Author Topic: Wallrun help please (Read 2859 times)

Keith Walz · « **on:** February 22, 2009, 01:36:32 PM »

need help with wallrunning my foot either slips or i cant get that high.

Graham Hughes · « **Reply #1 on:** February 22, 2009, 07:01:27 PM »

Make sure you're putting your foot high enough on the wall (waist level or higher) to reduce slippage. The biggest problem I see with wallruns though is simple lack of speed. Get a good run-up, plant your foot high, push off hard, and REAAACH!

Good luck, be safe!

Travis Tetting · « **Reply #2 on:** March 05, 2009, 01:02:02 PM »

A high speed video of a wall run. Take it and use it for whatever you like.

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=8J4TD7LG

Kalagaraz · « **Reply #3 on:** March 07, 2009, 01:09:11 PM »

Make sure you have shoes with good grip too, I tried to wall run today while at work in my work shoes (no grip AT ALL, anti-slide floor at work which eats off the grips on shoes, completely flat bottom), a jumped onto wall with my foot and *slip* and slam my knee into wall.

Also, I'm wondering how high everyone here can wall run? There arn't that many tall walls around here for me to practice on and the highest I think I've done is probably about 8-9 feet.

Nathan Manley · « **Reply #4 on:** March 18, 2009, 10:28:15 AM »

Quote from: Kalagaraz on March 07, 2009, 01:09:11 PM

Make sure you have shoes with good grip too

anyone know what kind of shoes would be the best for wall runs.

Travis Tetting · « **Reply #5 on:** March 18, 2009, 11:45:57 AM »

Ones with rubber. Truly. Don't worry about shoes, use technique for grip, not fancy shoes.

max eisenberg · « **Reply #6 on:** March 18, 2009, 11:58:49 AM »

Quote from: Travis Tetting on March 18, 2009, 11:45:57 AM

Ones with rubber. Truly. Don't worry about shoes, use technique for grip, not fancy shoes.

very true, my shoes are like racing slicks from all the running, jumping, wallrunning, cat leaps and precisions i do.

you just have to fool around with wall runs, everyone does them differently.

basic points to remember
. get a good run up, dont go balls to the walls fast but jogging or slightly faster is good.
. its more of a step up the wall then a jump into the wall and push.
. think about it being one fluid motion, not running to the wall and then up, all one motion.

other than that you just have to go experiment, dont get upset. you will learn them in time, its a very hard thing to learn.

Jack Kendall · « **Reply #7 on:** March 18, 2009, 12:30:12 PM »

One of the major problems I see with my newer friends, is that they don't jump as high as they possibly can on their first jump. They just kind of run at the wall, and try to get most of their height from the push off the wall. You need to focus getting your first jump as high as you possibly can, then work on getting that push vertical.

@Kalagaraz - I just did my highest one so far the other day at almost 13 feet.

max eisenberg · « **Reply #8 on:** March 20, 2009, 11:16:36 AM »

Quote from: Jack Kendall on March 18, 2009, 12:30:12 PM

One of the major problems I see with my newer friends, is that they don't jump as high as they possibly can on their first jump. They just kind of run at the wall, and try to get most of their height from the push off the wall. You need to focus getting your first jump as high as you possibly can, then work on getting that push vertical.

@Kalagaraz - I just did my highest one so far the other day at almost 13 feet.

uhm... no?

im pretty sure its supposed to be a step up the wall?

Jack Kendall · « **Reply #9 on:** March 20, 2009, 12:52:26 PM »

Uhm, yes. Seeing as how you get 70% of your height from your first jump, it seems that would be the logical place to begin. Too many new people (yes, I've seen it) try to put most of their effort into the push off the wall, and not get a substantial first jump. This usually either makes them slip their foot and not go anywhere, or push away from the wall and go more back than up.

Styx · « **Reply #10 on:** April 09, 2009, 11:44:24 AM »

I'm not too experenced at wallrunning (can't run up walls at Job corps or I could get kicked out

) but I've done it to get up on high ledge back home, I think I got around 11 feet but I cant really sure.

Corey Cedeno · « **Reply #11 on:** April 11, 2009, 05:29:37 AM »

Jack's right. The first step into the wall is where you begin to transfer your H momentum into V momentum. Your push up the wall finishes translating the momentum.

Technique is most important in a wall run, but friction is right behind it. The kind of rubber on the soles of your shoes and the type of wall does determine how much force can be applied to your push up the wall. With the same technique, a person who is hitting an unpainted concrete block wall with 5.10's is going to go significantly (percentage of distance traveled) than someone who is hitting a painted wall with a regular pair of shoes.

ozzi s · « **Reply #12 on:** April 11, 2009, 07:12:55 AM »

THANK YOU EVERYONE!!!!!!!!!!!

I did a 10-feet wall run on my first day.

Alexz · « **Reply #13 on:** April 17, 2009, 06:04:15 AM »

Quote from: Karma Traceur on March 18, 2009, 10:28:15 AM

Quote from: Kalagaraz on March 07, 2009, 01:09:11 PM
Make sure you have shoes with good grip too

anyone know what kind of shoes would be the best for wall runs.

http://www.fiveten.com/

KC Parsons · « **Reply #14 on:** April 25, 2009, 07:29:00 PM »

Quote from: Nathan Manley on March 18, 2009, 10:28:15 AM

Quote from: Kalagaraz on March 07, 2009, 01:09:11 PM
Make sure you have shoes with good grip too

anyone know what kind of shoes would be the best for wall runs.

Bare feet. :]

Blackhand · « **Reply #15 on:** April 26, 2009, 02:08:32 PM »

Quote from: Travis Tetting on March 18, 2009, 11:45:57 AM

Ones with rubber. Truly. Don't worry about shoes, use technique for grip, not fancy shoes.

very true

but good shoes help

Joshua Winzer-Irwin · « **Reply #16 on:** April 26, 2009, 03:04:49 PM »

its been said that a conditioned pair of bare feet (with caution, and obviously practice) will give you better grip than any pair of shoes you can get

and i believe it

Aeropasse · « **Reply #17 on:** May 07, 2009, 07:18:18 PM »

I agree, depend more on good technique than shoes. But, if you need good shoes, get either the K-Swiss Ariakes, or the 5Ten Freerunners. Personally i like the Ariakes more, those are the shoes i currently own and i can get so high on wallruns now.

Team Avian · « **Reply #18 on:** May 15, 2009, 07:50:33 PM »

The biggest thing I notice about people who are new to wall running is the lack of a lean... you HAVE to lean back to go up the wall... or sideways to go along it... too many people try to stay vertical and only have their legs out... that does NOT work! you will get NO force onto the wall unless you lean back... that uses your horizontal momentum to glue you to the wall... since you WILL be generating G forces (Probably around 2 or higher if you can even walk on a regular floor), it really will be like gravity changes direction...

Think of it this way... if you even generate 1G of force, not hard to do since you can jump (Which means your generating more than 1G), then your being pushed to the wall at the same rate as Earth's gravity... in other words, your walking on the wall like you walk on the ground... since people can easily generate more than 1G, if you focus, you can actually run on the wall like you run on the ground... the thing is! your G Force will dissipate FAST so do NOT forget about that last push to get you back vertical or you WILL fall on your back/side

-Kyle(Rage)

KC Parsons · « **Reply #19 on:** May 16, 2009, 06:36:07 AM »

It comes with practice and experimentation.

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