How to tuck

[neuros]

Yeah they are. Talk about aero! and ball pinch!

[jlmitch]

I dedicate this Ghindo board (Ghetto Indo board) to mc99david.

you also can make your own indo board using an old deck and puting a wheel under it in he middle, its super hard and gives you quite a work out very quickly

I decided to try this while the 'fish was down. One wheel under the board really sucked, so I put all four underneath. Worked out pretty well!

Packing tape, 90mm Flys, beater board:


I can stand on it pretty well:


Tucking is so hard, it's like I have wet noodles for core muscles. I've got a hand on the wall for support in this picture.


Here's Godquit trying it out:

[Blub]

I tried the Ghindo aswell. Only one wheel though. Its perfect wobble practice. When i get down in a tuck i allways get wobbles on the ghindo ofcourse. Its super fun!

[Zach_Wolf]

wouldn't practicing your tuck on an indo board etc. teach your muscles to center your core balance, rather than having your weight forward and stable?

[karrot]

wouldn't practicing your tuck on an indo board etc. teach your muscles to center your core balance, rather than having your weight forward and stable?

maybe you could move the wheel more towards the front to compensate...

[Zach_Wolf]

sorry, idiot post.

[Dr. SLudge]

im new.
heres a bathroom practice tuck.

No, That's wrong.
Close the gap between your collar bone and knee or die.

[jimbeans]

sink your butt a little

[juan pablo valenzuela]

Good input.

Mc99David, this is what you're looking for...


pd: its a friend, only getting started in dh

[juan pablo valenzuela]

I say screw the whole "If your back is not flat then your tuck is not good."

I thnik you are so right! at least the way we tuck, No flat backs..... (see pic above)

[DK525]

BUMPPPP

Question, does putting your hands stirat out make you more stable? Insteed of looking like you are gonna spread your cheeks open.

[assumeivan]

BUMPPPP

Question, does putting your hands stirat out make you more stable? Insteed of looking like you are gonna spread your cheeks open.

More stable??...

[Xgecko]

I think he means do you gain any stablity or speed from holding you hands in a shape to complete a teardrop shape vice holding your butt..I know I hold my butt because it helps me stay in my tuck (as sucky as it is)

[Justin Metcalf]

BUMPPPP

Question, does putting your hands stirat out make you more stable? Insteed of looking like you are gonna spread your cheeks open.

No, whatever you are comfortable with

[Pat S]

Home depot sells 6 inch diameter 2 foot long pvc pipes that are perfect for "Ghindo boards." They're around $2-3 and are great because you can also use them to learn indo shove-its and 90-180-360 spins. I practice tucking with the board the traditional direction as well as at 90 degrees which is much more difficult but will help your stabilizer muscles a lot.

[Iceman]

do you have trouble with the board sliding around? PVC seems so slick.

[Flapper]

do you have trouble with the board sliding around? PVC seems so slick.

put grip tape or just tape around it to keep it from sliding around

[tomlarry@hotmail.com]

is it bad to knee drop or is tucking just all around better?

[slither9192]

is it bad to knee drop or is tucking just all around better?

It's not bad but I am not sure how stable that is. Also tucking is much more aero, which means it is much faster.

[Aaron Breetwor]

It's not bad but I am not sure how stable that is. Also tucking is much more aero, which means it is much faster.

woah man, don't go spreading untested info. dropped knee could mean brazilian, and plenty of people do that. Don't nock is `till you try it]