Behind the Hip Kettlebell Flip

The Behind the Hip Flip is an intermediate move. Doing all kinds of kettlebell flips in front of the body is easily attainable by anyone, but once you put the kettlebell out of your line of sight things begin to change. When you’re good at this move you’ve moved up from being a kettlebell juggling beginner.

This video shows you how to do the behind the hip flip followed by a few combos you can string together.

The behind the back stuff if a bit trickier than most things done to the front, for obvious reasons, but with a little practice you can easily master this move.

In the video I am using a 16kg or 35 lb. kettlebell. And here’s a summary of what I say in the voice over.

Start with around the body passes. Use the legs primarily but also the arm to generate the rear flipping motion. The legs and arm generate the power but the wrist is the fine tuning for the flip.

Keep your other hand as close as possible to the handle. As soon as you let go with the first hand your second hand should be right there to grab the handle. Seriously, there is almost no ‘hang time’ in this move.

To begin with look at the kettlebell on your side so you can see what’s happening. Later on when you have the move down you won’t have to.

Just practice and you can add this flip to your arsenal.

The combo’s shown in the video include a side-to-side flip followed by the behind the hip flip. And a between the legs pass, to the uppercut flip, around the body and behind the hip.

The advanced combo is a repeated behind the hip flip done left to right, right to left. All these moves are detailed in The Definitive Guide to Kettlebell Juggling.

In strength,
Logan Christopher

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