Parkour Roll

A roll that travels diagonally from one shoulder across your back to the opposite hip and up onto your feet, used to carry the force of a landing forward instead of taking it all through your legs.

1. Reach

   Reach forward on your rolling side, chin tucked, looking back towards your hip.

   CueChin in

2. Shoulder

   Go over the back of that shoulder, never your head.

   CueHead never touches

3. Diagonal

   Roll corner to corner across your back to the opposite hip.

   CueCorner to corner

4. Up

   Come up onto your feet, not a knee, and keep moving in line.

   CueUp and away

1. IfRolling straight down your spine.
   ThenGo corner to corner: one shoulder to the opposite hip.
2. IfLanding on your hip or shoulder blade.
   ThenRoll over the muscle of your back and seat, not the bones.
3. IfHead or knees touching down.
   ThenChin in, head turned away, and come up onto a foot, not a knee.
4. IfOnly rolling on your good side.
   ThenLearn it over both shoulders before adding speed or height.