back extension roll

a few of my girls are having problems with opening up into the handstand. they almost always open up way too early and sometimes they open up late but it almost never happens that way. so are their any drills out there that help with the timing? and also is there any conditioning that they could...

When my daughter does her back extension roll, she doesn't do a tuck sit into it, she does a pike sit into it. So she is standing up, then with her legs straight she goes back into it. She says it is easier that way, but I haven't seen it done that way. Is that an alternative way to do it...

Before the gymnast puts much weight on her arms she should already be on the way to the handstand. The momentum or kip action of rolling back and extending up gives a moment of weightlessness. That's the moment that the gymnast can effortlessly get to the handstand and thereafter, catch her...

is it considered "cheating" if you scoot your butt back on the floor before you push up to your handstand in a back extension roll? i hope that makes sense... i know this is a pretty stupid question, but ive been told by two different coaches, two different things. one said it is basically...

hi, okay so last year i went to state and i just couldnt do my back extension roll to handtsand and after the competition my coach told me if i had done the skill (because i just left it out completely- one whole mark deducted) i would have come 1st or 2nd on floor. so i was wondeirng if you...

Ok this is driving me crazy!!!! I have to do a back extension roll to handstand and i cannot do it!!!! i really need help its driving me and my coach crazy!! 1) how do i get more power 2) how do i get to handstand and any other useful tips i really need help! thanks in advance!!!

Can anyone help me to get this down? Im having trouble with it

Yes? No? This is a pre-emptive post because I haven't tried yet either, but I don't really understand how this skill will work most effectively. I guess I gather that it is going to be bent arm and the kid wants their hands placed kind of behind their head (yes? no? when I do a back extension my...

Does anyone have any advice on how to do a good back extension roll? I can do a pretty good one with a panel mat but on the floor its horrible.:confused:

My gymnast is newly competing level 5, doing great. The one thing currently giving her trouble, of all things, is the back extention roll w/ straight arms. This is a skill she had (briefly), but then her neck and back were sore and she avoided them for a few weeks, and now she's not popping...

The only skill i can't do in the compulsory floor routines is the back extension rolls. I either end up in an extremely arched handstand and then fall back into a bridge, or a end up flat one the ground with my hands under my hips, laying on my stomach. It always hurts my shoulders, too. Is...