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« on: December 03, 2006, 06:31:23 PM »

Ok....so ya me and my friends are new to parkour...and we live in Endicott, NY. I dunno if you know the place or not, but its not really free running material....we have been alot of places here and there, and have only been able to find things like...maybe a ramp with a rail, or a set of stairs...Now Im a very creative person, and I have a nack for finding small things and being able to make a nice little line...but here it doesnt seem possible..one of my problems, is that when we go free running, the real only good obstacles  seem to be connected to buildings that are like, Industrial buildings and I dunno in same cases I guess could be considered trespassing(depending on the person who catches us). I guess my question is, what should me and my buds do? Theres a nice little playground, but it belong to a school, its not a public playground per se. Please any ideas or tips could be greatly appreciated.
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« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2006, 08:07:47 PM »

First, with the industrial areas that would seem like trespassing, train as you can, then be as respectful as possible with the people who might end up approaching you about it. If you are careful, and stick to ground-level areas while paying attention to not destroying property, the worst that can happen is that they can ask you to leave. Second, check out the possibilities for drilling individual specific movements at the small areas you HAVE found, absolutely perfecting basic techniques by training them over and over again. This has been a huge help in shoring up some lagging aspects of my game. As far as the playground is concerned, most people won't mind as long as you aren't playing on it while kids are present, or you aren't destroying the property. If they do have a problem, politely explain that you are participating in a physical training method that is for health, fitness and physical capability, and see what they say. If they still have a problem with it, you will have to find another option. Hope this helps at least a bit! Good luck, and keep us updated! Cheesy
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« Reply #2 on: December 03, 2006, 11:17:02 PM »

First, with the industrial areas that would seem like trespassing, train as you can, then be as respectful as possible with the people who might end up approaching you about it. If you are careful, and stick to ground-level areas while paying attention to not destroying property, the worst that can happen is that they can ask you to leave. Second, check out the possibilities for drilling individual specific movements at the small areas you HAVE found, absolutely perfecting basic techniques by training them over and over again. This has been a huge help in shoring up some lagging aspects of my game. As far as the playground is concerned, most people won't mind as long as you aren't playing on it while kids are present, or you aren't destroying the property. If they do have a problem, politely explain that you are participating in a physical training method that is for health, fitness and physical capability, and see what they say. If they still have a problem with it, you will have to find another option. Hope this helps at least a bit! Good luck, and keep us updated! Cheesy

in addition to gears statement about the school playgound, i think its ok to go and train there, just make sure you do it outside of normal school hours, usualy they'll have signs posted saying "no tresspassing outside of hours", but usually as long as you aren't being destructive or trying to get up on the roof its not a problem, and if someone approaches you, calmly explain what you are doing,and that its not a dectructive practice at all, and maybe they might even let you continue to practice there with their persmission, which is a hard thing indeed to come by for us traceurs.
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« Reply #3 on: December 04, 2006, 10:32:13 PM »

I've started to notice ALOT of good spots around my high school recently... But I can sense the suspension coming right up if you ever got "caught" doing Parkour.

How hard is it, generally, to be able to practice without being reported for something or other? Also, does it help or hurt to be in groups?
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« Reply #4 on: December 05, 2006, 02:54:41 AM »

i have been 'asked to leave' from countless spots. if you are respectful, at most you have to move on. there've been times where after an explanation the people were completely fine with letting us train there though.

on the other hand, there have been cases where we have been asked to leave but neglected to do so, and upon a second sighting of an authority, we usually get out of there without a second conversation.
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« Reply #5 on: December 06, 2006, 01:46:44 PM »

train were you can, as long as your not destroying ppls property then the worst they can do is ask you to leave, the school playground thing, i have the same thing, they kicked us out lotz of times but we came down to an agreement to train there after school hours or b4. Basicly for the lil youngens runnin around. my place sounds sorta like yours not to much to do, but if ya look hard enuff you'll find a really good place, this is parkour, you can do it anywere anytime.
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