The obstacle role technique involves performing a dive roll over an obstacle instead of using a traditional vault. The approach emphasizes understanding the mechanics of executing a dive safely, which involves jumping and ensuring that hands touch the ground first to absorb impact. This technique aims to maintain momentum and flow, allowing for a smooth transition when navigating obstacles like walls.
To master the dive roll, it's recommended to start by practicing with lower walls and gradually progressing to higher obstacles. This helps build confidence and technique, allowing the practitioner to adapt to different heights and landing surfaces. The importance of a proper roll is highlighted as it serves as a protective measure, facilitating a safer landing by distributing the impact throughout the body.
When executing the roll, the focus should be on maintaining a comfortable and controlled landing. This includes ensuring that the force is channeled from the shoulders to the hips, avoiding reliance on sensitive joints such as the knees and elbows. The contrast between rolling on softer surfaces like grass versus harder surfaces like concrete emphasizes the need to practice for varying conditions to avoid injuries.
Key Points:
- The dive roll technique prioritizes landing on hands first to absorb impact while maintaining flow over obstacles.
- Practicing on lower walls builds confidence and technique for navigating higher obstacles.
- Proper execution protects sensitive joints, reducing injury risk during landing on various surfaces.
Demonstrate a parkour roll over a wide obstacle that is hip-height or greater.
Placing your hands on the obstacle, jump up and dive into the roll on the obstacle. Your feet must roll off the obstacle on the other side.
Wall can be any width, but wider would help the distance of the roll.
You must repeat three times over each shoulder.
Your head and knees must not come in contact with the obstacle and you must roll across one shoulder and the opposite hip.
You cannot perform a sideways roll or a gymnastics roll. This must be a diagonal roll across the back from the shoulder to the hip.
You should travel in a straight line and you must finish on your feet.
height.
sides.
repetitions.
landing.
takeoff.
hands.
orientation.
5.56the obstacle role is when we're diving10.519over the obstacle into the roll first um14.32so this isn't the cat pass where we're16.72using the obstacle this is a dive roll20.68um over the obstacle you have to jump25.4and remember that your hands are going27.16to land first slow your descent down and31.119yeah32.399um you do the roll uh you can build up35.64to it you can go over a like a lower38.44wall um and then gradually build up so41.52you're going over a wall that you know43.6is one that you would normally Vault um46.96yeah the the roll is really handy in50this situation when you want to kind of52.28keep that going and that flow going um56.32yep so let's give that a go so from here58.559going to roll and um diving over the62.12wall so from here up and straight into65.64the66.28roll as you can see it's um nice and70.68comfortable because I'm landing on those72.24hands first taking the impact going from74.68the shoulder to the hip and I can come76.4up off of the foot as well so I'm not79.2coming up off the knee not coming up off81.4of the elbow I'm trying to protect those84.159obviously with the grass it's not so85.479much of an issue but when you're rolling87.36on concrete you're going to definitely88.88feel that much more
1 00:00:05,000 --> 00:00:13,000 the obstacle role is when we're diving 2 00:00:10,000 --> 00:00:16,000 over the obstacle into the roll first um 3 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:20,000 so this isn't the cat pass where we're 4 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:24,000 using the obstacle this is a dive roll 5 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:26,000 um over the obstacle you have to jump 6 00:00:25,000 --> 00:00:30,000 and remember that your hands are going 7 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:32,000 to land first slow your descent down and 8 00:00:31,000 --> 00:00:35,000 yeah 9 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:38,000 um you do the roll uh you can build up 10 00:00:35,000 --> 00:00:40,000 to it you can go over a like a lower 11 00:00:38,000 --> 00:00:43,000 wall um and then gradually build up so 12 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:46,000 you're going over a wall that you know 13 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:49,000 is one that you would normally Vault um 14 00:00:46,000 --> 00:00:51,000 yeah the the roll is really handy in 15 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:56,000 this situation when you want to kind of 16 00:00:52,000 --> 00:00:58,000 keep that going and that flow going um 17 00:00:56,000 --> 00:01:01,000 yep so let's give that a go so from here 18 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:05,000 going to roll and um diving over the 19 00:00:62,000 --> 00:01:06,000 wall so from here up and straight into 20 00:00:65,000 --> 00:01:10,000 the 21 00:00:66,000 --> 00:01:11,000 roll as you can see it's um nice and 22 00:00:70,000 --> 00:01:14,000 comfortable because I'm landing on those 23 00:00:72,000 --> 00:01:16,000 hands first taking the impact going from 24 00:00:74,000 --> 00:01:18,000 the shoulder to the hip and I can come 25 00:00:76,000 --> 00:01:21,000 up off of the foot as well so I'm not 26 00:00:79,000 --> 00:01:23,000 coming up off the knee not coming up off 27 00:00:81,000 --> 00:01:25,000 of the elbow I'm trying to protect those 28 00:00:84,000 --> 00:01:27,000 obviously with the grass it's not so 29 00:00:85,000 --> 00:01:28,000 much of an issue but when you're rolling 30 00:00:87,000 --> 00:01:31,000 on concrete you're going to definitely 31 00:00:88,000 --> 00:01:31,000 feel that much more
