Back Somi and Silly Kick!

[KayJ]

Last year I lost my back ss after I landed on my head and hurt my neck :eek:

I've got them back again now, but since that happened I have got into a habit of kicking one leg out behind me before I do my back ss and just can't make myself do a nice stretch jump before it like I should.

I can do the back ss ok if I do a tuck or straddle jump before it but the trouble is the back ss is my first move in both my set and vol routines (tuck back ss for my G4 set and straight back ss for my vol). :(

Anyone got any tips of how to stop it? :confused:

[Gingerheid]

I've been trying to think about this one.

It's really difficult to come up with something where the person knows what they're doing wrong but can't stop. Is it a sub conscious thing that you do without being aware of it, or do you feel as if you have to do it?

If it's something you feel as if you have to do, can your coach come up with something else (possibly entirely pointless!) for you to think about in the air instead of your leg?

[Lucy]

I've been trying to stop someone else doing this we haven't made it yet but I was getting him to do less of a tuck each time, hopefully you shouldn't need to tuck at all eventually

[KayJ]

Yes Gingerheid, I feel like I HAVE to do it otherwise it feels like I'm going to land on my head again! :(

Think I might try what you've suggested Lucy - my coach said to try and make the kick smaller each time so it eventually goes away, but it only worked a bit and then started to get worse again! But if I try it with the tuck jump like you've said then that's getting me thinking about both legs at once instead of just the one and it might work.

If that doesn't work then I'll try and think of something silly while I'm in the air like Gingerheid said - I might think about Gingerheid's photo of his front somi - that should take my mind off it! ;)

[Gingerheid]

Well, thinking about a photo of a big useless adult that can't even somi yet should at least make you feel a whole load better!