M2M Day 114: I fell from the sky and hit the deck hard
This post is part of Month to Master, a 12-month accelerated learning project. For February, my goal is to land a backflip.
Yesterday, I finally started landing mostly-unassisted backflips on my feet, like this one…
However, I still have two problems with my technique: 1) I’m not jumping as high as I can, and 2) I’m not tucking as hard as I can.
Particularly, when it comes to my jump, I’m only putting in about 70% of my full energy in the upward direction.
I know this because, yesterday, in between backflip attempts, I tested out my upper limit: I jumped up at 100% power and tried to tuck my knees.
For some reason, I didn’t anticipate that the tuck would initiate significant rotation, but it did. As a result, I panicked in the air and this happened…
Nevertheless, if I can just do this on Friday, but continue pulling my hips and knees over my head, I’ll land an unassisted backflip no problem.
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