Ok Bboys, Here's The Coin-Drop or "Chino" Guide...Hope this helps, if u need mo' help jus post it here, i hope this is enough tho :P
1- Whats a Coindrop :- its a "safe" spinning drop of the body onto the ground, To your Back, its called a COIN drop cuz if u actually watch a coin drop it mostly spins around then lands with no "impact". The spin Actually diminishes the impact. If you have seen any breaking video it is the way you start a windmill from standing.
2-Prerequisite :- None really , but in order for it to be useful at least have a backspin down. Or u can jump up to ur legs (if u can) after u drop (But not exactly in a kip-up style).
3- How To :- (This Goes Counter Clock-Wise)
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Stand legs apart in any comfortable position (Some say Double shoulder width, some say less, i'd say anything over or equal to ur shoulder width apart is ok) YOU and only YOU should decide which position u start from, ive seen peeps do it from almost normal standing, but the smoothest and best looking is from double shoulder width apart
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Look at the ground, Spread you arms apart, "Wind Up" By Throwing ur arms to your RIGHT (Twist ur upper body right too)
Now BEND..!! Bend slightly forward, Twisting ur upper body back to the left And throwing your RIGHT arm in front of your LEFT leg, But Before your RIGHT Hand touches the ground, Kick (Or jump with) your LEFT Leg, both Back and Up,and slightly to your right. In a SMOOTH circular motion.Keep The leg STRAIGHT, its good form above all.
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Here's a VERY IMPORTANT POINT, Notice That you just TWISTED ur body, this means that the top of ur head should be facing a bit to your left (Or North-East, if u understand bearings..lol)
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You Have to Jump with your RIGHT Leg As soon as your LEFT Leg leaves the ground, Now You Dont have to Kick the RIGHT Leg up as much as Your LEFT Leg , Jus enough to make it Travel into the spinning motion itself.
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So Now You should be in this position :- Right Hand on the ground, Body about 45 degrees, left arm god knows where (see Note No. 1) and legs in a V-shape with the LEFT Leg higher than the RIGHT Leg. IF YOU'RE NOT IN THIS POSITION THEN SCREAM GODDAMIT!!!! YOU'RE GONNA CRAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [[This position is briefly described as a 45 degrees one-handed handstand -Brief, yeah right,,!! ]] O and ur body should almost face ur left (the ground on ur left, haha).
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Now EAT SHIT..lol, Here is where most ppl differ in style, you can either PLACE Your LEFT hand down to your RIGHT hand's Right side (Confusing , isn't it?) [[ This Means like "L R" where L is your left hand, R is ur right]] Or u can be HARDCORE and tuck your
LEFT arm in (U'll do that anyways later) without making ur left hand touch, a good alternative would be to place the side of ur hand on the ground without actually placing any pressure on it, then collapsing to your LEFT shoulder.
7- a - IF YOU PLACED YOUR LEFT HAND DOWN
Place it down but don't shift ur body weight to it, Also, keep ur elbow bent as much as u can (ie DONT lock ur arm) this will stop u from shifting weight to it naturally and ruining the entire move. Now Do All this simultenuosly:-
-Lower ur Upper Body towards The ground by bending both elbows (But the LEFT elbow should b bent more so u'd lean to the left and forward)
-Slightly Lift ur right leg , twisting ur Lower body to the RIGHT (ie Bringing ur RIGHT leg slightly Higher than ur LEFT)
-Tuck in ur LEFT ELBOW, preparing for the collapse on to ur shoulder, By now none of ur legs should b lower than ur shoulders.
-Now THE most important part, this is where all the learning takes place, THE COLLAPSE!!! The Shoulder Killer, I personally HATE the time i learned the collapse, it hurt my shoulder like hell, if u dont wanna hurt ur shoulder read the collapse mini-guide down here
otherwise if u have enough shoulder protection (or are HARDCORE and can take the pain) keep trying to smooth it out. Anyways Just Collapse to the back of ur LEFT shoulder and Roll to ur Back, Keeping ur Legs apart, u'll notice that (IF u Did it right) u have a bit of spinning momentum.
7-b- IF YOU'RE HARDCORE!!!! (ie You Tucked in ur left arm from the beginnin' )
Its Almost the same as doing it in "7-a" , But u'll have to depend on ur RIGHT triceps to lower u down slowly enough not to get hurt, then roll (Or collapse) to ur shoulder and Voila, u look like a Pro! Esp. if u make ppl Notice Ur left arm aint being used by waving it and tuckin' it in b4 u even start, HARDCORE!!! NOW MILL !!!!!
8- Now kick both ur legs towards ur face (Yeah another U-shape!) , the manner and sequence in which u kick ur legs (ie RIGHT or LEFT first, or even Both at the same time) Depends on wether ur gonna mill, backspin or spring up to ur legs.
9- u got a CoiNDroP!!!! Now go find someone to battle.. :P
Notes :-
1- What do u do with ur left arm from the beginning? Its optimal use is for the wind up (More momentum) If u keep it high and stretched out, it may cause u a lil trouble puttin' it down in the right time, But it also would emphasise ur motion, so its all up to u.
2- Keep Ur legs STRAIGHT ALL ALONG, i cant stress how much form is important in breakdance moves, A "Clean" move may b a common term in Tricking and gymnastics, but for moves like Mills, coindrops and downrocks, There is no such term, its either "RIGHT MOVE" or "WRONG MOVE".... So Stick to GOOD FORM.. Keep dem legs StraighT !
3- If ur shoulder hurts, ur either a- Dropping straight down, in which case u need to focus on the circular motion involved, here's a helpful thing to do, stand in a place where u can mark ur left, right , front and back (a Square room is a good example) now u wanna drop down so that ur legs go (for CCW) from back to right to front, and ur head looks to the left then UP to the ceiling (or Sky!).
and Once ur on the ground look at the space between ur legs, if u see the wall (or whatever) u started facing , then u've done it right.if u see anything that was to ur left, u should practice mills, cuz thats even better (Cuz that'd mean u got good spinning momentum) IF , however, u finished facing ur right, or just twisted around and faced ur back, ur screwed, RE-READ the guide.
-If u wanna See a CoinDrop by a trickster Check out Yellow Card Sampler by Loopkicks, someone does it infronta other guys then does some other moves and finishes with a hardly-landed Axe-aerial. (dun know his name tho )
LiL Clip
http://www.bboy.org/gallery/showphot...cat=998&page=1
12-09-2003, 02:33 AM
12-27-2003, 08:09 PM
Peace to all the bboys
, so do you just roll for a bit once you hit the ground?
