Is there going to be a tricking/acrobatics book ?

Hi !

Well was wondering if there is or will be a book that describes tricking/acrobatics/tumbling.

I am a real fan of Coaches  F1 and H1 so far, but there has not been much posts about tricking/acrobatics/tumbling. I would be interested to learn some tricks

I like how Coach describes every progression, sets and reps week by week.

It would be real cool if there was a book that covers tricking, in my opinion.

I have never seen anything mentioned and I don't think there will be at least any time soon from what I understand its just building gymnastic strength but who knows maybe in some years coach will decide he wants an army of gymnasts and once we have achieved all this strength he will continue to build our skill! Although I highly doubt it . would be nice though

I'd love to see skills added to the curriculum as well, however, it's safe to say, that IF that were to happen, it would be after everything that has already been planned is out.

Yeah, a tumbling book would be quite good.

Tumbling is best taught with a coach face to face rather than reading from a book or be taught over the internet. Most importantly somebody to spot you. You don't want to hit your head on the floor and then spend the rest of your life pretending to be Christopher Reeves.

Tumbling is the term you want. Not tricking or acrobatics. Tricking is tumbling with a combination of fancy kicks - the similar kicks you always see in Jackie Chan and Van Damme movies.

Acrobatics is a type of gymnastics where it is team based sport. I dunno how to explain it well but it goes something similar like this: someone does a handstand, planche, whatever on top of your shoulders or hands. You get the idea.

I'll give some tumbling advice:

For front somersaults, jump upwards at 20 degrees - don't look at the floor! That'll kill the whole thing. Pull your hips towards the ceiling and bring your knees into your chest. Doing pistol squats and squat jumps will help you develop leg strength needed for the front punch.

Back handsprings. The most important thing I learned is shoulder flexibility. If you don't have flexible shoulders, you may as well give up. What pisses me off is watching people do handsprings with inflexible shoulders - some got away with it, but its looks shit. Those did get away with it compensate by diving backwards further than needed. So do LOTS of bridges and anything that improves shoulder flexibility. Hip flexor flexibility definitely helps too - in fact both hip flexor and shoulder flexibity goes great together, seriously. Tricep flexibility is also required but some shoulder stretches will inevitably stretch the triceps along too.

Other than flexibility talk, develop basic handstand strength too. You don't need to do a free standing handstand for it. You should be able to do a wall handstand comfortably without your arms, wrist, hands aching after a while. Because if you try a handspring without the strength acquired from wall handstands, your arms won't be able to support your bodyweight. Your arms will crumple and your head will hit the floor. Ouch.

As Sailor Venus said, tumbling is not something you learn from a book. It should be learned with proper facilities from good instructors. Publishing a Foundation-style course with progressions and programming for anything other than basic tumbling skills would just be asking people to hurt themselves. 

Hari_Seldon said:

As Sailor Venus said, tumbling is not something you learn from a book. It should be learned with proper facilities from good instructors. Publishing a Foundation-style course with progressions and programming for anything other than basic tumbling skills would just be asking people to hurt themselves. 

Sure, I don't mean more advanced things. But you could safely cover basic rolls, cartwheels, and various movement skills used commonly in floor passes ("power hurdle" and stuff like that). Just like the foundation series only goes up to "basics".

I like Dan John's opinion that learning how to safely fall and roll can save your life one day. I've actually used various ukemi when slipping on the ice the past two winters