Double Back Flip - Gymnastics

In this lesson you will learn how to do a gymnastic double back flip. You should be able do all the basic flips before you try this one. I recommend you jump into water first and then try it on a trampoline. Don't try the double back flip without the supervision of an experienced coach. Find more gymnastics skills at gymnastics main.

Description: Double Back Flip - Gymnastics

• To learn the double back flip, build up mats and mini-tramp like shown in the illustration.
• Go into a handstand and bounce off a couple of times. This simulates a good round-off.
• Then do a back flip on top of the mats and keep going with a back roll. The mats have to be super soft for this.
• Get this motion smoother and smoother. You will see results very soon.

Trainer advice: Double Back Flip - Gymnastics

• The mini-tramp variation shown above is one of the best ways to learn the double back flip. Also jump from a 1m springboard into water.
• A more professional method of learning this is jumping from a tumbling track into a gymnastics pit (foam rubber cubes).
• Warm up and stretch sufficient before you work on difficult flips like this one.

Related instructions: Gymnastic Cartwheel

• Double Front Flip
• Normal Tucked Back Flip

Videos: Double Back Flip - Gymnastics

• Double Back Flip (another double back flip training method - from YT)

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