Q&A for How to Do a Sideflip

Before the launch, keep your head straight. During the flip, spot the ground for your landing.

Looking at the ground at the end of a flip is fine, because it helps you spot where to land, and it means you are tucking in your head. You don't want to look at the ground when you first go into the flip, because then, your chest and hips go down, not up.

Work slowly up to the flip or trick. Start out on a trampoline with a simple move, for example, and then work up from there. Sometimes you want to just push through your fear, but usually it is impossible to get rid of it unless your brain knows it will be perfectly safe.

It is very unlikely you'd land on your neck, you just have to make sure you do it properly. if you feel that you are going to fall, just place your hands down. Practice on mats/trampolines until you're really confident with the skill so you don't hurt yourself.

Try to do it on a trampoline or gym mat until you are confident enough to try it on the floor.

I used to do the same thing often. If it's the same thing I do then it's a half in. One way to stop doing that is to not run too fast or too slow, to keep your head straight before the takeoff, and some people find it easier to have their lead arm at their ear right before takeoff.

You are under-rotating. Work on tucking tighter and/or getting more height.

To spin faster, you have to tuck in your legs and arm muscles. To jump higher, you can get momentum with a trampoline or something similar.

You don't need to be able to do a flip, but it will be easier to do it and get rid of the fear of jumping.

Yes, that's fine!

Try to get a spotter that will push you for momentum.

During your flip, it's best to look at something directly in front of you the entire time in order to maintain a proper rotation.

Yes, that's the punch set up. Run into your flip and place two feet in front of you as you block in preparation for your flip. This gives more or less momentum, depending on your setup.

It is the same thing, just another name for it.

The best way is to make sure you have good momentum and practice jumping higher every day.

It depends on how you do it and it also depends on how bouncy it is. Because having a bouncy castle that is not that bouncy will mess up your flip if you don't do it right. But if the bouncy castle is bouncy, it will give you the momentum you need to execute the flip.