How to Manual Like a Pro | Learn to Manual in 2 Minutes or Less

What this video teaches

A quick two-minute drill video focused almost entirely on the bent-knee requirement and its role in enabling flip-outs. The standout lesson: as soon as either leg straightens, the hip shifts and the manual collapses. To prep for flip-outs while in a manual, practice a full squat in the manual position first, the leg strength to hold a low manual is the same strength needed to pop a flip trick out of it.

Key tips

• 1Keep both legs bent throughout the entire manual, the moment this leg straightens, the hip shifts and the manual is over
• 2Straightening the back leg pushes the hip back and tips the chest forward, which is the most common collapse pattern
• 3For flip-outs: get into flip-trick foot position while in the manual, then practice squatting in that position, that squat IS the pop
• 4The squat in a manual needs to be deep enough to generate pop; flat or partial squatting produces a weak flip
• 5Look forward beyond the target, not at the ground
• 6Build the manual first, then add the flip trick, do not try flip-outs until the pure manual is consistent

Summarized from the video transcript.