Freerunning facts for kids

A practitioner of freerunning in Mexico City, Mexico

Freerunning is a sport similar to parkour. Freerunning involves interacting with physical obstacles in creative ways, such as by climbing, jumping or running; the obstacles may be purpose-built or may be part of a pre-existing natural or man-made environment. The movements are usually adopted from other sports, such as gymnastics, tricking or breakdancing. Freerunners can create their own moves, flows and lines in different landscapes. Practitioners of freerunning value artistry over efficiency and speed. Freerunning was founded by Sebastien Foucan, who discussed the subject in 2003 documentary film Jump London.

These jumps name ("Flips") or (Mortal Jumps).

• Basic Jumps

• Front Flip: The person jumps with the two legs and does a complete forward rotation.
• Back Flip: The person jumps of back also with the two legs and gives a return on if sames backward.
• Side Flip: The person jumps sidewards with one or two legs and gives a return on of sames sidewards.
• Wall Flip: The person puts a foot in the wall and jump with one leg giving a turned backward.

• Harder jumps and rolls

• Eagle roll: The person dives forward and rolls giving them a fast way to dive over things.
• Hand plant: The person jumps forward and plants their hands on an object and pushes their legs forward.
• Wall run: The person runs and jumps with one foot on the wall and takes another step giving them the advantage of climbing.

See also

In Spanish: Freerunning para niños