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Offline michiganparkour

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Vault Ambidexterity
« on: December 09, 2005, 07:11:10 PM »
i have a quick question. is it a good idea to learn turn vaults and other vaults on youre right and left side?
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Re: vaults
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2005, 07:25:41 PM »
yes especially turn vaults, i wouldn't call it totally essential though
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Re: vaults
« Reply #2 on: December 09, 2005, 08:44:55 PM »
michiganparkour, please start using relevant titles for your posts. thanks.
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Re: Vault Ambidexterity
« Reply #3 on: December 09, 2005, 11:17:20 PM »
HELL. YES. Learn how to vault with both sides of your body and learn it early and never let go of it. Learn how to speed vault with your right hand and your left hand and keep practicing it on both sides. The rest of the vaults shouldn't be hard to lean on both sides as long as you have the speed. Ambidexterity is a VERY good thing to have in Parkour. I didn't bother with it much when I got started and know I'm kicking myself in the ass for it and learning how to vault all over again...
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Re: Vault Ambidexterity
« Reply #4 on: December 10, 2005, 12:02:40 PM »
I can turn a bunch of different ways, and that's helped me a lot. I really wish now that I'd practiced all of my other techs ambidextrously. There are so many spots now that I see that I should be able to roll, tic-tac, and vault through that I just can't seem too, because I have to do it to my left. Well, I mean, you don't really HAVE to do anything in particular in pk, but to lazy over a rail on your left with your right hand first would be kinda reaallyy hard. Like, spin 180 and then go into the tech. While still going down the stairs. And triple gainer out of it, why not? Through two burning hoops? Sure!
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Re: Vault Ambidexterity
« Reply #5 on: December 10, 2005, 04:11:10 PM »
Just as said by them, it is a great idea to learn the vaults on both sides. I luckily never picked one side so for all but palm spins, i have not nor will ever have a dominant side. This has helped immensly in being able to vault in tighter spots where the switching of sides is needed.
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Re: Vault Ambidexterity
« Reply #6 on: December 10, 2005, 09:59:26 PM »
sorry bout having a bad title demon its just that i didn't know what to call it and stuff.
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Re: Vault Ambidexterity
« Reply #7 on: December 11, 2005, 03:19:22 PM »
I never really noticed which side I do them, most likely both, yeah both. That would be your best bet to learn them both ways, but whats the difference there the same either way, if you learn them one way why shouldn't you be able to do them the other? ??? It's the same.
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Re: Vault Ambidexterity
« Reply #8 on: December 11, 2005, 03:45:51 PM »
well its kinda harder to do them on one side that you normally don't do most of the time cause the muscles on that side aren't stretched out the same amount.
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Re: Vault Ambidexterity
« Reply #9 on: December 11, 2005, 05:18:51 PM »
muscle memory only works for muscles that you actually *use*, rather than *know how to use* :)
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Re: Vault Ambidexterity
« Reply #10 on: December 11, 2005, 05:41:22 PM »
ya but see if you vault on youre right side all the time you get used to that and all the muscles are used to being vaulted with and used to do that(i hope you know what i mean)and all the muscles on youre left side will be less able to stretch fully and stuff and plus you're mind knows how to do it that one way so you kinda have to teach it to do it the other way. i hope that makes sence and i hope i dont get like yelled at and stuff for thinking this way
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Re: Vault Ambidexterity
« Reply #11 on: December 11, 2005, 06:18:03 PM »
there is very minimal muscle stretching in most vaults. muscles "not being able to stretch as much" when you do a vault to the other side is not a factor.
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Re: Vault Ambidexterity
« Reply #12 on: December 11, 2005, 07:40:52 PM »
well thanks for not like blasting me with insulstes and stuff.Cause all i was wanting to know if i was a good idea to know that,


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Re: Vault Ambidexterity
« Reply #13 on: December 11, 2005, 09:32:12 PM »
Hmm, I'm gonna have to start doing that, because I can pretty much only do side vaults both ways, and reverses a bit.
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Re: Vault Ambidexterity
« Reply #14 on: December 11, 2005, 10:48:06 PM »
plain and simple, try to learn every movement with both sides. it will be awkward at first, but so was everything else when you first learned it to one side. through practice and repetition, it will become more natural.
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Re: Vault Ambidexterity
« Reply #15 on: December 12, 2005, 07:02:18 AM »
I have more of a problem with foot placement and taking off from the proper foot when vaulting with the less dominant side.
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Re: Vault Ambidexterity
« Reply #16 on: December 12, 2005, 01:04:50 PM »
i sorta had a problem with that but i slowly started l doing the hand and foot placements till i got them down than i started doing it faster and faster till i was able to do them at a normal speed. i learnd to do turn vaults and vaults on my left side from a standing position untill i could do them on both sides and i practice doing it on both sides all the time just to make sure i dont get used to doing it on one side
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Re: Vault Ambidexterity
« Reply #17 on: December 12, 2005, 05:41:43 PM »
I get it now, like when I do a side flip I can do it only to the left but thats all. Maybe it's because you just get used to it and don't notice which way you go. hmm
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