How to Breakdance - Backflip
Posted: Tuesday, April 29, 2008
by Dan Svinsky
Learning how to breakdance can be one of the most exciting but scariest activities. Backflips are, no doubt, one of the signature breakdance moves. When thinking of breakdancing, almost anyone can tell you that backflips come to mind.
So just how do you perform the backflip?
This step-by-step guide should have you performing this wonderful breakdance move within days.
2. Get into a standing position.
3. Throw your arms down and lower your body until you get to a crouched position.
4. Swing your arms up to the sky with force. Your arms should throw outward and then straight up. This gives you the jump and height.
5. At the apex of your jump, throw your arms down to your knees and throw your knees to your chest. This causes your body to rotate and flip.
6. Look for the floor! Once you see the floor, open up your body.
7. Slowly open up your body to prepare for the landing. You should land on your feet.
8. You should end up landing standing. You should not end up crouched, on your knees, or anything like that. Breakdance is all about form, and any breakdancer will tell you form is important. Same thing with the backflip, so make sure you land standing and the move looks clean (not wobbly and such).
Try this on soft ground when you're just learning! Breakdance moves can really hurt if you aren't careful. I'd recommend going to the gym as they have mats for you to practice backflips. Better yet, they have actual spotters to help you out!
Good luck learning how to breakdance. Hopefully, this guide gets you on the right track.
Dan Svinsky has been a breakdance coach for over 10 years. He currently owns a website teaching people How to Breakdance.
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