back handspring

My daughter is a 2nd year level 3. We moved gyms for her second year of L3. She scores very well and typically comes in 1st 3 for Vault, Beam and Bars. However, she still struggles with BHS. The rest of her floor is very clean, but she bends her elbows on her BHS EVERY TIME! I think the old gym...

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 anyone explain to me why a BWO on beam is harder than a BHS on beam? My D says that this is just a fact and she doesn’t understand why it doesn’t make sense to me. To me, a BHS seems harder because they’re completely leaving the beam. Is the relative difficulty something that varies from...

Hi all! I'm wondering when, if ever, the fear of a bhs on beam will abate for my DD. She has the skill, and it looks pretty good according to her coach, but she HATES it. She's never frozen on the skill, unlike her fly away which had her hands glued to the bars for months, and she's never...

My daughter who is competing level 7 this year is competing a BHS BHS on beam. She learned her BHS on beam doing a stick and thats whats more comfortable for her. She did BWO BHS with the BHS landing on two feet. She made the choice this summer to do a step out BHS to stick series. She's one of...

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...

I have 2 girls, both have had their bhs for about a year, and both have terribly closed shoulders. Both struggle terribly with shoulder flexibility (one worked with a PT briefly and has specific exercises to address the issue) and obviously addressing that issue is our first course of action...

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 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...

So, Beans coach came back from congress with new drills for bwo but has decided to let her compete bridge kickover to bhs. I am assuming the hope is to get her over whatever issue she is having. Thoughts? In my mind, I see the deductions adding up but most likely less than a fall [emoji1] anyone...

Here's a clinic I did at Woodward on backhandspring and roundoff development. Hope y'all find it useful!

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?

YDD had a bunch of mental blocks last year - everything backwards on floor and beam and flyaway. With the help of a sports psychologist, she got all her skills back and had a very successful repeat L6 season In the last week, she started blocking on her RO-BHS-BT on floor. I think it is just...

So my back handspring on beam, as you can tell by the title, has a problem. My legs are straight, I have good height, I go straight - everything is good except for one thing. I can only get one hand on the beam. Because of this, I've been working on the low beam for a while, but while I've...

My daughter can't seem to straighten out her arms on the BHS in the ROBHS combo. She doesn't land on her head (any more), but the arms are bent. The coaches correct her every time, she knows she needs to, I just don't think she has figured how to yet. I am wondering 2 things: 1. How much of a...

Just need to vent - so I don't discuss it with DD! DD is training level 7 this summer after OK level 6 season. She did BWO on beam in 6, but must have backhandspring for 7. She has been puttering along with this skill for almost a year now. She can do it low beam and stick 90%, and can do...

I can do a backhand spring on floor with pretty straight arms but once I try to put my hands together my body just collapses. All my coaches are inexperienced high school boys so they can't help me with anything.

Hi, I know there are probably a million different topics already on this but, I fell like I am really stuck here. Whenever I first started competitive gymnastics I had mental blocks on pretty much everything (standing back handsprings/back tucks, round off back handsprings, front handspring...

My little one, who just turned 6 years old, learnt her back handspring 2 weeks ago. When she is spotted (with just a one hand spot) she keeps her legs together and straight. On her own she tends to keep them open and bent. As well she doesn't seem to push back as much as she does when spotted...

Hey guys! So, I am having a little bit of trouble with my backhandspring on beam. I have competed it all season with small mental blocks and what not, and just yesterday I missed my hand. My coach told me it was because I didn't jump enough and I just want some drills and things that would help...