Tutorial: How to do a GOOD doublefull (double twist) with Olympic Medallist David Morris

How to do a GOOD doublefull / double twist / multi-twisting flip.
An explanation of the physics and biomechanics of twisting flips from someone who actually knows what they're talking about.
Lead up videos:
Frontsault -
• Tutorial - How to do a...
Backsault -
• Tutorial - How to do a...
Barani -
• Tutorial - How to do a...
Backfull -
• Tutorial: How to do a ...

[@user-oe7yx2qi3f]

please keep your tutorials coming. From what I've seen, your tutorials are the best material to learn from!

[@aerialskier]

there are definitely some horrible ones out there so I'm glad you found mine.

[@speedy_o0538]

Olympic athlete produces the most comprehensive twisting tutorial on youtube. KZbin: hmm nahhh... 16k views. 4.4k subscribers. Kid on his backyard trampoline: "Oh yeah boys, just chuck it over your shoulder!! Just send it!!" KZbin: 4 million subscribers 🤙💥💯

[@aerialskier]

Sad isn't it. People want the quick fix, how to do it and just survive in a 3 step break down. Not many people want to learn how to properly do things unfortunately. But hopefully those people find this video :)

[@speedy_o0538]

I just think the youtube algorithm hasn't been kind to you. But if people at gyms knew about these videos they'd watch them on repeat. Truly the highest quality videos on this stuff I've ever seen man. Thank you so much.

[@ezpz4646]

I swear to fkin god

[@lucianclayton]

Amazing tutorial, If I never watched this then I 100% would never know how similar forwards and backwards twisting really is. Thanks a lot!!

[@aerialskier]

It's all the same (kind of)

[@odyseuszkoskiniotis6266]

No way! David is back with the tutorials!

[@mstinson23]

I am a 30 year martial artist and in the past 3 years or so have also gotten into trampoline skills. Your videos are some of the best, most detailed and easy to understand I have seen! I have been able to tie in my martial arts background to my trampoline skills as a result of the understanding of movement you desribe. Thanks for doing these!

[@aerialskier]

welcome! physics is pretty reliable across all areas so I'm glad it can be used to help in a variety of areas

[@MrSPAINER]

I've been involved with trampolining and gymnastics for years, seen tonnes of tutorials and been taught / learned many different ways of twisting, and this is by far the clearest and best tutorial and explanation of twisting efficiently I've ever seen. I love this, thanks so much man !

[@zacdwil]

I just wanted to say I'm a gymnastics and parkour coach and I use your videos almost daily to help teach these skills! They're by far the best instructional videos I've found so far! I really appreciate the progressions and concise explanations. Thanks for making such great videos and I'm hoping to see more in the future! (If I could make a request I'd love to see a video on the backflip/back handspring)

[@aerialskier]

I'd be happy to make one, but I would need access to a gym and equipment to show a variety of drills, that's my only barrier. Much easier to get trampoline access. I'll put it on my to-do list for the future. Happy to answer any questions through in the mean time of back flips

[@shanemate]

Crystally clear demonstration on front and back twisting skills. Amazing video!

[@gijsknotnerus405]

Ah its so great you started making these videos again! Please keep it up!

[@aerialskier]

I'll see what the next requests are as to what to make next

[@odyseuszkoskiniotis6266]

I figured out the switch after half turn into backwards twist already myself, and noticed how most of good floor exercise athletes use that. Thanks for the tutorial

[@MeDoMeer]

I love physics and the movement of the arms is so satisfying because that initiates the twisting! I just about master the front and backflip but when I use my arms only for initiating a twist, even with the exaggerated movements a barani is pretty easy! I look forward to practicing more

[@kittypewpew]

FINALLY! Will there be more vids?

[@aerialskier]

I will see what the demand is

[@bruswayne9819]

Brilliant! Thanks you for explaining key's moments. I can't find it on KZbin in Russian segment and English segments. Besides, on trainings peoples who can do 2 and more twists cannot explain how to do it. Now with your help i realize how exactly drill into the multiple twists! Thanks for the easy to understand explanation!

[@bex.c]

Loving your trampoline videos! I'm new to this sport and am learning a lot from KZbin so thank you for explaining correct technique

[@qqqqq.q1]

Best tutorial on KZbin, thanks a lot

[@user-gz6eg9gl2x]

this is great. I recently started tampoline and I 'm looking for good tutorials. thank you very much.

[@aerialskier]

welcome

[@IwoGda]

Best tutorials on youtube. Those twisting planes from this and other tuts really gave me solid base. I did manage to do backfull and double full couple of times before that. I hope with this it will be more consistent and most of I will be aware what I'm doing in the air :) Thanks man!

[@aerialskier]

I'm very glad it was helpful. thee more times you can repeat the same movements and skill the more you will naturally figure out what's happening in the air. It comes with a lot of practice but it does happen

[@IwoGda]

David Morris Aerial Skier I went today to trampoline park and everything made sense, one and half front and double full are now easy and repetitive ;) I’ve watched a lot of KZbin twisting tutorials and no one was even near yours in terms of clarifying knowledge;) P.S some of your practice exercises are harder than main flip hahaha

[@aerialskier]

@@IwoGda yes some of the drills are harder because they're very precise. Of course they're not all necessary to learn the main skills but if you want to do a GOOD one, then yes. :)

[@Finn-Retterath]

Hell yeah thx for the tutorial

[@danop7981]

Your videos are awesome!!! I really like your explanations and step by step instructions. Would be great if you could make a video for double backflip and Fliffus (double front with half twist)

[@acevedeyt9551]

Niceeee, when I’m back from recovery (I sprained my cervix trying a gainer 🥲) I’ll def try this, thank you! You thought me how to barani and backflip 180! Subscribing now.

[@vPA1N]

I wanna see David morris vs Jesse heffels in a game of flip lol

[@MrJOSHLIGHT]

I've got a weird mental block with the double. I can combo 1.5 and do a whole bunch of things out of it. Do you possibly have any specific drills for the double?

[@midashelps933]

Do more tutorials please

[@coltonjones2823]

For the tilt twist you speak of dropping your arms in the twisting plane. Is there a better way for me to visualize the twisting plane? It seems like it is more complicated than just moving an arm from straight up by your ear to straight down by your hip. Do I change where I drop my arm depending on the part of the back rotation I am in? And when do I drop the other arm? Or raise it back up? Because you are so knowledgeable about the “tilt twist” I would be very interested in a longer video breakdown of this concept! After a year of trying to teach my body how to use tilt twist I have been unsuccessful. I’m patient but I also don’t want to be missing anything.

[@aerialskier]

it is complex and a lot of it is feel, when you do hit the right plane you'll actually feel a momentum kind of force that you can use. Whilst in theory you can drop your arm to the side, if you've already started to contact twist off the surface, dropping an arm to "your" side will no longer be in the twisting plane. The plane is perpendicular to your flip, so before you start, look sideways and find a pole or some kind of marker against a wall, and that where your arm or arms need to drop, and likewise lift to undo the twist. You can start the movement at any point in the flip, just after take-off or upside down or right before you land, you can experiment with doing a "switch" right before you land and there will be a reaction. As mentioned in other videos also, there are multiple ways to twist and using all of the techniques is correct, you don't want to solely rely on tilt either, you can but you might as well help yourself with contact and cat twist in the right proportions. - as per instagram question - ideally you keep your head still. if you stand up close your eyes and turn around on the spot you will find it it easier to do it with your head neutral, if you tip your head from side to side you'll find your balance is compromised. obviously if you open your eyes it's easier, so when spinning with eyes open you can spot something to start with and spot the ground as you prepare yourself to 'untilt' but in the middle, just keep your head still. When learning it's not unusual to get lost in the air, but by repeating the same process over and over you start to realise that you know what will happen next because you get 'lost' the same way everytime and then it starts to become familiar and you know what is going to happen next. (looking for the ground isn't wrong, but it can break your body line and therefore make your twist less efficient with a wobbling shape. if you absolutely must look, try and look with your eyes rather than with an excessive head tilt because your shoulders are highly likely to follow your head movement.

[@jblen]

Ive been trying to figure out the best position for the arms while twising, in competition (for trampoline at least) its preferred down by your side but generally I see people fold their arms in when doing fast twists. I'd assume arms straight down would be a straighter shape and twist faster, but perhaps it's better to fold your arms by your chest to maximise the big-small shape change

[@carolineobenepey6435]

I can tell I am going to be a flipping master.

[@pedro.R.Cardoso]

Hi David! Any tips on how to keep your legs together while doing double twists? My legs tend to split but I still spin around very fast

[@aerialskier]

typically this means you've twisted off the ground and they're scissoring from the start, this is hard to get back to being together. Alternatively it means you're "trying" to spin faster with your upper body than you are actually twisting. If you want to spin fast, squeeze tight and inwards towards your centre on rotation and it will get faster on it's own. your legs will stay together and your body will move as one unit, the moment you segment to "try" and spin, things fall apart and away from you. If that doesn't work, i have some exercises for strength

[@johnathanross9279]

You had said in the video that there is no forwards or backwards twisting. I have my front double full yet i can’t do a back full. Any tips?

[@aerialskier]

Very interesting - can you do a front 1.5? If so then you already know the feeling of how to finish a back full. Plenty of tips and drills in the How to do a GOOD backfull video. Since you can already twist i suspect these build ups won't be difficult for you. Otherwise - work the back layout, and you can think, half turn into a barani out.

[@shanemate]

Just a question on landing. When you are about to stop, you simply stretch your arm or swing the arm in the inverse direction to remove the tilt?

[@aerialskier]

there has to be a movement to oppose the initial tilt created, just putting your arms up will slow down your flip rotation but will not slow down your twist. There are so many ways to do this that it'd take forever to explain them all and the combinations of them all, but to 'untilt' there must be a movement within the twisting plane.

[@shanemate]

@@aerialskier Thank you for the response!

[@andrewel5383]

Can you do one on Arabians?

[@tuckergoodrich6473]

I found your video for doing a single full last year, and I've been practicing for quite a while. I wanted to feel confident enough with that before I try to add more twist. I think it's pretty good. Before I attempt to learn this could you check out my full and tell me if there's anything I need to fix on that?

[@aerialskier]

post it up and paste the link and I'll have a look

[@tuckergoodrich6473]

@@aerialskier kzbin.info/www/bejne/nnKtoH6ijpWNn6s There is it. Sorry the lighting isn't the best, but hopefully you're able to see it well enough

[@tuckergoodrich6473]

@@aerialskier did you ever have a chance to look at it?

[@aerialskier]

@@tuckergoodrich6473 needs a few adjustments. I would suggest a stronger takeoff position, at the moment your arms are by your sides as you hit the tramp and a more correct method would be to have them up by your ears to then use them for drops. You have an interesting technique of winding your right arm around past your face into a half drop which is the tilt twist but because your arms are bent they are less effective than a straight powerful arm movement. You definitely need some more rotation and for safety you need to keep your knees and feet together. Be more patient on the takeoff and get rotation first before moving any arms into the twist

[@Brmmeke]

Hi david, hopefully you can help me with my back twisting problem: I taught myself the wrong way (really early twisting and travelling 3 feet to the side, the freerun way) and now i can't unlearn it. If I focus on doing the backflip first I can't do it because of a mental block I guess and I can't get over it. Do you have like a mental tip or something like that which can help me?

[@aerialskier]

As lame as it will sound you'll probably need to learn it from from the basics again. I have videos on doing a h, backsault, backfull and then the doublefull. Start at a i and work through each skill doing all the suggested drills, if nothing else - wit the intent to regain full control and refinement of your movements so that your body does what you want it to rather than doing whatever it wants. Knowing you can and will do what you plan in your head removes most fears, and the way to achieve that is to have control over every little movement to start with.

[@evangann6146]

Why does my body do one half twist to the left and one half twist to the right when I try to use the two arm tilt method?

[@aerialskier]

show me

[@oscarolsson7031]

Can you please make a tumbling twisting tutorial? It would really help me.

[@qqqqq.q1]

+1

[@trevorhaskins5040]

I twist to my right but for the past 4 years i have thought i twisted left so when i twist my head tails behind me and it feels like i twist in and out can you help me with some drills. i'm a level nine trampoline and tumbling gymnast btw.

[@aerialskier]

I'm surprised no coach has picked up on this. I have some other videos on full twisting that would be of use to you, honestly I'd recommend starting from the basics and working back up with better technique. If you have any videos you'd like to link me to here I'd be happy to look and pick them apart/offer solutions Easiest solution is to keep your head very neutral (easier said than done), keeping a single solid unit shape, everything in line will be your fastest and most efficient twisting position, obviously looking for the ground is important but emphasis on the timing is also relevant, there is a correct to look, and a correct place to look

[@trevorhaskins5040]

@@aerialskier ok and my coaches have picked up on it but my old coach taught me how to twist wrong and can you explain what it feels like upside down pulling one way because I can pull one way now but it causes me to twist off the ground and I compete in trampoline gymnastics so I need good form

[@aerialskier]

@@trevorhaskins5040 this is the joy of physics. You don't have to pull to any side, you just drop one arm and it will spin, you'll need to repeat the process over and over the same way and you'll begin to realise you're feeling the same thing each time even though it feels a bit foreign at first. Then you will start to realise you know what's coming next because you've felt it before.

[@jannowaq7741]

Jeah boy : D

[@welovecheshirecats4557]

Im a snowboarder(don't hate me) and i can do both front and backfulls on a tramp, but I have no clue about corks and nor does the tramp teacher. Any thoughts or a vid would be good.

[@aerialskier]

off axid isn't my speciality, I know a few drills but would need to consult some better experts on that one. *On my to do list

[@welovecheshirecats4557]

@@aerialskier That's the same problem I've found with other tramp or gymnastics teachers. Corks are generally seen as bad form, I guess. Thanks for the reply and love your work. Its helped a lot for non-cork stuff! LOL.

[@aerialskier]

@@welovecheshirecats4557 haah yes! I also like to joke that off axis skills are just poorly done fulls / doublefulls. If you're doing it on purpose that's one thing, if it's just a bad takeoff... that's another thing. There are some build up drills, I just don't have any videos of them. a "bug roll" is one, maybe there's a video online, I'll see if I have time to get around to making something on that

[@welovecheshirecats4557]

@@aerialskier There are some online but they dont explain stuff as well as you. Ill search for that drill. Many thanks. Keep up the great vids.

[@TinyHouseHomestead]

Todo the BEST double twist you need to learn an Arabian Dive and a Brani, Rudi, Randi, Standi, Omandi, and Holyandi! That right upto six I done! 😱😁🤪🤣👍👍🇺🇸

[@carpevinum7062]

Whenever i do double fulls i travel so far back can someone please give tips cause im getting really frustrated

[@Xfran411X]

Maybe dont arch your back while iniciating the flip or just practice more backflips and backs180° trying not to travel that much

[@Xfran411X]

Sorry for my english lol

[@aerialskier]

backwards travel is most likely a result of you leaning back too far on take-off. (as in - your body is tipped back a long way from your point of contact with the trampoline) Whilst leaning back does assist in creating the rotation it also leads to heavy travel so you're goal will be to press your hips on take-off and and then drive the rotation by lifting your feet, rather than leaning backwards too far to create the 'flip'. i would recommend watching some of my other skill build-up videos which cover some drill to assist with this. Good luck

[@carpevinum7062]

Thanks

[@tjdayt6863]

If u put a arm down u will spin then

[@aerialskier]

yep! it just has to come down in the right spot, or close to the right spot. (obviously tight body helps too)

[@tjdayt6863]

Thanks u so much I'm 12 and I've been trying to do this trick for 2 years

[@tjdayt6863]

I'm doing what u told me to do I put my left hand down but I can only do a backflip 180 do u know why???

[@aerialskier]

@@tjdayt6863 upload a video and send me the link here and I'll have a look, then I can tell you why

[@tjdayt6863]

I will but its a bit to early give me a bit

[@jblen]

I'm just using these to satisfy my lust to be back on a trampoline again. Can't train because of covid and all I really see on KZbin are g tramps or trampoline park super tramps.

[@lovetrolling4720]

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[@christiankvist3739]

No one cares

[@abo_jbha]

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