Spotting

Spotting is such a huge part of being a good coach, trainer, fellow freerunner, or reliable friend for that matter.

Good spotting is truly an art in and of itself and one that everyone training should have a basic knowledge of.

Its knowing the movements you're spotting as well as the abilities and tendencies of the person executing them.

You have to know hand placement, timing, and how to avoid injury on for both parties.

You have to know how to spot completely for beginners, as well as how to back off your assistance as someone learns the skill on their own.

Gymnastics coaches are among the best spotters around, but often are puzzled when dealing with spotting more intricate Freerunning moves. Wall Gainers, Devil Drops, Inward wall sides, Raydens, Trinity Flips; all of these require a knowledge of not only basic tricking and biomechanics, but the timing of the moves themselves and where most people go wrong on their first attempts.

Hopefully in future blogs and videos I'll have a chance to detail my own methods for spotting each of these moves as well as others. In the meantime guys spend some time looking into spotting technigues and train safe.