How to Jump on Stilts

Video Transcript

"KEVIN BARRET: Alright, we're having fun now, huh? Alright, you guys are almost expert stilt jumpers. In order to become expert, you're going to need to know how to jump, alright? You guys are already well familiar with walking and running and doing a little bit of jump stopping and stuff. Now, I'm going to teach you how to actually jump, okay? Now, to jump is going to be exactly how we were when we started bouncing, okay? You're going to put a little bit weight into each one of your foot, alright? Now, it's basically like running in place, okay? This is the basics of jumping, okay? Now, when you actually want to start doing two-footed jump, you're going to really have to bend your entire body, go down and put a lot of bounce into the springs, alright? Now, you're going to want to start out slow, okay? Just jump a couple of inches off the ground, okay? Don't go to anything too big until you're really comfortable with jumping, alright? Now, the website on these, Powerisers, actually say that you can jump to up to seven feet high and your stride, you can run at like 22 miles per hour or something like that. It's pretty crazy. Alright, but a little bit more jumping. Once you get used to doing that jumping, add a little height to it, okay? I wouldn't recommend going the full seven feet high because not even I can do that, okay? So, another fun little thing to do once you start jumping, start jumping on one foot, okay? So, jumping on one foot, it's just whoa. Just like that, you see that? Be careful again. Alright, next thing you can do, jumping and spinning, alright? That's where you jump up and down and spin. Just another little thing to make you an expert stilt jumper. Alright, so that's the basics with jumping, alright? Remember, you don't have to be a hero, take it one step at a time, alright? An inch or two is fine. That's a lot, okay? Then you can move up to higher and higher jumping, alright? Alright. I'm Kevin Barret with Expert Village, let's take a look at this next clip."