By - B-boy Hops
Note: These are for airbabys on your right elbow.
1. Get into the position runners get into at the start of the race.
2. Your left foot should be the one extended back and bring it close enough to your body to kneel on it.
3. Now lean your upper body forward and bend your elbows. Your butt
should go up into the air to get your upper body forward. Your left foot should be the only part of your left leg touching the
ground and your right foot should be on the ground near your right
elbow. You should be on the ground on your two hands, your right
foot up by your right elbow, and your left leg extended pushing up with
your left foot.
4. This next part is very important. Pick up your right foot and bend
your knee so that your right foot is almost touching the back of your
thigh. When you do this, you shouldn't have to shift your weight at all
because you should be on your hands and left foot. If you have to shift
your weight, go back to step 3 so that your right foot is merely
resting on the ground.
5. By bending your knee so much, you create a flatter surface to put on
your right elbow, which is what you're going to do next. However, when
you put your right knee on your elbow, don't actually put it on the
elbow, but slightly above it. This is also very important because by
putting your knee ABOVE your elbow, you are putting the weight down
ONTO your elbow and your forearm, whereas if you put your knee ON your
elbow, you will be pushing your elbow forward, and unbending your whole
arm.
Note: The feeling of the weight on the area right above your elbow may
take some getting used to and you may have to try several times before
you can find the right spot without much problem. If you can't, just
keep trying.
6. Now, with your knee on your elbow, lean forward more until your
weight is almost entirely on your hands. When it feels like you could
easily or somewhat easily pick up your left leg, try it gently and
slowly. If you immediately fall over, just try it again. *
*The idea here is that you aren't just jumping off with your left foot
but you are slowly picking it up off the ground. This takes a bit
getting used to as well and you may need several tries before you can
lean forward enough.
Now, if you find that you are leaning so far forward that when you pick
up your left foot, you roll over and do a somersault, don't get
frustrated. There is an easy cure to this problem: lift your head up
and try to put it as far back as you need to in order to get your left
leg off the ground without toppling over forward. After one or two
tries like this, you should be able to pick your foot up without too
much trouble
7. Once you can pick your left leg off the ground, you have to learn to
keep it straight, that is, you have to learn not to bend your left knee
when you pick it up. However, this is probably one of the quickest
things to learn for this move. If you've found the most comfortable
spot on your "elbow," this should be no problem. If you have trouble
straightening your left leg, you need to practice putting your knee on
a different spot on your elbow.
You are pretty much done with learning your airbaby, unless you are
uncomfortable with knee placement or you can't straighten your left
leg.
After learning how to do it, you ought to practice holding it for as
long as you can. Once you develop enough muscle and balance to hold it
for up to 10 seconds, you are ready to try a one handed. However, I'm
not that far so until I can do it, you'll have to wait for the one-handed guide.
Some tips:
-Keep in mind that you aren't really gonna rest your knee on your elbow, you have to hold it there a bit.
-Don't forget to stretch your triceps afterward to prevent getting sore.
-For transitioning from two handed to one handed, practice putting one
hand on a fairly short stack of books against a wall. After a few days
or so, when you can hold it for longer periods, increase the height of
the stack. When it gets pretty high, have someone stand in front of you
and hold your hand over your head so if someone looked down at you from
above, your body would be in one line.
-If you can get your left leg parallel to the
ground, it looks better. If your left leg is lower and doesn't line up
with the ground, it doesn't look bad, but doesn't look as good as if
you raise it to line up with the ground. If you raise to too high, it
looks like you need your left leg to balance yourself, which you do,
but you don't want it to look like it so keep your left leg parallel
with the ground
-Keep your back straight if you lift your head
up, but when doing one-handed airbabys, you have to lift your head up
and look to your left 'cause if you keep looking down, you bend your
neck which bends your back, which throws you off balance.
-When first taking one hand away, it's better/easier to keep your left
leg low. Then once you develop the strength enough for it, it's easier
to lift your left leg up higher.
-When trying for one-handed airbabys, you gotta remember to lean your
body over to the right, but don't change the angle your knee is on your
elbow. In other words, change only your upper body's position, don't
change your knee-elbow position or your left leg position or anything
-Remember to take it slowly and remember to open your body up to the
left when you take your left hand away otherwise you'll always fall.
peace out and keep breakin
