WAG Mental Block Help

[miaak_]

So, I've had a solid, and powerful roundoff handspring for 2 years. I have lots of speed and power in my tumbling, and know how to control it. I started to work on my roundoff backhand-spring back tuck in January and haven't been able to do it, and now I only have two weeks until tryouts and I need to get it. I do drills such as tuck jumps, ro bhs tuck jumps, and drills for getting my feet behind me. Everytime I try to do my ro bhs tuck I just end up doing a really high backhandspring. What do I do?

 

[kdom]

Try doing them off tumbl trak or into the pit. You can do a round off back handspring really high rebound and you coach can flip you.
Another thing to do just think through each thing ro bhs now stand up now flip

 

[iwishiwasatumbler]

Have you tried the drill for a standing back tuck where you get a coaching block, put a wedge shaped mat on top of it? Stand with the block and the wide end of the wedge behind you and try to jump like you would a back tuck? You land on the wedge and roll down it like a backward roll.

Well you could try this a few times, then start doing a round off, landing just before the coaching block and do the jump into a high backward roll thing. The presence of the coaching blocks might stop you from trying to do a back handspring. This may help to reset your brain, it is hard when learning a new skill for your brain to detect it as separate from other skills. Good luck!