Back Twisting With Blind Landings (Help)

[Fudgiclez]

Hello, my name is Kyle.

I have been back twisting for a while and have pretty good air awareness. I used to be able to do 1.5 twists without a problem. Next I worked double fulls but could never land them nicely so my coach taught me to spot my landing right before I landed and hollow out. This really helped my double fulls but now that I am doing 2.5 twists (on tumble track) I cant seem to land them. I tried a 1.5 to get the feel of it but cant land them either. I am mainly hoping someone can give me pointers on blind landings such as in 2.5 twists.

Thank You

 

[Deleted member D3987]

don't know how old you are, but these things can take time. the best method is to begin the session with a full. then 1.5's. then 2bles. then 2.5's. then unwind yourself and reverse back to fulls.

blind landing is a bit of a misnomer. it's knowing where to spot. air sense is dependent on your haptic and optic senses working in concert. ask your coach for visual cues, like an exit sign on a wall, or flag that might be hanging, so that you know what to spot depending on what twist you are practicing.

good luck!

 

[Fudgiclez]

Thanks for responding! I will try it again tomorrow. Oh, and by the way I am 13 years old.

 

[Geoffrey Taucer]

For any twisting with a blind landing, you want to spot the landing before the final 1/2. So a back 3/2 should be 1/1-spot the landing-1/2. A back 5/2 should be 2/1-spot-1/2. And so on.