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Learn how to do a backflip!

How to do a backflip

Learn how to do a backflip!

If you want to take your trampoline jumping fun to the next level you should learn how to do a backflip! Mastering this cool, but difficult move, will not only make you feel great but will also impress your friends!

The right trampoline

You don’t have to be a gymnast, an acrobat, or into parkour, to learn how to do a backflip. However, you must make sure you have the right equipment. A suitably big trampoline with a robust netting or enclosure will help to make sure you do not hurt yourself.  The North Explorer rectangular or oval-shaped trampolines provide the perfect setting to practice your backflip.  Learning to jump safely and with confidence in the right space is very important.

The groundwork

Before you start any kind of flipping you should make sure your basic jumps are high enough. Getting height in your jumps is the basis for performing any type of trick. Good core stability and strength in your legs will help you jump higher.

Learning how to land safely and getting the right landing position on each jump are also critical aspects of your training.  We also suggest that you master some of the simpler tricks, such as a back-drop or a back handspring, before you even consider attempting a backflip.

Learning any new move should, ideally, be done on a trampoline you are familiar with.  Not all trampolines feel the same or have the same bounce. Become familiar with your trampoline and use it for a while before you attempt your first backflip.   This will help you avoid injury.

Learning how to do a backflip needs confidence, patience and lots of practice.

Learn how to do a backflip

If you are ready and have prepared, then let’s begin.

Step 1 – The warm-up

Start by warming up. All exercise should start by properly warming up your muscles.  Warm muscles help prevent injury when doing any form of exercise, including jumping on a trampoline.  You can warm up by doing some simple stretches and simply jumping on your trampoline.

Step 2 – The positioning

Now you are ready to do a backflip.  Position yourself correctly on your trampoline. The correct position depends on the shape of your trampoline. On a rectangular or an oval trampoline, you should be at one end of the trampoline. On a round trampoline, you should be one or two steps away from the center of the trampoline.

Make sure your head is in the correct position to perform the trick. Your head should be in a neutral, forward-facing position. Do not look back diagonally or to the side; precision is key.

Step 3 – Getting the height

Start jumping with some height. Height is critical to get the momentum needed to successfully complete the trick. You need enough height to be able to flip yourself over.

Step 4 – Back-Flipping around

Once you have reached a good, controlled jump height and feel confident to execute the trick you are ready. Put your hands up and double-check your head is in the correct, neutral position.

Throw your arms up and look up to the sky. Make sure you use your arms to gain momentum and propel you up and then around. This motion will help you protect your neck and land without hurting yourself. At the same time as lifting your arms up, use the momentum to lift your hips, shoulders and body behind you in a swinging motion.  Your weight should be in your legs.

Tucking your knees into your chest, whilst keeping them apart, might be an easier option than flipping with straight legs.  You can progress onto straight legs when you are ready.

Step 5 – The backflip landing

Initially, you can land your backflip on your hands and knees. You can then progress this to land on your hands and feet. Eventually, you will be able to land just on your feet.

Make sure that you give yourself enough time to get comfortable with each part of the process.

Important Safety Tips

It is important that you always practice trampolining safely. This is especially important when you learn how to do a backflip.

  • Always have someone with you who knows how to do a backflip and guide you. Never practice tricks, particularly a backflip alone.
  • Know your limits. Don’t be too bold and overestimate your abilities when learning a new trick.
  • Learn to fall correctly to help prevent injury
  • Only practice on a suitable trampoline with excellent safety features.  The trampoline springs should be covered and inaccessible to the jumper. The trampoline should have an intact, closed netting around it to prevent falls. Adequate padding should be wrapped around any hard parts of the trampoline to prevent injury.

At Jump Fitness Dubai, we supply trampolines of all shapes and sizes in the UAE and Dubai. Our trampolines are from the brand North Trampolines. All of the trampolines have, have exceptional safety features. The innovative jumping mat provides an epic bounce with 40% more airtime than other garden trampolines. The Swedish-designed North Trampolines are top quality and built to last.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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GTRAMP, a sport born on Instagram, but what exactly is it?

GTramp is a relatively new sport that has exploded in popularity in the past few years.  GTramp stands for “Garden Trampoline,” but this isn’t your usual run-of-the-mill trampoline jumping, this sport involves epic, jaw-dropping acrobatics and gravity-defying moves. It’s fun to watch and even more fun to do.

The sport has gone from strength to strength, the popularity having been fuelled by social media, where the hashtag #gtramp now has more than 219k posts on Instagram and participants freely share their moves, whilst supporting and encouraging each other.   The movement started to gain traction in 2016 and is currently being led by tween and teenage boys around the world — but with more and more girls starting to join in.

The athletes are called GTrampers or Flippers and what they do is not to be confused with the Olympic sport of trampolining.   GTramp is freestyle, where acrobatics and daring trump pointed toes and perfect landings.  Slightly rebellious in nature, it’s a combination of the daring of parkour, the energy of freestyle snowboarding and the street cool of skateboarding.  As with any sport there is a lingo that accompanies it and the flippers show off their kabooms, with their codies and their ball-outs.

Whilst uniqueness and playing to your own strengths, seems one of the keys to GTramping success, the trampolinists have established a kind of hierarchy for the hardest way to do a trick – a double bounce, when one flipper utilizes the force of his or her bounce to send another flipper higher, is the easiest, with a tower bounce, the one bounce and standing following in order of difficulty. Quintuple (5) flips, which not long ago were rarer than hen’s teeth in the world of garden trampolining, are now becoming more commonplace in recent years, as the athletes push the limits within the sport.

Whilst GTramp is a sport mostly practised individually or with friends in back gardens, there are opportunities for the athletes to take part in organised events.   As the sport matures, the more organised the events are becoming, though on the whole the atmosphere is still one of a supportive community and less about traditional competition-based sporting concepts. The GTGames, run by the Freestyle Trampoline Association, take place every year in America, New Zealand and Europe and provides a perfect opportunity for likeminded flippers to get together and see who can perform the best moves and compete to be the best GTramp athlete.

North Trampolines, are the perfect piece of equipment to practise your GTramp moves on, whether you are a beginner or seasoned professional.  With their Swedish made springs and exceptional safety features, these trampolines offer you a world-class bounce experience that can take your jumping to the next level.