Back tucks? I did what?

[flexagon]

Another shocker of a night at acro. Fun as always, mixed levels, we managed to get godream to try it out. We also did some drills toward back tucks off the end of the tumble track, and by the end of the night I was actually doing them (with Zed spotting).

For those behind on your tumbling terminology, that means jumping up, doing a back flip and landing. I don't think I ever stuck that landing, always fell, but this is something I basically never thought I would do, and I learned it in just a few minutes' worth of drills. I'm much more shocked than proud.

What will I learn about myself tomorrow??

Comments

[dancing-crow.livejournal.com]

Oh, I think you could practice a little proud if you wanted to - back tucks completely deserve proud as well as astonished.

[rifmeister.livejournal.com]

Good job! This was right on the mats or on the trampoline or?

[flexagon]

Thanks! This was from standing at the end of the tumble track, jumping and landing on the giant red pad, with a spot. A couple of better people were doing them off a 1 ft mat onto the regular floor.

By the way, there were no jerks in attendance.

[rifmeister.livejournal.com]

Sweet! So you get a little extra jump off the tumble track. Sounds totally impressive!

[dilletante.livejournal.com]

hey, your acro teacher came to silks last week and this!

[flexagon]

cool! he's super nice & awesome, isn't he? :)

[godream.livejournal.com]

It was fun! :) I'm not sure it beats out climbing for the tuesday night spot in my heart/schedule, but I'm really glad I went. Thanks for the tip!