I guess you could try doing that... I can jump pretty high, so I usually use that to give myself enough time to catch a decent updraft... watch.
-Runs a bit, then takes a diving leap, beating his wings hard the first few times and quickly swinging his legs up behind him, using them to steer in place of a tail-
-Coasts around a bit, then turns around by tucking one wing in slightly and angling himself downward. He snaps his wings closed about four metres from the ground and lands lightly on his feet-
MY SOUL IS DARK BUT MY HAIR IS COLORFUL — Brahian Pokémon Alchemist-Nods- Good. You do have to have a bit of rotation when you move your wings. You know when you used them to glide, you had those air currents under them? You want that here. -Explains briefly how flight works, with the two airstreams above and below the wing, and how the air pressure of the stream above the wing has to be lower than the air pressure below, and how lift is the result of that pressure trying to equalise-
MY SOUL IS DARK BUT MY HAIR IS COLORFUL — Brahian Pokémon Alchemist

All of that can't possibly be good for you.