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  1. Dahlialover

    Coaches Rushed back handsprings

    How would you correct a kid with back handsprings that look like those in the video linked below? thanks!
  2. Gymnastics15

    Gymnasts Back handspring

    Hi, I'm an xcel gold gymnast and I struggle with my back handspring. I have been spotted on these for a while and my coaches say I can do my round off back handspring and standing back handspring by myself but I'm still nervous. Please give tips!!
  3. G

    WAG Back handspring (platinum + diamond)

    Is a back handspring necessary for platinum/diamond level (mainly on floor, but also beam/vault)? I've been doing round off back tucks and always have trouble generating power from back handsprings... but one of my floor coaches told me that back handspring is very necessary for higher level...
  4. Soaring

    Coaches Teaching BHS to Taller Athletes

    I am a member of a college club NAIGC gymnastics team, and we have a few members who are new to the sport that wish to learn back handsprings. I have previous experience in teaching back handsprings, but only with gymnasts who were smaller than me. However, they are taller than I am and I cannot...
  5. D

    WAG Do you actually need a back walkover to learn a bhs?

    Just a question for Chalkbucket coaches: I'm highly inflexible, and I learned my bhs being able to do a bridge and a terrible backbend. My coach said it was fine to learn handsprings without walkovers, and the most important thing to have learned before a bhs is a strong shoulder block and...
  6. S

    Parents Tight upper back/bhs

    Looking for advice for my 9 yo. She loves gymnastics but has a tight body (hamstrings and upper back) She won her level 2 vault at both of her meets (60 kids) and placed 3rd and 4th on bars. She is strong, powerful, but not flexible. She has been stretching a lot for the last year and halfway...
  7. ash124

    WAG can round off 2 back handspring and round off 1 back hand spring be xcel gold floor passes?

    can round off 2 back handspring and round off 1 back hand spring be used for my xcel gold floor passes?
  8. G

    WAG BWO vs BHS on beam

    Hi! I'm currently a level 4. (Very late). For level 5 beam, I was wondering if you could learn a BHS without learning a BWO since I had a back injury and BWOs hurt a lot. FYI, I did train back walkovers about 9ish months ago. I wouldnt want to compete BWOs since they hurt my back a lot, so is it...
  9. T

    WAG Bending arms(BHS)

    I've been on my BHS for at least 6 months, and I've been doing it on my own because my coaches say Im too tall for them to help me. I am 5'7. I can attach a video, but when I do it, my formation clearly isn't good, my arms keep bending and then I land terribly. I hd my BHS, but now I'm Scared of...
  10. H

    MAG Best way to fix crooked back handspring?

    Hey, what exercises would you recommend for a sideways jumped back handspring? It's probably the fear leading to not being able to jump straight and with both legs together. I've read about tying the shoelaces together to keep the legs together but not sure if it's the right thing to do here...
  11. N

    Parents Beam bhs requirement for Xcel Platinum

    Hi there. My daughter is an Xcel Gold gymnast (14 yrs old) who is looking to move up to platinum this season. She has almost every requirement she needs except a front salto pass on floor. However, one of her coaches is requiring that the current XG girls have a bhs on beam to move up to...
  12. G

    WAG Bhs step outs on beam

    I'm working in my bhs stepout on beam, when in the gym with the coach standing there, not even touching me at all, I can do it just fine. But at home with mats stacked up beside the beam to make it even I can't seem to do it. I know it is all I'm my head but I'm not sure how to fix that. Any...
  13. G

    WAG tips on Backhandspring

    I recently have had a mental block on a bhs (back hand spring) I used to do it on a low beam with mats under it in March, but after Spring break I can back and just couldn't do it on a floor beam. I am a level 7 gymnast and need it for beam next year. Do you have any tips on how to get over it...
  14. ReluctantGymMom

    WAG Is there a reason to do HS BHS vs BWO BHS?

    Just out of curiosity! At one of our gym locations everyone is training BWO BHS for series, at another they’re all training HS BHS. Mine will do either HS BHS or BHS BHS, she doesn’t do BWO so literally just curious on gym philosophies? Is there a reason why some coaches would choose one series...
  15. C

    Parents Back handspring fear!!

    Ok so, I have want my daughter to get her back handspring back handspring super duper bad and so does she because that’s the skill you need to learn for a lot of tumbling skills and to get power and she does cheer and she tried out for the team for 7th grade and we’re afraid she might not make...
  16. R

    Parents BHS BHS on beam tips

    DD is working on her BHS BHS on beam and it's the first skill in a long time where she's really hitting a wall of fear. It's not a mental block at this point, but she's really anxious about getting the skill for next season. There is no room for a different beam series at her gym, so she's going...
  17. Em09

    WAG Are our roundoff back handspring entries being scored?

    As a gymnast I actually have no idea; as A skills, do they count toward the number of A skills. Because once you start to optionals you start counting your A skills and B skills, etc, so do they count? And are they scored and deducted? Curious and hoping I have enough A skills!
  18. E

    Parents Struggling with a Round Off Backhandspring Back Tuck

    Hi, My daughter is struggling with connecting her round off backhandspring back tuck. She can do her round off triple backhandspring and a round off back tuck beautifully. Are there any tips or tricks?
    • emmah_26
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    • Forum: Gym Parent Forum
  19. Anonymous Post

    Anon RO BHS help

    So back in September, my coach removed my bhs and made me do a ro bt because it would get less deductions. Well I was supposed to also do a front tuck but that also gets “too many deductions”. So I had to compete a ro bhs after not working on them for 4 months. I ask my coach how I can fix my ro...
  20. gymnastics<3

    WAG How to fix a high bhs

    My ro bhs bt used to be decently fast and powerful, put recently every time I try to do it my bhs is really high so I don’t get any power to do my back tuck. I’ve noticed my standing bhs is really high as well and I don’t get any power out of it at all. I jump, spend too long in the air, and...

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