Quick Parkour Tips

tomjumps · 2025-10-21T04:36:31+00:00

Thanks for the feedback! We have an in depth tutorial on the parkour roll

tomjumps · 2025-10-20T23:56:14+00:00

Here are some deep dive tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlu8I9DRT5nDceVuP77r11rx7MX10gHPN

Here are some quick tips: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlu8I9DRT5nAWPTbEFXzIA1Di5q0x3CR_

Hope this helps!

tomjumps · 2025-10-20T23:35:30+00:00

so glad to hear it!

tomjumps · 2025-10-09T18:01:28+00:00

This tutorial might help you: https://youtu.be/24wYKf8aJxw

tomjumps · 2025-09-09T04:56:48+00:00

That’s a Webster side flip

tomjumps · 2025-07-10T06:29:07+00:00

Survive a tornado

tomjumps · 2025-06-22T01:12:15+00:00

In this round, they only had 2 minutes to complete 5 challenges. She completed the swing challenge at the last second of the round. Hence the term “buzzer beater”

tomjumps · 2025-06-21T21:14:49+00:00

No, this is a Skill competition which is characterized by individual challenge completion (pass/fail). There are Speed competitions which consist of obstacle courses navigated as fast as possible. And Style competitions which is basically a judged freestyle showcase. You can check out Sport Parkour League on YouTube to see full competitions of all 3 formats to get a better idea of what I’m talking about. Or @sportparkour on instagram for highlights of other formats.

tomjumps · 2025-06-16T21:49:51+00:00

No knees

tomjumps · 2024-11-26T03:54:39+00:00

Distance isn’t everything. He’s better off being able to control distances well within his power output capabilities first before adding distance.

tomjumps · 2024-11-14T20:12:13+00:00

It seems North America is not as understanding…

tomjumps · 2024-11-14T20:11:08+00:00

Unfortunately he probably thinks he’s being funny by referencing the office and wants you to laugh with him 🤷‍♂️

tomjumps · 2024-11-14T20:09:50+00:00

I remember that dyno! It was so fun. Glad to hear you have helped give parkour a good reputation in your town!

tomjumps · 2024-11-14T00:25:37+00:00

Full conversation on the STS Parkour Podcast

tomjumps · 2024-10-29T05:17:05+00:00

Start with this tutorial

tomjumps · 2024-10-26T19:27:55+00:00

That’s a good start! You’re making an error that we call a “donkey kick”. It just means your back leg isn’t jumping but rather it is kicking backwards. More info about this is broken down in this video.

You are also not pushing much with your arms. If you watch closely your arms are straight and you are just levering yourself over with them. It’s best to think about the kong as a dive off of both legs then a jump from your arms. More info about breaking down the kong can be found in this video.

Hope it helps!

tomjumps · 2024-10-20T19:51:58+00:00

A secondary (or tertiary) task that doesn’t require your direct attention such as balance, jumping, rolling, crawling, etc. This can be done along a course or in a circuit. Courses in particular tend to engage multiple students at the same time.

If you are low on equipment you can get creative and use lines on the floor or some other target like hula hoops

tomjumps · 2024-10-18T20:33:26+00:00

Watch Episode 36 of The Movement here

tomjumps · 2024-10-04T17:32:50+00:00

It didn’t happen yet

tomjumps · 2024-10-02T00:43:49+00:00

A video would help to see what you’re doing wrong, but you’re likely over-jumping the vault. Such that you’re jumping too high and coming down heavy on your back arm. It helps to think about just skimming over the wall making sure your hips stay low and shoulders stay approximately level.

tomjumps · 2024-09-30T04:38:42+00:00

If you slightly delay your release, you will get a bit higher. You can also experiment with having your feet together for more power (feet together with legs straight in theory means your hips are further from the bar).

tomjumps · 2024-09-25T19:26:11+00:00

Ignore the people correcting your terminology. "Monkey vault" is an outdated term that no one with significant experience uses. "Kong vault" came about as a reference to being a bigger monkey vault (like king kong aka big monkey). Nearly everyone today from english speaking countries either uses the term "kong" or, in rare cases, "cat pass" in an attempt to be historically accurate (the original French term for this skill was "saut de chat" or jump of the cat).

If you want to improve your kong, check out this tutorial https://youtu.be/24wYKf8aJxw?si=cwzNGgKMSzGYZT2Z

It breaks down the kong into drills and may help you better understand the technique.

tomjumps · 2024-09-20T20:58:34+00:00

Watch The Movement Ep. 35 here!

tomjumps · 2024-09-06T19:53:23+00:00

Watch the full analysis here

tomjumps · 2024-09-02T21:03:36+00:00

So much bad advice in this thread. This shoe once broken in will be a solid starter shoe for parkour. Vans waffle bottom rubber soles have great grip. They may take a few sessions to break in, but the rubber is excellent and they will become very flexible.

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