Cricket/ Windmill help

PasswordisPassword · **Cricket/ Windmill help -** 04-03-2009, 07:44 PM

They were originally supposed to be all windmills but somehow turned into crickets.

KRizza2 · 04-03-2009, 07:52 PM

ENERGY! haha you aren't using any.

Crickets, practice just doing a turtle freeze in place.
That should help a little, and then practice hopping in place in a turtle freeze.
Then use your other hand to turn. Make sure your elbow is in your gut and your using it as a pole to support your body, most your weights should be on your support arm, make sure your elbow is right next to your belly button for balance, also kick your legs up and out to help you hop, otherwise you with mess up your wrist trying to hop on it with no leg force, and as for windmills, you gatta use your legs for the spin, you need more speed and momentum. Spin your legs harder, your collapse is really good though! III can't even learn the collapse and roll yet, im jealous.

funkdoctorspock · 04-03-2009, 07:56 PM

dude try putting more effort into the motion. you gotta kick much harder to do any windmills

apbklyn891 · 08:54 PM

You look like you can't even hold yourself up. If you are trying to do windmill you got to do a bit more rotating on that arm, your legs have to be straight, apart and higher. Funny clip though(the crickets).

ReppinSQ · 04-03-2009, 09:06 PM

Check out my vid. ^^

PasswordisPassword · 04-03-2009, 10:33 PM

I can only hold my turtle for twenty seconds and I think I'm stabbing too low since my hips start to hurt. I have trouble just holding it in an elevated position and I'm not very strong. Basically I've only been a bboy for a little over a month. I never really got into to it until I actually saw it up close.

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PasswordisPassword Member Respect: 1 Posts: 68 Join Date: Dec 2008	Cricket/ Windmill help - 04-03-2009, 07:44 PM They were originally supposed to be all windmills but somehow turned into crickets.


KRizza2 Surrender to the Floor Respect: 2 Posts: 109 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: King County	04-03-2009, 07:52 PM ENERGY! haha you aren't using any. Crickets, practice just doing a turtle freeze in place. That should help a little, and then practice hopping in place in a turtle freeze. Then use your other hand to turn. Make sure your elbow is in your gut and your using it as a pole to support your body, most your weights should be on your support arm, make sure your elbow is right next to your belly button for balance, also kick your legs up and out to help you hop, otherwise you with mess up your wrist trying to hop on it with no leg force, and as for windmills, you gatta use your legs for the spin, you need more speed and momentum. Spin your legs harder, your collapse is really good though! III can't even learn the collapse and roll yet, im jealous.
	*K.Rizza*


funkdoctorspock Member Respect: 1 Posts: 67 Join Date: Oct 2008	04-03-2009, 07:56 PM dude try putting more effort into the motion. you gotta kick much harder to do any windmills


apbklyn891 Member Respect: 1 Posts: 53 Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Brooklyn	04-03-2009, 08:53 PM You look like you can't even hold yourself up. If you are trying to do windmill you got to do a bit more rotating on that arm, your legs have to be straight, apart and higher. Funny clip though(the crickets). Last edited by apbklyn891 : 04-03-2009 at 08:54 PM. Reason: Spelling mistakes


ReppinSQ I love Sushi Respect: 1.5 Posts: 385 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: So Cal.	04-03-2009, 09:06 PM Check out my vid. ^^


PasswordisPassword Member Respect: 1 Posts: 68 Join Date: Dec 2008	04-03-2009, 10:33 PM I can only hold my turtle for twenty seconds and I think I'm stabbing too low since my hips start to hurt. I have trouble just holding it in an elevated position and I'm not very strong. Basically I've only been a bboy for a little over a month. I never really got into to it until I actually saw it up close.