back walkover

If a gymnast can do a backbend kickover with good form but cannot perform a backwalkover without some support what could be possible issues to fix? Lack of flexibility? I have 2 gymnasts who've been doing bwo with stand-ins for about a month and a half now with only slight improvements. Thanks...

So I've been stressing about my bwo on beam. I need it for the next season. I have a pretty good ball walkover on the floor and I can do it on a floor beam and sometimes a low beam. But I need it on the high beam soon, does anyone have any tips for how to get a more flexible back or how to do a...

I know this has been covered many times. But any suggestions. 12 y/o is doing this series this weekend at her first l 7 meet. She has been working it a lot lately with a lot of back pain. Stretching and Motrin help a little. She had normal back X-rays about 6 weeks ago. It is starting to affect...

So DD is still not landing her BWO, she says the coach is getting super frustrated with her for not taking corrections. I asked if she understood what the coach was saying. She said the coach says to make a smaller bridge but that she doesn't know how to do that. Is this something a parent...

DD has had an issue for the past few months where she tends to go crooked on the bwo on the high beam and fall off the side of the beam. And not just barely missing her feet, but more like going at a 45 degree angle or more off the beam. She had it fine for a few months before this started...

I'm trying to get my back walkover on beam, but I can't get my hands on the beam. I'm not scared of it, and my shoulders are really flexible, but when I'm about 2-3 inches away from the beam, my hands seperate. Even with a full spot, on a low beam with panel mats stacked to height, I just can't...

Okay, so I am having trouble with my back walkover on beam. I have it in the floor perfectly and I have it on a chubby beam and red squishy low beam really good. I need my back walkover on the HIGH beam for level 5(I am competing level 4 this fall) I don't have it on the real low beam yet:( I...

I was just wondering what is you record of most back walkovers in a row and where you did them!! I did 42 in a hotel hallway.

My DD just started training L5 and is afraid to attempt a BWO on the medium height beam. She has been doing it successfully on the low beam for a few weeks. The coach will not spot a BWO on beam as she told dd it's harder to do it alone if she gets used to a spot. There will be a coaching change...

Is there an alternate skill that can be used in the floor routine, like a back handspring stepout?

So DD's former L3 group is uptraining and learning both L4 routines and trying out L5 skills (our compulsory season is in the fall). It's been a frustrating endeavor watching her, because she's up until now been the top of her group and one of the quickest to get new skills. Her kip is coming...

We saw a L5 gymmie over the weekend who hesitated VERY long, then totally skipped her BWO. She ended up with a 6.8. Another mom and I were just wondering what the point deduction was for just that part. Does anyone know?

Ok...without going into detail on why my level 6 gymnast cant do a back walkover or a back handspring on beam (this would be like writing a short novel)...is there anything else that can replace those? Can she do say a round off or front walkover? What if she did a skill to replace the back...

Is there a different skill that can be opted in instead of the BWO during L4 floor routine. I know I read on here that they can do a BHS on the beam instead of the BWO at L5. Just wondering if there was a different skill that could be done here as well. My DD back is hurting her during this...

I remember reading hear that BWO puts more stress on the back than BHS. DD is currently recovering from lower back stress fracture. We went to the doctor's yesterday, her fracture has healed and she can now start slowly going back to doing the back banding skills. But what had me concerned was...

An online search did not lead me to this answer. DD is inconsisent with her BWO on beam -- sometimes gets it, but more recently she is either landing one foot and falling off, or missing it completely. When she misses it completely, she tries again and always falls and then the rest of her...

My daughter is having issues with this skill. She actually said she hated it. She has started practicing her BHS on beam and says this is easier. She is still on the floor doing the BHS on a foam beam. She says the BWO hurts her back. Is she perhaps doing it wrong or is she just not...

I've been having some issues with BWO BHS on beam- more mental than anything else! Are there any drills I can do at home to make myself more comfortable? I have a foldable floor beam "line" I can use. Thanks! EDIT: coaches, do you prefer your gymnasts to do BWO BHS two foot or BWO BHS stepout...

I've been reading a lot about gymnasts getting stress fractures from doing back walkovers. I've never had back pain due to back walkovers but I'm kinda freaking out now! Can someone explain what the correct way to do a back walkover is in order to prevent stress fractures??

I started working on back walkovers on my beam at home (trying to get over a fear) and I keep falling to one side of the beam, I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Any advice?