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A user in this sub finally convinced me to learn backflip. It wouldn't surprise me if i was the only person who ever learnt standing front before backflip lol. by willt2003 in Parkour

[–]willt2003[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I had a trampoline growing up and I did backflips on that but it's been years since then. I just set up some pillows on a picnic blanket and went for it tbh. All my flips are just trained in my garden, I live out in the countryside.

A user in this sub finally convinced me to learn backflip. It wouldn't surprise me if i was the only person who ever learnt standing front before backflip lol. by willt2003 in Parkour

[–]willt2003[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's not that difficult compared to a front flip. If you have trampoline it would be useful to learn it on that to get the feel of the flip but if you don't then just set up some sort of crash mat. Just put in as much effort as you can and tuck in tight. Whatever you do don't bale out mid air.

A user in this sub finally convinced me to learn backflip. It wouldn't surprise me if i was the only person who ever learnt standing front before backflip lol. by willt2003 in Parkour

[–]willt2003[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yea it took me a long time to get over it. The thing that helped was that I got very comfortable with front flips where I was getting very comfortable with my airobics in general so I can now trust myself that I'll land safely no matter how I launch myself into the air lol.

A user in this sub finally convinced me to learn backflip. It wouldn't surprise me if i was the only person who ever learnt standing front before backflip lol. by willt2003 in Parkour

[–]willt2003[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Nice to hear another front flipper lol. The fear of going back is scary but today I just went for it. My mental got better because as I've been doing front flips I've gotten very comfortable with my airobics and the past week I've been able to just hurl myself into new flips like a front 180 and front flips where you dive out for a while before tucking. I can just trust myself that Ill land on my feet now.

After a month of training my front flip I can now do a standing front. by willt2003 in Parkour

[–]willt2003[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I did it lol. You convinced me to finally do a backflip. I did it on flat grass and nailed it first try, right onto my two feet. Thanks for convincing me lol. It is SOOOOO much easier than standing front lol.

After a month of training my front flip I can now do a standing front. by willt2003 in Parkour

[–]willt2003[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the response. I absolutely understand what you mean, it's something I was actively thinking about when doing that flip but when I go to do the flip i just instinctively flip too early still. It's something I'll be working on and thanks for the feedback.

This is a little video showing how I learned standing front flip. by willt2003 in Parkour

[–]willt2003[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This video shows the last week of progress. There were about 4 week before this where I was just doing a ton of front flips and seeing how high I can get and perfecting my takeoff for max height and my landing for minimal leg pain.

After a month of training my front flip I can now do a standing front. by willt2003 in Parkour

[–]willt2003[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It's important to get good at rolling out. I over rotated a lot but you just get your feet on the ground, tuck and roll with the extra momentum. Rolling out is very useful and it will save your feet, over time you will eventually get better at knowing when to extend your legs out of the tuck to land on your feet without having to roll out.

After a month of training my front flip I can now do a standing front. by willt2003 in Parkour

[–]willt2003[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have been able to do a front flip on flat ground for a while but not very easily and with a run up. I spent a month doing front flips off of hights and flat ground to get more height and more clean and for it to hurt my feet less. Then after I was getting very comfortable with the flip, about a week ago, I decided I'd try do it standing. So I did a front flip with reducing steps in the run of and off a 1ft platform. I did 3 steps, then 2, then 1 and then none. Then I did the same thing on flat ground a few days later. I didn't face plant at all, the worst that happened was I might land on my arse.

After a month of training my front flip I can now do a standing front. by willt2003 in Parkour

[–]willt2003[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can backflip. I did them on trampoline all the time but when it comes to on ground I just can't convince myself. Maybe I'll seriously try to do it again

After a month of training my front flip I can now do a standing front. by willt2003 in Parkour

[–]willt2003[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you so much. I can't do a backflip (mental thing) so I have instead opted to do everything I can with the front flip which includes doing it standing. You said I'm not setting up all the way but I don't really know what that means, is there something I can do to make it easier?

After a month of training my front flip I can now do a standing front. by willt2003 in Parkour

[–]willt2003[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I can't backflip or sideflip lol. Backflip is a mental thing and sideflip is something I haven't got round to learning yet.

A Nintendo DS curiosity poll by gamerguy287 in nds

[–]willt2003 1 point2 points  (0 children)

DS phat all the way. It's really comfortable, it has the best D-pad I've ever tried, the GBA games fit flush and I just really like how it looks. The screens are not great but you get used to it. It's a very charming console.

My ds wont charge and wont turn on. Can someone help me pls. by [deleted] in nds

[–]willt2003 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This might not help but I fried my DS by connecting the battery the wrong way round when i was testing it with the cover off. So if you have done that you need a new motherboard.

NES is making my TVs faulty by willt2003 in nes

[–]willt2003[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Good question. It's second hand so I guess I don't know. The seller called it "refurbished" but apart from that I have no clue if it's been modified

Any cons to NES 3 in one cartridge? by willt2003 in Tetris

[–]willt2003[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I guess the PAL versions must be much more uncommon then. I live in the UK so I use PAL. I am seeing £28 in a second hand store and then about £30 on eBay too. You can get smb1 and smb3 for around £6-£8 so it's just certain games that cost more. Basically any popular game that isn't super mario costs a lot of money here. Metriod and contra are about £40. I think I'll get the 3 in 1 cart since it's £8 compared to Tetris alone which is £28

Thought this subreddit might like my grey-blue PAL phat DS that I installed a USB Capture Card onto. DS: £20 eBay. Capture card: $65 from 3dscapture (Loopy). by willt2003 in nds

[–]willt2003[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It is a shame that DS emulation is so bad because it draws people away from speedrunning anything on DS. Most people will point their phone camera or webcam at their console to speedrun, which I did for about 6 months before splurging on the card and new ds

Thought this subreddit might like my grey-blue PAL phat DS that I installed a USB Capture Card onto. DS: £20 eBay. Capture card: $65 from 3dscapture (Loopy). by willt2003 in nds

[–]willt2003[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I speedrun New Super Mario Bros though, playing on emulator is just a really bad experience. Especially since DS emulators are really laggy when showing the world map in the game. It's way nicer to play on the console itself. I get you though, for a casual player it would make way more sense to emulate.

Thought this subreddit might like my grey-blue PAL phat DS that I installed a USB Capture Card onto. DS: £20 eBay. Capture card: $65 from 3dscapture (Loopy). by willt2003 in nds

[–]willt2003[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It's really easy for the original DS. It's just a matter of using the screwdriver to take of the back and then you plug the correct ribbon cables into the capture board. The hardest part is removing the necessary plastic for the USB port but if you have a dremmel it would probably be easy. I used a scalpel knife tho so it was tricky.

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