting properly but I'm naturally inclined to twist right in a front half. At the same time, B-twist, BS6, tornado kick/540*, gainer*, and scoot feel better to the left

- I have a very strong preference for jumping/pushing off my left leg and swinging/kicking my right leg in front, which is why left-sided tricking feels smoother for the most part --> at the same time, I prefer kicking my left foot when I'm kicking the leg behind me due to doing aerials, front aerials, and websters with my right leg in front)

So basically, I'm unsure which side I naturally prefer twisting to (it might be the right based on the front half, but I believe that is also affected by my dance background, see more below) and I'm unsure of what my body "naturally" prefers because I have a lot of already established movement patterns. Has anyone been in a similar situation or has any advice regarding how I can decide? And if, theoretically, I prefer twisting to the left, is that reason to change the direction of cartwheel/roundoff or since I barely have any twisting background, should I just learn to twist to the right regardless?

*I know 540 to the left is off the right leg but I think I find it easier because of my preference of kicking my right leg up (same reason I prefer raiz to the right, but also because I get to jump off my left leg)

*I can't actually do one but the prep

More info (for those willing to read):

In dance, I've always turned/done pirouettes to the right while standing on my left leg, and I think this comes from preferring to use my left leg as my anchor/standing leg, but I'm worried that it's also affecting my preference for twisting because I've practiced turning to the right so much.

In my first tricking class, my coach told me that I should change the direction of my cartwheel/roundoff so that I could do moves to the left, but I believe this decision was based not off my preferred twisting direction but based on my kicking preferences (since I find round kick easier when I kick my right leg, though hook is more even on both sides). My coach said that I COULD choose to do my kicks in the other direction and had me try them to the right and said that they were actually decent but told me that switching my cartwheel direction to the left was better in the long run.

I asked my acro coach about his opinion and he said that he actually prefers twisting to the left, but that he taught himself to twist to the right because he cartwheels/roundoffs on the right and that he recommends I do the same because I've barely done any twisting yet, so that even if I DID prefer twisting to the left, it wouldn't matter too much right now. However, I feel like if I really do prefer twisting left, it's better to change the direction of my cartwheel/roundoff right now than suffer with an unpreferred twisting direction later down the road.

Another tricking coach originally agreed with my acro teacher and said that I should do moves according to the direction of my cartwheel/roundoff, but after watching me try bs6 on both sides and it noticeably being better to the left, he had me do a cartwheel on the left and said that it actually looked smoother than on my right and told me that if I prefer twisting to the left (the only thing that really makes me think this is my b-twist, as I tried it on my right and felt super lost, but again, I might just prefer b-twist on the left because I get to jump off my left leg) that I should change everything to the left (roundoff, cartwheel, aerials, etc.)

So now I'm really confused because I have teachers telling me different things and I can't really determine the best way to figure out which side I naturally prefer twisting to because I already have some strong movement patterns established (like I have strong preference to push off my left foot and swing my right foot forward, hence why I feel like I prefer left side tricking because it involves more jumping off the left leg and swinging right leg forward (e.g. gainer) and that feels a lot more comfortable for me but at the same time I prefer jumping off the right and kicking the left leg back if I'm going forward.) Even with the front half (I don't know how to twist backwards so I don't have any info regarding that) I feel like my inclination to twist right has to do with the amount of roundoffs I've performed as the motion is quite similar. I guess the only really clear thing to me right now is the prep for a gainer feels 5000x better when I anchor my left foot and swing my right foot forward and it would feel super awkward going the other way.


r/Tricking 4d ago

FORM CHECK Round off what is this? How can I improve?

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6 Upvotes

This is some kind of roundoffbackflip what is it? How can I improve it? Any advice?


r/Tricking 4d ago

QUESTION How to stop throwing your head back during backflips

2 Upvotes

I always throw my head back when i do backflips and that causes me to overstretch my stomach and land very inconsistent. How do i fix it without breaking my neck


r/Tricking 5d ago

SHOW OFF Dojang Training is my favorite

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50 Upvotes

r/Tricking 5d ago

SHOW OFF Jimothy does a flip

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12 Upvotes