handspring

Finally got a back handspring "well I think" and my left arm hurts but my right arm doesn't what can I do to make it stop

I have seen that it is usually recommended to learn a back handspring before a back tuck. What are the reasons and do they still apply to adults? More generally, does anyone have any recommendation on progressions for these two skills for adults (male in his 30s here)? As an adult male even if...

I have my first EVER gymnastics competition (I will be competing level 8) in about 2.5 weeks. Can anyone watch this video of my roundoff back handspring back tuck and tell me what deductions I might receive for it and any tips on correcting my mistakes? This video was taken on my first day of...

Is it possible to tumble ok without back handsprings? I think my daughter has bad back handsprings, she loses power on them. Can she do roundoff- back tuck? How does tumbling work without back handsprings? Thanks

Need some help getting hands on the beam for back handspring! Can EASILY do back handspring on the floor AND back walkover on beam. When going to do the back handspring on the beam the hands consistently go to the side/do not land on the beam.....help!!!

Hi! I’m new here. Please help. I have several kids struggling to learn back handsprings. Which is better to help them, the smarter spotter, pac man, or boulder? I’ve always done hands on double spotting for beginners but I have one who is very frightened of going backwards. (I think it’s...

Hi, I’m 30 year old and just started learning gymnastics for about 3 months. I’v never done gymnastics as a child before. My coach let me practice back handspring in a belt on trampoline. He told me let he didn’t spot me much with the belt now, and there were a few times I did it by myself with...

Basically I have had SO many problems with my back handsprings, especially standing! I have had a standing back handspring for about six months now, and my form has been all over the place. I have attached a video of one of my "better ones", but here are my known issues with my back handspring...

So I competed my back handspring on beam all season last year. I had the prettiest back handspring on my team, and I even liked doing them. But one day, I suddenly got a mental block. I didn’t think it was a big deal, but now I have had the mental block for 10 months. I can’t even do it on the...

I am a second-year level 9 who just started competing a front handspring front tuck vault, but I haven’t yet been able to land it in competition. My coaches say my form is usually correct and that the only way to get the hang of the landing is to practice the vault as many times as possible. I...

I have been attempting to learn a front handspring. Whenever I do it I have to put a pile of cushions or mats under me because of I don’t my back flips and doesn’t arch and then I fall to the ground. Any tips on how to prevent this? Or why it happens.

My dd has been working this vault on and off I think the plan is for her to compete it next season (level 8). I really didn’t know anything about this vault so I search this site for previous posts. I am now terrified! Is this vault really that dangerous? My dd was a very successful front...

Thoughts on training a deliberate arm bend in handsprings (front, back, or both)? I've long been a fan of a deliberate arm bend in back handsprings, though I don't generally teach kids this until they are working back tucks. The arm bend allows the CoM pass farther over the hands before pushing...

Hi DD has been trying to get her BHS working right for about a year now, but still struggles with bent arms on landing. She can do it fine with spotting and on the trampoline or mattress, and she tends to be able to do it better after a roundoff rather than standing, so I'm not sure if it's...

Can someone please take a look at my daughter Alexis doing a back handspring and give me any advice you can give. Here's a video. She currently takes tumbling classes, takes private tumbling lessons, and does competitive cheer. She self taught herself a back handspring two years ago and we...

Over the last few weeks, I've finally gotten my back handspring on the low beam with a beam-thickening mat on. The mat makes the beam around 6-inches thick and is soft. Now that I have my back handspring somewhat on the beam, I'm unsure where I should go from here. When I put panel mats on the...

My daughter seems to have great upper body strength--she happily does tons of pull-ups, flies up the climbing rope all the way to the ceiling, can rock climb using only her arms as her body just hangs, bar is her best event with early/easy pullovers, etc. Yet when she goes to do a handspring her...

My daughter just started on level 2 team. She hasn't competed yet but she has done very well in her traning. With very little coaching, she started doing back handsprings. I was imprssesed and did not really expect her to do these this year. Then all of a sudden she stopped doing them and...

I've not posted anything in a while but now I feel like I need other coaches' opinions. I have this 10 year old gymnast who is super powerful, built like a real tumbler (Simon Biles type), really muscular overall. She's strong on bars which is her best event and on vault she runs really fast and...

My daughter is 8. We left a Turners program to join a USAG gym last May. When we left, she could do a d DRBHS, now she is having trouble connecting a single! I just don't know what to think. Does this happen often?