I want to learn a trampoline backflip!?

Question

My trampoline is next to nothing when it comes to bounce and when I try a back-flip I always land on my head, but I can do a back flip with a half twist for some reason! please nice people let me show of to my Friends.

Answer 1

It is best to master basic skills BEFORE attempting advanced skills. That is the best and safest way to learn. People HAVE broken their necks while trying a back flip. It does NOT happen very often but it CAN happen. If you land on your head a lot when you try a back flip, you should take lessons or at least use a spotter to help you over the top. Without leaning backward, you need to throw your knees straight up to the sky and then open when you see the trampoline mat. The more dead your bounce, the harder you must throw your knees  upward. A more bouncy trampoline might help but correct preparation and technique is the most important. You could try a backdrop landing and then pull with your hands under your legs to flip backward to your feet. This is called a back pullover. It is lower and safer and is a good lead-up skill to a feet to feet back flip. Take lessons at your local gymnastic school. It scares me when you say you land on your head a lot. Be careful.

Whenever you attempt any kind of somersaulting skill there is a little more risk of landing badly and hurting yourself than when attempting a non-somersaulting skill. So you have to be more careful when you try them or take lessons at your local gymnastic school where they use overhead safety belts that hang down from the ceiling. This makes learning them safer and less scary. You can sustain serious injuries without falling off the trampoline just by landing badly right on the trampoline mat but on your head or neck. That is why you should not over rely on safety nets that enclose the trampoline. They can be useful but are by no means foolproof. Your best safety investment is knowledge of correct technique. That is why lessons are always a good idea.

It can be useful to organize stunts into two groups: somersaulting stunts and non-somersaulting stunts. Within each group there are basic, intermediate and advanced stunts. However non-somersaulting stunts involve somewhat less risk of serious injury because they do not place the performer upside down over the trampoline where there is a chance a performer might by mistake land directly on the head or neck. Landing directly on the head or neck is how the most serious injuries most often occur.

There is a very good instructional 90 minute DVD video available that shows a great many cool trampoline stunts. They are taught and demonstrated in the order you should learn them by a WORLD TRAMPOLINE CHAMPION. This allows you to see what they look like when done correctly by an expert who first shows and performs the skill and then explains how to do it. For more information on this DVD go to the web link below:

http://www.backyardpro.com/video.html

To view some great movies of cool trampoline stunts on your computer, please go to any or all of the links below:

http://www.backyardpro.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sILhLT3D3...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hiukFeP-J...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfoHOHhYH...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P9igc-VKR...

http://www.backyardpro.com/MovieBeginner...

http://www.backyardpro.com/MoviePR7.html

http://www.backyardpro.com/MovieTwstFrt....

http://www.backyardpro.com/MovieStutz.ht...

HAVE FUN & GOOD LUCK!