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  1. stargazer

    Press handstand - rotating hips?

    Hi everyone, I know this topic seems to have been discussed to death, but I would really appreciate some advice/drill suggestions. I'm an 18 year-old level 5 and working press handstands. I understand the motion of lifting through my back when pressing up and down, but can't seem to get my...
  2. KaylaTheGymnast

    Handstands on beam fear

    OK so in the last month i have gotten pretty comfortable with doing handstands on the high beam, but last night i fell. Like i was fine when i was kicking up into it but when i came down i kinda straddled the beam but fell off one side really fast onto my back. I didn't get hurt or anything but...
  3. P

    Little Emma got her press handstand today! Watch the video!

    OH MY GOD, I can't believe I'm writing this: my little Emma GOT HER PRESS! It wasn't too pretty or under control but she did it! She has been practicing it for about a year now but actually I thought that it wasn't even realistic goal. The girls practice just two hours two times a week so she...
  4. LiveLaughTumble047

    Press Handstand Mounts

    I miss the press handstand mounts, they seem to be very few and far between these days, if I do say so almost not existent, Anyone else feeling the same?
  5. P

    straddle press to handstand

    hi! i'm the coach of a 7-year-old gymnast who has been working to get her straddle press to hs for a year now. i haven't coached upper level girls so i have never had a gymnast that has had that skill... i'm pretty sure that this gymnast is very close to get that skill but i'm not absolutely...
  6. M

    Question RE: Cast to handstand drills.

    Hello to all of you gymnastics-savvy people. I have a question for you regarding a drill my DD did this week. This week is her gym's compulsory camp. The preteam L3's go during the morning only. Yesterday, her coach worked the entire group of L3/L4 girls together on bars, then the 3's...
  7. D

    fear of handstand on beam help

    I know i already wrote about this but no one replied . Well I was on beam on yesterday and I was doing my handstands but when i tried to hold my handstand i fell of the beam. And I guess i cant hold it because i have a fear of the beam . Any advice ?
  8. V

    USA Gym - Handstand World Record

    I saw an ad in the latest USA Gymnastics magazine about the handstand world record attempt on National Gymnastics Day. I can't find a lot of information on the USA-gym website. Does anyone belong to a gym that has received additional information? It looks like there's an affiliation with...
  9. D

    Handstand on beam help !!!

    I can do a good handstand on low beam but on high beam I don't do it as well I cant Hold it as long as I do on low beam .Any suggestions ?
  10. 2

    Fear of swinging down from Handstand on bars

    Hi everyone - need some words of wisdom for my dd. She has been working on giants on bars for some time now. She is scared to swing down from her cast handstand. If she just does a high cast, not handstand, she said it is less scary. She can flyaway from a handstand. Any thoughts... Thanks...
  11. Geoffrey Taucer

    Coaches Handstand 1/1 pirouette (for boys level 6 floor)

    Anybody have any tips for teaching controlled handstand pirouettes on floor? A bit of background: the guy I'm having trouble with is relatively new to gymnastics (and a late starter at 13 years old), but an extraordinarily talented tumbler. He'll be competing level 6 as a floor specialist...
  12. I

    spotting handstands

    what is the correct way to spot a handstand? i've seen youtube videos of coaches holding the gymnast by the ankles, the knees or the thighs and i was wondering which was the correct way.
  13. K

    International Handstand Day Vow - Sign It!

    Today - June 26th - is INTERNATIONAL HANDSTAND DAY! In celebration I created a vow to "Mr. Handstand" on my blog (Keeping Balance) and I want everyone to sign it! Gymnasts and coaches, sign by commenting your name/initials/codename on my blog post or on this thread. The link to my blog post...
  14. d0nut_l0ver

    Handstand Competition!!

    Okay, so here you post the longest handstand you ever held! Read everything below before you post, to make sure that your handstand qualifies. It Does NOT Count If... ~You fell over in the end (into a bridge or doing a handstand forward roll) ~You had incorrect form (arms too wide, head looking...
  15. F

    Press Handstand

    I've been working on my press handstand for a long time. I have a lot of strength. In my abs, shoudlers, and arms. I think I can't really do it, because I don't understand how. I can do it against the wall easily. I can also do a headstand press. I just don't understand how far out my shoulders...
  16. d0nut_l0ver

    Cartwheels and Handstands On Beam... Oh My!

    I have been doing cartwheels and handstands on low beam for a year, but I cannot do them on high beam. I am afraid of falling over in my handstand, and my coaches tell me to twist off, but I don't know how!!! Also, when I practice them on the floor beam, I often fall completely to the side...
  17. V

    Straddle Cast to HS vs Cast to HS

    My DD has started uptraining a number of skills for optionals and I'm learning that I have a lot to learn. She learned her straddle cast to HS about a month ago and she just got her cast to HS this week. Are these skills valued differently (A v. B) or used differently (is one a better...
  18. G

    Head placement in Back Walkover and Handstand?

    Hi! I just have a quick question about head placement. Back Walkover: As soon as I bend backwards my head goes back and I look for the floor, should you head really be so your arms cover your ears and your head is neutral the whole way? Also for a handstand...well in general, should you...
  19. B

    Press Handstand

    My daughter is practicing her press handstand at home. She was just recently introduced to it and it is driving her crazy that she can't get it. What she is doing is standing in front of a folded mat (folded four times). She does a candlestick and then tries to straddle press to handstand at...
  20. cadybearsmommy

    Parents We have officially perfected the handstand!

    Well, after weeks of practice, my dd finally has her handstands down! She gets them perfect about 99% of the time. She has even started taking steps on her hands a little bit! LOL ......just like when a baby takes their first steps, this is a gymnast taking her first steps! ;) Now if she...

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