LIST OF TRICKS

WINDMILLS

FLARES

SKYSCRAPER

AIRBABY GUIDE

BEGINNERS GUIDE TO WALL AERIALS

WALL FLIP

AERIAL CARTWHEEL

FORWARD HANDSPRING

180 FLIP GUIDE

MORE COMING SOON !

TRICKS & TIPS

Windmills

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position: Push up position with left elbow planted in stomach and left hand on ground below

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Instructio Stretch right hand to the left in front of you.
Lift Left leg up in air. Pull with your right hand to get a spinning motion going. Once you have spinning motion going, bring right leg up to your right, and start turning your body so that your right side will face up. Your left arm will soon collapse so roll onto your shoulder, now your right leg is going up in the air. Make left leg follow right leg movement, but keep legs WIDE and STRAIGHT out. This is very important. You'll be on your back now, hopefully with Legs up in the air like a split but you don't have to go as far as a split). Now as your left leg continues to to go up and your right leg goes down, start rolling your body so that your right side faces down. as you get to be almost sideways, legs still WIDE and STRAIGHT, put your left hand on ground and plant your elbow into your side. Keep the rotation and you'll pivot back up onto your elbow and be back where you started.
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Good luck, start it slowly to get the movement, and practice practice practice.

The Easy Way:

FOR CLOCKWISE WINDMILLS
Change RIGHT TO LEFT for everything

First, put you right arm in your gut like a turtle. Now you should be
on the ground with your right arm in your gut. Your left arm is near
your head but on the ground. Then lift your right foot of the ground
(just lift it and don't kick it up). Then lift your left leg up
higher than the right on. Your legs should be off the ground and
spread. Now you want to collapse on your shoulder smoothly. I find
that if you push off to where you want to mill your shoulder will not
mash against the floor. As you push off (do not push up but to the
side) kick your right leg under and keep your right arm in your gut as
you go around. Kick the left leg back when your are near your stomach
this way you will go on your back faster. Once you get this you will
start to mill faster and easier. I have been doing this way of
starting mills for about 2 1/2 weeks and the most I've done is 6
so...this is the most easiest way.

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The Hard Way:

First learn by starting in this 'practice' position:

(counter-clockwise windmills)

1) sit down on the floor.

2) lean back on your right arm, resting on the elbow.

3) bend your left leg at the knee.

4) keep right leg out straight, pointing to your right.

5) have your left arm touching the floor just by your right side.

6) make sure your left ELBOW is firmly touching your lower stomach

OK. Now we are ready to start. Keep in mind that everything must eventually be a continuous motion. Although you can practice slowly, much of this move is almost impossible without momentum. Here we go:

7) Swing your left leg way up, and your right leg straight around to the left so that it goes up and UNDER your LEFT leg, and turn your head to the right. Your hips should have entirely left the floor.

8) You should now be in this position: the LEFT SIDE side of your head is touching the floor, your body is parallel with the floor, legs spread apart, held up entirely by your left arm, palm on the floor, elbow in gut, supporting your weight. Your right hand can help a little with your weight, but keep the right arm close to your body. Basically, the only things touching the ground at this moment in time are the left side of your head and your left palm, which points left. Remember to keep your legs spread wide apart, straight, and that your left elbow pressing into your gut is propping up your whole body, resting the weight on the left hand.

9) Now, lower your left shoulder to the ground and then you should roll onto the back of your shoulders, your face looking up at the ceiling, your legs spread out in the air. Nothing else should touch the ground. To achieve this your legs must have rotated since the previous step, your hips the pivot, like a compass. Remember this.

10) So, you are resting on the back of your shoulders, facing up, legs spread. Now, whip your body so that you swing over to your right side. Now your legs should still be spread, but ONLY the RIGHT side of your head and your right shoulder should be touching the floor. Try to keep your cheekbone off the floor- it will bruise. NOTHING else should touch, you are diagonal to the floor, head down, legs up and spread. Now swing your hips around counter- clockwise a little more so that you can stab your left elbow into your gut again. Roll across your forehead from the RIGHT side of your head to the LEFT side, so you are ready to move onto your left shoulder and spin around again as before. Once your momentum is going, it is not difficult.

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Different kinds of Windmills:

Nutcrackers : Windmills with you're hands "grabbing" you're nuts, balls
whatever...

Sumos : Windmills with you're hands on you're knees like a sumo wrestler
getting' down

Handcuffs : Windmills with you're hands behind you're back

Confusion : Windmills with you're palms on you're ears and elbows out to the
sides
like a chick would be screaming or something...

Coffins : Windmills with you're legs sort of curled...No hands

Cannonballs : Windmills in a sort of position that you would be when jumping
a cannonball in the water

Eggbeaters : Windmills with you're hands just grabbing you're hips

Halos : Windmills with out you're back
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Flare

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1) step back with your left foot, don't step to the side but go back and diagonal to the left side a little. you want to be comfortable. So not too far back, but you DO want to try and have it more then shoulder with apart. Bend your left leg if you need to, but keep right straight.

***this happens at same time**
2a)take ur left hand and swing it down to where ur left foot WAS, or the general area. You want this to be comfortable, there is NO set way/area but it's more or less what's comfortable. preferably to the side of you, not right in back of you, even to the front if need be. Remember its YOUR flare.

2b)As your hand comes down you are going to swing ur left foot around back, KICK it hard! Dont get lazy and try to just swing it, i mean you need to SWING it. Just as you're about to come very close to your right leg u want to lift the right leg out of the way try to kick yourself in the face, but don't actually do it! go straight up, u want to go out just like ur hips and left leg will do.) Remember your flare goes circular!! So when u kick, u want to go AROUND...so kick as if you're going straight and then around.

okay, something about the kick since a lot of people can understand how to do it but not understand what makes it work for some people and not for others..

When you first start off to kick, I've said this time and time again to people: you want to USE your hips, don't just kick your legs and expect to go anywhere but up and straight down. You need to use ur hips and lift ur ass!! Lock ur arms and legs, do NOT get lazy!! When you go to kick, you want to swing around, basically if you're facing front and u go to swing u want to kick you're leg as if you're going to kick out the right one with the left, and sweep it all the way to the left side. don't just kick up or out, u want to go OUT and AROUND!!

**again same time*
3a) When you get both ur legs in front of you, your hips should be out and your ass lifted with arms locked! If your butt's not up and your hips aren't swinging around, you'll have a hard time making it past this front part. Now, when your legs get in front of you, you should be swinging around, you want to lean to the right and put your right arm down to the side of you. keep it locked!

3b)as you are coming onto your right arm, you want to kick your left leg up same as before, try to kick your face but do NOT go straight up, you want to continue the swinging movement, flares are circular!) as you kick the left leg up, sweep the right under it.

okay a few key points, if you can do windmills...think of the swing for keeping them going; its the SAME thing for flares except you pause on your hands and not on the ground with your chest or back.

Also, your hips need to be doing a lot of work, don't expect to keep your body like your sitting and have your legs go around you, LIFT with your ass and MOVE your hips!

4)By now your momentum should be carrying you in a circle but it is YOUR job to keep it going!! When your legs come behind you (make sure to keep your ass and hips lifting), your hands should both be down in front of you for a split second.

4)As your hands come down, and your legs go up in back, you want to use your hips now...transfer weight to the left hand again...sweep your left leg under your right and move your right leg high up like you're going to kick your face.

You now can do one flare. I'm going to give you all the hints right now, the guide is simple, let me know what you think and I'll make the changes, i like to work off people; not just spell it out for them.

A. I say kick your face, but you need to remember your legs will almost never go straight up!!! You want to go as if you're lifting to kick your face, meaning high but at all times you should be thinking OUT AND AROUND!

B. Your hips are probably one of the most important parts of your flare...you need to use them, they go circular, if you don't lift your hips, your legs will be VERY low, and you get bent in the back and you have a hard time carrying them from flare to flare.

C. Another hip trick: right before you kick your left leg for the initial kick, turn your hips to the left...remember when you kick, you want not to kick straight up or out, but to kick around; you want to START your circle!!

D. Lock your arms and legs, especially your legs...if you keep your legs straight, you can almost bet you're going to have more power, more twist, and you're going to go a lot farther

E. Don't be afraid to fall, you won't kill yourself. Trust me on this.

F. Locked elbows give more height, as does lifting ur ass and hips!!

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SKYSCRAPER

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(CCW)
1. start as u would a flare left leg forward and bent, the other straight out behind u
2. rotate ur upper body so that ur chest in oriented with the gap between ur legs, as u rotate place ur right hand on the ground
3. kick up with ur right leg and then ur left leg, u should be in a handstand now with ur momentum in a CCW direction
4. as you go up into the handstand place ur other hand down
5 using the momentum take small but fairly fast steps with ur hands
6 keep going in circles...skyscrapers!

there are lots of ways of getting into it, this is just one of them

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Airbaby guide

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i just today learned to airbaby with two hands and i tried with one hand and the only thing keeping me from one handed airbabys is arm strength. however, for one handed airbabys i thought up a way of explaining it in a guide so here it is, my first move guide: AIRBABYS
note that these are for airbabys on your right elbow

1. get into the position runners get into at the start of the race this is the only way I can think to describe the starting position)

2. your left foot should be the one extended back and bring it close enough to your body to kneel on it.

3. now lean your upper body forward and bend your elbows. your butt should go up into the air to get your upper body forward, which is okay.

3. your left foot should be the only part of your left leg touching the ground and your right foot should be on the ground near your right elbow. so, you should be on the ground on your two hands, your right foot up by your right elbow, and your left leg extended pushing up with your left foot.

4. this next part is very important *pick up your right foot and bend your knee so that your right foot is almost touching the back of your thigh* when you do this, you shouldn't have to shift your weight at all because you should be on your hands and left foot. if you have to shift your weight, go back to step 3 so that your right foot is merely resting on the ground.

5. by bending your knee so much, you create a flatter surface to put on your right elbow, which is what you're going to do next. however, when you put your right knee on your elbow, don't actually put it on the elbow, but slightly above it. this is also very important because by putting your knee ABOVE your elbow, you are putting the weight down ONTO your elbow and your forearm, whereas if you put your knee ON your elbow, you will be pushing your elbow forward, and unbending your whole arm. see footnote for picture description

Note: the feeling of the weight on the area right above your elbow may take some getting used to and you may have to try several times before you can find the right spot without much problem. if you can't, just keep trying.

6. now, with your knee on your elbow, lean forward more until your weight is almost entirely on your hands. when it feels like you could easily or somewhat easily pick up your left leg, try it gently and slowly. if you immediately fall over, just try it again. *

*the idea here is that you aren't just jumping off with your left foot but you are slowly picking it up off the ground. this takes a bit getting used to as well and you may need several tries before you can lean forward enough.

now, if you find that you are leaning so far forward that when you pick up your left foot, you roll over and do a somersault, don't get frustrated. there is an easy cure to this problem: lift your head up and try to put it as far back as you need to in order to get your left leg off the ground without toppling over forward. after one or two tries like this, you should be able to pick your foot up without too much trouble

7. once you can pick your left leg off the ground, you have to learn to keep it straight. that is, you have to learn not to bend your left knee when you pick it up. however, this is probably one of the quickest things to learn for this move. if you've found the most comfortable spot on your "elbow," this should be no problem. if you have trouble straightening your left leg, you need to practice putting your knee on a different spot on your elbow

8. you are pretty much done with learning your airbaby, unless you are uncomfortable with knee placement or you can't straighten your left leg.

after learning how to do it, you ought to practice holding it for as long as you can. once you develop enough muscle and balance to hold it for up to 10 seconds, you are ready to try a one handed. however, I'm not that far so until I can do it, you'll have to wait for the one-handed guide.

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The Newbie guide to WALL AERIAL

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Before I start off I want you to know that this move is EXTREMELY dangerous if you are not prepared or strong enough for it. I don't want any one to get hurt so if you cant hit backhand springs, ground aerials, and wall flips, please don't even attempt this. Its always really good to know how to land if u mess up how to roll out of it). The best idea would be to train either on a wall adjacent to soft grass which can be hard to find sometime), or woodchips. If this isn't around then i guess u could put padding down next to the wall where u r going to land but make sure u r comfortable with it before u attempt.

these directions are for a counter-clockwise wall aerial the wall would be to ur left).

To get height and momentum its obvious that u are going to be running when u launch urself off the wall(yes like in the matrix). Funny as it may sound it would be good to view that scene a few times because the technique is the same -only they are attached to wires- and u wont be.

Two Steps

1.To make ur attempt run parallel to the wall till u are at 1/3 ur top speed and u will launch from ur left foot while ur right foot takes grip on the wall test how ur shoe grips to the wall ur attempting on before u do this-- and never try this on a wet wall or with wet shoes ). At this point u will do what's called a stairstep launch which is basically digging in with ur right foot and then plant ur left foot in front of it. Yes ur legs will be crossed but only for a millisecond. Freeze frame and both feet are firm on the wall and ur body is angled at about 45° from the wall. Some people also place their right hand on the wall but i do not recommend this because your hands are ur only safety net.

2. Now u do it. 45° from the wall during that spit second u are going to put 70% of ur power into ur right leg which has to have a VERY good grip and 30% in ur left which is crossed in front of your right. Now you with the forward momentum u have from running into it and from ur right leg u jump UP (not sideways) and AWAY from the wall-while keeping ur legs in V formation and tucking ur head sideways. For ur first few attempts ALWAYS keep ur arms above ur head after the launch off the wall( like a cart wheel). Bring ur legs around and land on ur feet and congratulations u have done the wall aerial!!!

- pointers-

Its good to do a few ground aerials before trying to do it off the wall to get ur mind and body used to the motion

the wall aerial is actually easier than a ground aerial because the way u get into it and launch off the wall gives ur more power then just doing from a level surface (the ground) BUT this doesn't mean u should attempt it without having normal aerials down.

this is a move that CAN have a spotter but that person would have to be very strong (maybe a gymnastics coach) and be able to lift ur full body weight -or else both of u can get hurt

if u can hit this move consistently it will get u mad props and people will always ask u to do it. Don't get pressured into doing it off a surface your not comfortable even if u have hit this move before. No point in breaking ur neck just to impress some newbs.
 

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Wall Flip

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This sounds like one hell of an advanced move to me, so if be careful out there kids and practice this one on the soft surface like GRASS also you need some people on your side. To me right now I don't need anyone anymore, I could handle on my own.

I'm sure that everybody always been fantasized doin' backflip off the wall in their mind, but they couldn't do it in reality cause they scared they might get hurt or break theirs neck..
The best way to let your imagination going into reality, you need someone is really strong that they could support or lift you up or spot you while you doin' backflip off the wall, when you doin' this you must get rid of fears and doubt in your mind, all you have to do is trust your friend! that they could lift you up if you fall down.

Wrong:
Here is one mistake people always trying to do wall back flip is that they tried to run really fast and clamed up to the wall, of course the gravity will forces you down, so then they QUIT! Cuz it really impossible to flip off a wall.

Here is How To Do It:
Run full speed and your body will carries momentum going' with you, first step your body about horizontal and second step you kick really hard toward the wall and your body will lift over.
Here is how to do....

1) You need to know is that what legs you want to run up to the wall first, depend on which legs you feel comfort for you, to me left leg first and right leg second.

2) Run full speed... left leg step toward the wall your body should be almost horizontal

3) right leg steps on the wall and kick to the wall real hard and lift yourself over. That's it any more help ask me.
 

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Aerial Cartwheel

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many peeps keep mentioning this so I guess ill post it
an aerial is just a cartwheel done with no hands so you should learn how to
do a very smooth and fast cartwheel before attempting an aerial. many people
claim that you should learn the one handed cartwheel also, but the aerial and
the one handed cartwheel are totally different.

1) you have to learn how to do a cartwheel: first, lift your left leg and
raise your arms up in a ready position. Bend downwards and place your left
foot on the ground. Now bend down more and place your left palm down in front
of your left foot. Now raise your right leg which should be in back of you
into the air. After that put your right palm down in a line with your left
palm and left foot and finally raise your left leg and bring it above you. As
your left leg goes up, your right leg should be landed or about to land. The
farther apart your legs are the better it will look. While landing your left
leg, bring your arms up also. Your final position should face opposite the
direction to as you started.

2) Keep practicing your cartwheel until it is very smooth and you can land it
very lightly. After a while if you do it extremely fast you should feel a
popping up movement when u land. Always try to compact your cartwheel also.
In order to do an aerial, your cartwheel has to be very compact and cant be
very wide. As you master your cartwheel, try kicking inwards at the end when
you bring your legs up. When you feel a popping movement, you can try the
aerial.

3) The aerial is jus a cartwheel except your hands aren't supporting you,
momentum is. When you first try you should get a running start, but after a
while u can do standing aerials which jus look so beautiful. After a short
run jump onto the floor, left leg outward and with your left leg, jump
straight upwards while bending sideways and lifting your right leg. You
should be in midair now and bring the left leg over also. You should try to
land lightly and inward, not outwards. The two most important secrets of
doing an aerial is remembering to keep it compact, not wide and that the jump
is upwards not forward.

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Forward Handsprings

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Forward Handsprings - Guide
Hey, this is another cool move someone showed me. Here's the description.

I think this is another gymnastics move. I personally use this to enter the
breaking circles. Basically, you start by standing up straight, throw your
hands on the ground, push off and land on your feet. **NOTE** This is not a
bronco. You have to push and go over, not back. When I first tried this move,
I ended up landing on my ass. It hurt very much. Then I realized, you really
have to throw yourself on your hands. This forces you to push more and this
will help you land on your feet and not your ass.
Or if that didn't help, try this step by step.

1. Stand up straight with your hands raised over your head.

2. Skip with your right foot and sorta extend your left leg in front of you.

3. Throw your hands onto the ground (kinda like a handstand, but you aren't
stopping), and push. Remember to keep your hands pretty close together. This
helps with the pushing. Also, try to keep your body straight. This helps with
form.

4. Now if you pushed hard enough, you should land on your feet. If you landed
on your ass, you either didn't throw yourself on your hands hard enough or
you didn't push very well. Remember, you're supposed to SPRING off your
hands!! That's why it's called a handspring.
 

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180 Flip Guide

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180 Flip Guide
This move is basically a backflip with a twist in it. To do this move you must
first be able to do a regular backflip pretty well. First try learning it on
a mattress.

- First of you should have some big room to start of from, then when you feel
right start running forward.
- After gaining momentum jump into the air. When you jump swing your hands
towards your back and kick upwards with your right leg. You should try to do a
backflip. If you've ever seen someone do a running backflip that's what the start
of the flip should look like.( remember this is a backflip not a front flip)
- By this time your feet should be in the air and your head about 4 feet of the
floor. At this time you should try to force your body to slightly twist.
- If you did it right you should land the land on your left foot if you're a righty or
on your right foot if you're a lefty it depends on which way u twisted. At first
your not gonna get enough height so you're gonna need your hands to keep you from
falling.
- At the end you must be facing the opposite direction from when u started
the flip.

You can also use this move to go into footwork. Also remember not to bring your
legs to your chest cuz then it doesn't look as tight. After you master this move
u could try a 360 backflip which is like this but you don't run into and when
u twist you do a full 360 so you face the position from where u jumped from. I
hope this long description helps you all and remember if you cant do
something on your first try keep trying and you will eventually get it.

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