Author Topic: nowhere to practice (Read 1605 times)

st3alth · « **on:** February 11, 2009, 08:42:46 AM »

hey, can you give me some suggestions for a suburban area, besides parks?(something generic to all suburbs)

Josh · « **Reply #1 on:** February 11, 2009, 09:14:58 AM »

Trees... Trees are your friends

and if you live in the country like i do use hay bales!

Aaron Ream · « **Reply #2 on:** February 11, 2009, 09:17:18 AM »

Parkour at its roots is about moving through YOUR enviroment effeciantly and creatively. So do whatever you can to fit your movements to the enviroment. Sorry if that didn't help at all. but class is over and i gtg. I'll do more later.

st3alth · « **Reply #3 on:** February 11, 2009, 12:09:30 PM »

trees i already use, but i need a way to move efficiently through a suburban area.

Zach Morgan · « **Reply #4 on:** February 11, 2009, 12:35:17 PM »

I use our front fence and porch rails for vaulting, the side of my garage for all the wall-run and tic-tac stuff. Just get creative, find anything to work with.

Everett McClain · « **Reply #5 on:** February 11, 2009, 12:40:28 PM »

Well, handicap ramps are really useful...with the exception of when there is someone trying to use it.

but stairs, rails, fences, any walls that you see. try to find a combination with a few different mediums in it

st3alth · « **Reply #6 on:** February 11, 2009, 03:31:17 PM »

thanx ive already worn out parks.

Brian Belida · « **Reply #7 on:** February 11, 2009, 04:14:54 PM »

Quote from: st3alth on February 11, 2009, 03:31:17 PM

thanx ive already worn out parks.

Worn out?

I went through all 4 years of college and then 2 years of living past that in the same area and if I've learned anything, it's that wearing a place out is practically impossible.

If you think you've worn it out, then you're not looking close enough at different things

Otherwise, just take a walk around where you live. Take some back roads, find something new.

st3alth · « **Reply #8 on:** February 11, 2009, 05:21:53 PM »

the parks suck here, there so unparkourable.

Jacob Wood · « **Reply #9 on:** February 11, 2009, 05:50:01 PM »

nothing is "unparkourable" (which is not a word by any means). you can train on anything; a parking lot, a wall (even if you think its to high or low there is always something), a lone railing, your car or your friends car, heck ive even vaulted a couple of my friends

PKAB · « **Reply #10 on:** February 11, 2009, 06:08:22 PM »

Haha thats what I do when the teachers wont let us practice Parkour. I have a bunch of my friends get on the ground and I Kong them or dive Roll them. The point is there is something to do Parkour on everywhere thats not just and open field.

Oh and Unparkourable isnt in my vocabulary and It shouldnt be in yours either

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Mitch Hamilton · « **Reply #11 on:** February 11, 2009, 06:13:19 PM »

Quote from: jacob -jmwood- wood on February 11, 2009, 05:50:01 PM

"heck ive even vaulted a couple of my friends"

+1

Wenxin Yang · « **Reply #12 on:** February 11, 2009, 06:43:38 PM »

Outside of high schools everywhere usually provide a bit to parkour.

Mathew C · « **Reply #13 on:** February 11, 2009, 07:57:22 PM »

parkour is moving efficiently and quickly from point A to point B (fundamentally). You do it anywhere. In a flat parking lot, parkour = sprints.

Cliff Springer · « **Reply #14 on:** February 11, 2009, 08:09:24 PM »

you can do parkour every were
i use trees and the wood fence in my backyard, my deck, parking lot lines for percision, i built a box to practice on, my garage,
my unfinished basement, my safe, benches, pretty much everything i can find

you just have to look

Zach Morgan · « **Reply #15 on:** February 11, 2009, 08:41:55 PM »

Another idea is taking duct tape or something and making lines on your back (or front) lawn, and see how far you can precision.

TraceuseDS · « **Reply #16 on:** February 11, 2009, 09:12:04 PM »

Jereme Sanders made some great videos about this a while ago.

Unconventional Training Grounds: Part One

UTG 2: Parking Lot Training

UTG 3: Sports Field Training

st3alth · « **Reply #17 on:** February 12, 2009, 09:18:36 AM »

Quote from: jacob -jmwood- wood on February 11, 2009, 05:50:01 PM

nothing is "unparkourable" (which is not a word by any means). you can train on anything; a parking lot, a wall (even if you think its to high or low there is always something), a lone railing, your car or your friends car, heck ive even vaulted a couple of my friends

ya, i guess, but the rails are way too high. ill try that other stuff though. and yes, i know unparkourable isnt a word, i couldnt think of anything else.

Everett McClain · « **Reply #18 on:** February 14, 2009, 07:23:50 PM »

Quote from: st3alth on February 12, 2009, 09:18:36 AM

Quote from: jacob -jmwood- wood on February 11, 2009, 05:50:01 PM
nothing is "unparkourable" (which is not a word by any means). you can train on anything; a parking lot, a wall (even if you think its to high or low there is always something), a lone railing, your car or your friends car, heck ive even vaulted a couple of my friends
ya, i guess, but the rails are way too high. ill try that other stuff though. and yes, i know unparkourable isnt a word, i couldnt think of anything else.

rails are too high? how are they rooted to the ground? if it is bolted to the ground, you can climb up the side rails, of do the human flags. you can do basically anything on anything

Dan Elric · « **Reply #19 on:** February 14, 2009, 08:45:52 PM »

"Unparkourable" shouldn't be in anyone's vocabulary, since not only can you do parkour on anything, but because parkour is a noun, not a verb. :<

And there is no such thing as wearing out any one spot. A single place has so many different things. If you think you've exhausted everything there then you haven't trained enough there to know there is more you can do. There is always more you can do.

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Author Topic: nowhere to practice (Read 1605 times)