i've always had trouble with bhs on beam and this season i really need a bhs bhs. i'm in xcel diamond, so i can do a non flight + bhs, but thats just annoying and my only teammate has her flight series so its kinda embarrassing for me. plus, i plan for this to be my last season and i've always...
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I have been doing bhs step outs on the beam for a little over a year now but I keep chucking my head over my shoulder instead of directly backwards. I can’t feel it or seam to fix it please give me help. My coach is always looking for ways to fix it but it’s really hard because I...
I’m starting tumbling again in college. I had a back handspring for a while but then it was a while since I threw one and now my brain legit wont let me throw it. I know I can do it physically and I’ll throw it on the tumble track/trampoline and even with a barrel or a spot. The second that...
I am training up a group of girls JO level 2 to Level 3. When it comes to backhandsprings do you teach fingers facing in or traditional forward? I learned with fingers forward unless it’s in your vault. Is there an advantage or disadvantage to fingers facing in? Which do you teach and why!? The...
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I tumble at a decent level, but I have a super bad / undercut back handspring that’s affecting me a lot. I don’t have a spotter right now. Are there drills to help with this?
Can anyone tell me examples of floor routines without a back handspring? Or tips on how to be less nervous about doing BHS? ’m really close to getting it but I’m nervous about actually doing it on the floor. I am also working on my aerial if that helps. I am currently training Xcel Gold.
I just recently got an air track, and I’ve been struggling with standing back handspring for the longest time. I have a round off-back handspring pretty consistently with good form, it’s just the standing one that gets me messed up. I need tips!! Please lmk what you think. I havebefore and after...
I am competing platinum this season and competed cartwheel cartwheel but am hoping to compete a backwalkover or backhandspring stepout on beam next season. But, I am having a huge mental block putting either on the beam. I can do a backwalkover on a line on the floor but can't put it on a beam...
I have been trying forever to get my BHS and RBH but I just can't seem to get it. Most of it is mental block but also I need tips on how to do it too. I have also been trying to get my kip but I am too tall to do the glide first on the low bar. Please help!
I am an ex-gymnast struggling with old bad habits. I jump and feel like my legs are completely straight but they are terribly bent. When I land on my hands my arms are bent and my shoulders are closed.
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My daughter has been struggling with her BhS on beam for about a year after a pretty major fall where she missed her hands and ended up in hospital getting her shin xrayed as she whacked it really hard on beam on the way down. It seems to have spread to other skills on beam aswell. She made...
My round off back handspring has been bothering me for years. I don’t back twist so the only back pass I work is double back. I have a solid one on trampoline and I have it on tumble track as well but it hasn’t been super consistent and I’m at the point where each turn is entirely dependent on...
I have some rec girls who are ready to start actually learning a bhs, and we have done many drills (strong back bend, excellent form over a barrel-- and I insist they have a solid jump OVER, not INTO the barrel, snap downs...). Basically worked each section separately. We are moving into...
Hi just a question for the veterans or coaches- what does a kid need to have to be able to learn a back handspring?
Six year old DD has a backbend kick over, back walkover, good handstand and is very strong and pretty flexible. Uptraining just began and it seems to be like the coach is...
Would a back step out on the beam verses two connected back walkovers potentially score higher in xcel platinum. I read something in another forum about the back step out being so fast that it’s harder for the judges to see deductions verses the two walkovers being slower. Curious if this is true.
I’m an Xcel silver who is competing tomorrow. At our gym we have the choice of competing a round off back handspring or a backwards roll. I am one of the few doing a back hand spring but I’m having some issues. Apparently I’m not getting my feet in front of me before my back handspring causing...
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!!
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...