My 8 year old is currently working in round off back handspring and she is having trouble connecting the two together, she can do a round off jump/fall back with no trouble and she can do a round off, then stop where the coach is waiting ready to spot her back handspring, then do a back handspring, at the moment she cannot connect the two, she said she is afraid if going for it and accidentally kicking the coaches.
Hopefully it won't be long until it clicks, I am not too concerned at the moment that she cannot do it yet as they have only been working on this skill for a few weeks, my daughter can it do a back handspring with out a spot yet, she still has a light spot when doing them on a wedge mat, I have no idea how long it takes to do a back handspring without a spot, at the moment she seems to be at the same stage, doing them with a light spot, same as the round off back handsprings , she still seems no further forward with this either.
Is the back handspring a skill that takes a long time to master, even from a light spot? Doing them on a trampoline is no go for my daughter as she hates the way the trampoline moves when she does it with a spot.