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Author Topic: Any workouts I can do to keep my heel and Ankle ready for a good shock?  (Read 1375 times)
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« on: March 15, 2008, 03:15:42 PM »

I suck at rolling. For me its impossible. So im just gonna take the pain. Any workout to get me ready for the shock to come?
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« Reply #1 on: March 15, 2008, 03:17:59 PM »

If it hurts then you're doing it wrong. Go back and look at some of the tutorials. Never work through pain. It doesn't make you tough.
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« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2008, 03:49:14 PM »

ive been working at it for like 2 months now everyday until yesterday when i messed up my heel really badly 
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« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2008, 04:26:10 PM »

Right, I understand that. But a roll is not a technique that hurts, unless you started out on concrete which has it's own detriments. If this is the case then you shouldn't be practicing on concrete until your rolls are fluid to the point where you may only feel very minimal pains. Those pains are what helps you make very small changes to your technique and with a little practice the roll will be fluid and natural and no sharp pain "should" be felt.

There are a lot of great tutorials out there.
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« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2008, 05:17:21 PM »

Sorry, but you NEED to learn how to roll.

Also, you can drill landings from level ground vertical leaps and then try to land as quietly as possible. This is also important, but if you want to be doing this when you are older you NEED to learn how to roll. No way around it.
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« Reply #5 on: March 15, 2008, 07:25:11 PM »

I want to but I mean I'm the only one that freeruns in my area so I'm alone.  I have watched clips and read different things and practiced for a really long time.  I dont know what else it will take.
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« Reply #6 on: March 15, 2008, 08:12:36 PM »

Two months is hardly a long time. Do you have any Aikido/Tae Kwon Do places nearby or know anyone personally involved in martial arts? Most martial artists will know how to roll and can teach you.
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« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2008, 06:17:53 AM »

I live in Clinton.  If you knew the place you wouldnt have asked.  The only things around here are lazy people, drug dealers, and fast food resterants.  Its a mess.
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« Reply #8 on: March 17, 2008, 09:11:17 PM »

Well, sorry to be blunt, but you're simply not going to "take the pain."  You'll either learn to roll, or you'll quit parkour.

I'm not saying that as in I'm going to track you down and make you learn, but it's a simple fact that if you're actually taking parkour seriously you will eventually practice the roll to where you have learned it, or you'll simply quit parkour.  Honestly, it really IS that essential, and every true traceur will and has learned the roll.  It's not really an optional part of parkour, to be truly honest.
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« Reply #9 on: March 18, 2008, 04:24:18 AM »

I can do it from time to time but theres always sometime where i freakout in midair and just come down on my heels
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« Reply #10 on: March 18, 2008, 06:44:27 AM »

Ground level. Work your way up. Else injuries happen. Plain and simple. Good day.
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« Reply #11 on: March 18, 2008, 12:37:15 PM »

Well that sucks. I cant get my hands to connect into my roll.
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« Reply #12 on: March 18, 2008, 02:37:49 PM »

I can do it from time to time but theres always sometime where i freakout in midair and just come down on my heels

That's why you don't practice the roll by jumping off of things.  You start out standing on the ground (or even kneeling) and practice the movement on soft grass or mulch or a mat or something.  Watch the tutorials and really analyze what they're doing.  Try to imitate exactly how they do it.

After every single roll you do, analyze what you did, how it felt, and what adjustments you could possibly do to fix any problems.  And do it again....again....again...again...again.

Repetition is the key.  You will literally do the roll hundreds of times before you actually get it down.  Practice practice practice...that's the ONLY way.  If you're inclined against repetition, well, then....you read my first post.
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« Reply #13 on: March 18, 2008, 03:03:58 PM »

Im not Parkour is something I never want to quit I wouldnt be able to live with myself and i have patience with it but ive never ran into something that looked so easy but yet is so hard.
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« Reply #14 on: March 18, 2008, 03:07:30 PM »

Im not Parkour is something I never want to quit I wouldnt be able to live with myself and i have patience with it but ive never ran into something that looked so easy but yet is so hard.

If this is truly how you feel then you will heed our advice and not go near heights until your body is ready. If you want this statement to be true...you will sit out there and roll on the grass thousands upon thousands of times until one day it might just hit you smack upside the face and you realize how to roll.
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