[DnA]

The new windmill problems thread. Post all your problems here for help!

Peace.

[maanoo]

Hello,

I can get one rotation, but when I stab to do the second my legs close automatic.

but in the first rotation my leg is open wide and straight.

Whats my problem here?

PS. Should I lean to my head to get my second rotation, stabbed windmills.

[buituyenjr]

do u need leg flexibility to do windmill?

[LittoJay]

uhh, im hopin someone will respond to this, alright i have mills down but they're ugly and kinda out of control, one major problem i have and i think its it, is that my legs arnt straight, i can follow through with my mills but my legs are bent, n i think thats affecting the control of it, any help? Thanks

[TheCharles]

Originally Posted by buituyenjr do u need leg flexibility to do windmill?

no, i'd say just a good spread of legs

Originally Posted by LittoJay uhh, im hopin someone will respond to this, alright i have mills down but they're ugly and kinda out of control, one major problem i have and i think its it, is that my legs arnt straight, i can follow through with my mills but my legs are bent, n i think thats affecting the control of it, any help? Thanks

bent legs make you loose momentum, thus make you crash. when they are locked(straight) and are spread, you'll have a continuous mill guaranteed

[B-BoyKasper]

Whats the purpose of having your head on the ground when doing windmills?

[LittoJay]

hmm well with bent legs i can pull about 4-5 rotations which is odd, cause everyone says u cant do mills with bent legs to begin with...and here i am makin 4-5 rotations b4 i crash, its tru that i lose momentum but only after those few rotations

[tie23he]

When i do windmills, i never can get past 1 rotation. I do them clean, on my upper back, i have good momentum. My legs are flexible the splitz way. When i try to stab, i lost all my momentum. My legs also close when I start turning after on my back to stab again.

Any help please?

[Snaketheassassin]

Originally Posted by B-BoyKasper Whats the purpose of having your head on the ground when doing windmills?

it makes your mills look better aswell as it will help with transitions to other moves
like halos headspins and its good positioning for ground freezes too

Originally Posted by LittoJay hmm well with bent legs i can pull about 4-5 rotations which is odd, cause everyone says u cant do mills with bent legs to begin with...and here i am makin 4-5 rotations b4 i crash, its tru that i lose momentum but only after those few rotations

i used to do it with one traight leg , and one bent leg to kick to pickup the momentum, eventually your should clean it up, form and technique is HUGE,unless sloppy is your style, i wouldnt recomend keeping the bent legs, but then again, its your style its your body its what you want that really matters the most

when i first was learning mills my legs were bent all the time (i thought about taking rulers and getting lie 3 or 4 of them (per leg) and taping them so your legs cant bend someone should try that for me and tell me if it works

Originally Posted by tie23he When i do windmills, i never can get past 1 rotation. I do them clean, on my upper back, i have good momentum. My legs are flexible the splitz way. When i try to stab, i lost all my momentum. My legs also close when I start turning after on my back to stab again. Any help please?

practice on keeping your legs seperated(practice them slow and just try to do whole rotations without letting your legs come back togethor), when you go to restab, the stab kind of slows down the momentum(i think), so you have to rekick and you'll just roll with it

[Miaoman]

i can do clean mills, but i need some help with headmills, nutcrackers, or any type of mills that requires you to use the head to get off the ground so you can land from shoulder to shoulder. tips any1?

[tie23he]

I have a video posted "Snaketheassassin"
Can you check it out and tell me what is wrong?
Or anyone at all?

-_-, i've been on them for like 4 months -_-

Oh yeah, and the link is

http://www.bboy.org/gallery/showphot...6&limit=recent

[B-BoyKasper]

Ok one last question then i think im pretty good to practice untill i get them.

I feel retarded when i "hop" when im on my back trying to get back into my next stab, like its not doing anything, i don't feel like im getting higher or helping. What am I doing wrong?

[Snaketheassassin]

Originally Posted by tie23he I have a video posted "Snaketheassassin" Can you check it out and tell me what is wrong? Or anyone at all? -_-, i've been on them for like 4 months -_- Oh yeah, and the link is http://www.bboy.org/gallery/showphot...6&limit=recent

edit::kasper check this might pertain to you too


the video was sped up (constant problem on bboy.org)
but from the video it almost looks like you just cant get your stab under you
(when your doing the mill w/ stabs) when you get on your side just before you come back to turntable position you should already have your arm planted into your stomach ready to go right again


it might be your back too though, when i first was doing it i used to curve my back almost like i was hunching over and it made it a pain in the balls to get back up and continue the rotations

its just hard to see from the video

[Oppa]

i jus started windmills 2 days ago. i can get one rotation. (i roll on my upperback shoulders area, is that good??) then my legs jus close? iono y help plz

[bboy_rookie]

my mills are very ugly can someone help me please?

i can link 3 or 4 rotations but when i'm rolling over into a stab, i can't raise my left leg (i'm doing it CCW) and my butt sticks right up. its super ugly. can somebody please help me?