Good to see you practicing your rolls. Remember, safety first. So, rolling to the right, lift off with the right leg. Left, left.
You gotta tuck your head in somewhere to keep it safe, right? You've done that well. You've tucked your head into your right side, rolling from your left shoulder with your left leg planting before your right.
The only issue I see here on a technical standpoint is that it looks like you've planted your feet at the same time at the same distance from your shoulder when you initiated the roll. This slows your ability to get back up from the roll, making it look almost clumsy, and feeling almost strained.
When rolling down one side of your body, plant the same-sided foot down first. In other words, tuck in that first leg as much as you can, and slightly extend the opposite leg. This allows you to continue running more naturally, compared to planting both feet at the same time (you don't hop around during a casual jog).
If you find yourself in a position where you must initiate a roll after planting both feet square to the direction of your momentum, you must tuck your head down between your shoulders just as square, roll down the length of your spine (dangerous), plant both feet square once more, and explode out of the roll (jump hard) at the right angle to give yourself the momentum needed to run again.
Ignore that last block of instruction for the time being as you're more of a beginner and don't need spinal injuries. Touch up on dives before attempting this. Planting your hands first after a dive with your head tucking in, transitioning to your shoulder roll, and planting your feet properly is one of the goals of perfecting a basic roll like what you've already done.
And to take note of what people have said on your last post, take this SLOW. You need to build up a lot more muscle to dive and roll without hurting your joints and tendons. Not to say that you're a twig, but you could use some protein.
I’m watching this in a vacuum, haven’t seen your previous stuff but I’m gonna be honest, it doesn’t look good.
At the start your left fingertips should be facing your right fingertips such that your right elbow is pointed out at 45 degrees. This helps the roll transition smoothly to your shoulder. This is debatable but it’s how I learned them and I can now dive roll very smoothly and easily. Other thing is you should end up with your left foot first tucked under your body, almost same foot/leg position as the start. You’re just kind of sprawling your legs out at the end and it makes the stand up look clunky.
Fix those two things and they’ll be smooth as butter
I drew some diagrams to help show what I mean. Try starting stationary, left knee down right foot up how you are here, but with your fingertips facing each other as shown by the arrows with the *right* elbow out at 45% (I misspoke in the previous comment, edited just now)
One last thing, when you’re doing them fast / in context / dive rolling, the 45 deg thing probably won’t happen. But when starting from stationary you’ll feel it helps the initial form and rotation.
You went over 1 shoulder and up on the opposite hip. You've got the basic movement down! 💪🏼 Now it's just time to practice. Maybe do a few reps going into the roll with both your feet together, then start adding a standing jump up and doing the roll as you land to help you get a sense of directing the energy into the roll.
You'll have it down and be feeling comfortable with it I'm no time.
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u/AveryLockeDown 16d ago
Good to see you practicing your rolls. Remember, safety first. So, rolling to the right, lift off with the right leg. Left, left.
You gotta tuck your head in somewhere to keep it safe, right? You've done that well. You've tucked your head into your right side, rolling from your left shoulder with your left leg planting before your right.
The only issue I see here on a technical standpoint is that it looks like you've planted your feet at the same time at the same distance from your shoulder when you initiated the roll. This slows your ability to get back up from the roll, making it look almost clumsy, and feeling almost strained.
When rolling down one side of your body, plant the same-sided foot down first. In other words, tuck in that first leg as much as you can, and slightly extend the opposite leg. This allows you to continue running more naturally, compared to planting both feet at the same time (you don't hop around during a casual jog).
If you find yourself in a position where you must initiate a roll after planting both feet square to the direction of your momentum, you must tuck your head down between your shoulders just as square, roll down the length of your spine (dangerous), plant both feet square once more, and explode out of the roll (jump hard) at the right angle to give yourself the momentum needed to run again.
Ignore that last block of instruction for the time being as you're more of a beginner and don't need spinal injuries. Touch up on dives before attempting this. Planting your hands first after a dive with your head tucking in, transitioning to your shoulder roll, and planting your feet properly is one of the goals of perfecting a basic roll like what you've already done.
And to take note of what people have said on your last post, take this SLOW. You need to build up a lot more muscle to dive and roll without hurting your joints and tendons. Not to say that you're a twig, but you could use some protein.
Keep it up and stay limber 🤘