I need to do my back handspring but my arms keep bending. What do I do?
I had the same problem. I was practicing in my front yard and every time I tried I bent my arms, went to the side, and had a very bad pop up at the end. My neighbor saw me, and she happened to be a tumbling coach. She told me to keep my arms at each side of my head as straight as possible. She then told me to bend my knees and swing my arms at the same time. Never throw your head back and don't arch your back. Wait until your arms are in the same place as before and then jump backwards. Be sure you feel that your hands and arms are leading you, not your head. When you feel you are in a handstand position, wait until your body is in a V position (your arms, head and back being one side of the V and your legs the other) and push through your upper arms, not your hands. To practice your pop ups, just do an average handstand and practice popping up more. Exercises to help your backhand spring are: push ups, pull ups, and squats.
Whenever I try a Back Handspring I land on my head?
whenever your trying a new trick you shuld always have a spot. but if your set on getting it your self start by (can you go into a backbend from stand up?) well if you cant start with that. if you can start by going into the backbend and bringring both your legs over at once. onve you can do that then when your bending back try jumping a little bit, not a lot, you dont want to land onyour head. when your jumping back make sure to keep your arms strong and locked out. and just keep doing that and each time jump a little harder and you should get it. ggood luck:)
Instant headaches/pounding head after doing lots of handstands, etc.?
Most of the time those pains are caused mainly by having tight muscles in your neck and back. The head rush is closely related to having a lot of pain going on which can easily be put into the body when you are asking some of the muscles to do the amount of work you ask them to do when you need to stand. Here is how to release the muscles in your back and neck to get rid of those problems for you: Neck Invert your hands and put them next to your head placing your thumbs in under your ears and your fingers behind your head. Squeeze together and hold until the muscles release. Then slowly lower your head until your neck is fully extended, release the pressure but hold your head there for another 30 seconds. Back: (do from a sitting position) Place your left hand on your left leg next to your body. Place your right hand over your left shoulder and find the muscles next to your spine and press on them and hold. After 30 seconds slowly lower your body forward, keeping your left arm fairly straight as you do. When you reach your lap remain there for another 10 seconds, release the pressure but remain there for another 30 seconds. Then reverse your hand positions and do your right side.
Back Handspring wrist problems...Tips? (Cheerleader)?
I have the SAME problem. Right before practice I usually wrap my wrists with ACE Bandage, and because it doesn't do the best job at sticking, I use some duck tape to wrap around it till it's firm and secure. And also before practice, get on your hands and knees with your palms facing down and away from you and rock back and forth about 10 times, then flip your hand over so your palms are facing up, and rock back and forth 10 times again. That usually helps.(:
Can you become flexible when your 13?
ive never been flexible in my life and i wanted to know if i could still become flexible. If i could ,can you tell me how or what website or what helped you out .
How hard is it to learn back flips and front flips?
I perform both back and front somersaults (flips) with different degrees of mastery of each and I learned them while weighting approximatively the same as you and being much older than you. Thus age is not a problem.Weight is not much relevant but muscle power to weight ratio is important. You need to be strong enough to jump high enough to perform the flip and land safely. It’s not an incredible amount of strength though.I learned the basics under the supervision of an artistic gymnastics coach. After learning the basic technique I worked very much alone but always in a safe environments with mattresses. I work on them twice a week. I’m not ashamed to use as many mattresses as I need to be and feel safe.As with everything in gymnastics it’s not enough to land a jump: there are better and worse way to perform it. So how much time it will take to learn them will depends on your talent but also on what exactly you want to do.For example: even if I’m currently able to perform a decent front tuck somersault on the gymnastics floor and I often receive congratulations for the height and the form, I currently still practice it landing on mattresses because it’s not perfect. Ask me to perform one front tuck somersault I have no problems but if I performed many repetitions of it every day on the floor I could hurt myself in the long run. It’s hard to see it from the outside but it will require still more work to correct the landing. Also I need to perform them while lunching and catching an apparatus, so I need to be very confident. Performing an acrobatic skill and perfoming it confidently are two different levels. Years of work may separate them.Find a good gymnastics or acrobatics gym with a coach, be dedicated and I’m sure you will learn both movements. And then you’ll understand that you can work to improve them for your lifetime.You can read something about the theory behind front tuck somersault in Maurizio Mastroianni's answer to How can I land my front flip on the trampoline?About the difference between front tuck somersault and back tuck somersault: Maurizio Mastroianni's answer to Why is a backflip easier than frontflip physically?Thanks for the A2A.
Weak wrists in cheerleading!!!???
NO WRIST GUARDS! They actually make your muscles weaker because they are relying on the guard. Condition the wrists and forearms. Here are some quick and easy exercises: 1. Find an old tennis ball or racquetball. Squeeze it any chance you can. Remember to do both hands. You can do this one anywhere. 2. Use light weights 2lbs or so and do wrist curls and wrist extensions. That will work the muscles in a different manner. 3. Push up position and rock back and forth on your hands. This will strengthen the smaller control points. Always make sure to stretch your wrists completely before practice. I see too many wrist problems because of wrist stretch being done too quickly. You are supporting your body weight on your hands. Give them a chance. You did not mention how old you are. If you are in a growth phase that could have something to do with it. Keep working hard
How many days does it take to learn how to do a back-flip?
If you are getting one on one lessons you will advance much more quickly. But if are learning alone (like I have done) it may take much more time. It took me about a month of off and on practice. The trick is to get the correct form down. If you practice with correct form. Your back-flip will be perfected much more quickly.Some people can learn it in a day, others take months, and some never learn it. The people that learn it are typically the ones who have effort, and perseverance.I could do a poor back-flip on my first try. I would get over my head but only land on my arms and legs. I was stuck for weeks not being capable of landing on my feet. I later figured why, I was bending my back, and not jumping up.I would recommend if your alone to get a cheep mattress that is a two inches wide and firm. Having a soft landing will help you to be more outgoing at your flips. It will also provide you with an additional safety addition.If you are haphazardly trying to learn a back-flip, you won’t learn it. But if you are determined and have the “Will To Learn” you should be able to preform a back-flip within a month.
Which is easier to do FRONT FLIP OR BACK FLIP?!?
Back flip. Large group of muscles are used when doing a back flip. ie. gives more strength to do a flip. Start off with half back flips. 1.) Start with knees shoulder length apart. Slight bent. Arms resting by your thighs. 2.) Get ready to spring. 3.) (in slow motion you'll) bring left hand (if right-handed) rasing up through middle of torso passing past you face and trhrow it over your face bring towards the ground while pulling body round with it. its like a back cart-wheel. key is to follow hand with eye. and it helps bring you around. practice and get used to this. stretch before hand to and also practice on grass or somewhere soft first. (or trampoline) then move onton backflips etc. and front flips... best of luck