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    Archy Cast Handstands

    I need some help with my cast handstands. I can hit the handstand, but I arch and have REALLY bad form getting there. I have tried straddle casts and done drill for it...it just doesn't really work out for me. But does anyone have any advice for me on how to clean up my casts? If I try it...
  2. G

    cast to handstand

    I'm in level 8 and STILL dont have my cast handstand :mad:...i am really trying to get it, and the only help i've gotten from my coach is to lock my elbows, and tighten up in my stomach area. I have someone at my gym thats going to help me a little, but i have yet to see him and get...
  3. F

    Level 4 handstand to bridge

    Hello, I'm a level 4 gymnast and I have a question about the handstand bridge in the floor routine. I started to learn the level 4 routines after state last year and have been following videos. My coach is now telling me that in my handstand bridge that it is just a tap with your feet then...
  4. S

    Free Hip to Handstand, The Silver Bullet

    Spotting helps the gymnast get the feel for the proper technique, timing, and motion, but doing it, even with a spot, will help develop the necessary muscles. Back extension rolls are good drills. Using blocks and other props are good. Drop early, be aggressive. I've heard it all. But...
  5. B

    what is proper handstand technique??

    This should be so obvious - but after learning the variations of who does walkovers with which leg it's suddenly not ... Is there a 'rule' about which leg to use?? Ie: I always thought that whatever leg you used to kick up, you should use the other to step down. But is that right or does it even...
  6. M

    Help for bars(Kip cast handstand)

    Hello peeps again! Lol anyways I need help for my Kip cast handstand. It can be a l low bar for practice. Anyways if any of you have tips that's great but if any of you guys have instructions or steps with tips that's even better! Tips or a small written walkthrough would be perfect! Ohh, if...
  7. B

    cast handstand and kip cast handstand

    what are some drills and tips on getting and perfecting cast handstand? i'm having a lot of trouble.
  8. M

    Back Extension roll to handstand

    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...
  9. G

    Handstand Hold Drills

    DD is level 7 gymnast and lacks that basic fundamental ability to hold a handstand. How did this happen? She can hold for about 10 seconds but then begins to walk it. Her age is important here. She's 10, and says she understands the concept of using her core and her legs to hold it when she...
  10. E

    Straddle press to handstand

    I am currently working on getting my press to handstand and i hope to get it soon (preferably as soon as posible) and i was wondering what i should be working on. Every day i do 10 supported presses from straddle stand and ove the past week ive been spotted less and less and sometimes i practice...
  11. C

    Coaches Kip Cast Handstands

    Hey I'm a level 8 gymnast and i need help on my kip cast handstand. I've never been able to do one and this year i have to do a half pirouette in my bar routine meaning I'm going to need one, could one of you help me. Because you're a coach I know that you'll be able to help me. I do a...
  12. gymnast gold

    Press to handstand

    I can't get my press to handstand i have done it once and then lost is i can do it standing in a straddle with my hands on the floor and a straddle hold on the floor does anyone have any drills pics or videos for me Thanks
  13. C

    Kip Cast Handstands

    I'm really bad at kip cast handstands and i need some help. My season is over now and i have then entire summer and a little more time to work on it. I've never been able to do one in my life3 and kinda need it for level 8 as i have to do a half pirouette. I do a kip cast straddle handstand i...
  14. S

    Press Handstands On High Beam

    My 4 year old daughter has recently moved to high beam to do her press handstands. She can do them from standing position on the low beam. When the coach moved her to high beam last week, my daughter's prefence was to start them from a seated position like she does on the floor. The coach had...
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    Press Handstand?!

    Hi- I really want to get my press to handstand! However most of the younger kids at my gym cannot do a sitting press, and they are WAY smaller than me (I'm 14). I am lacking the strength- and probably flexibility to be able to do this skill! Any tips or motivational statements for me...
  16. C

    Saving Handstands?

    I've seen some videos of gymnasts holding handstands for a long time and they make adjustments to save the handstand from falling. I searched the Internet and they said that if it's falling forward, you push through your fingers and if you start falling backwards, you push through your wrist...
  17. C

    Pre Team - Step Out of Handstand on Beam

    I am starting to teach my 5 and 6 year old pre team girls handstand on beam and just need some ideas on teaching them proper step out position. So far, we do front support holds on low/med/high beams to understand hand positioning and balance. That is all we have really done so far. This is a...
  18. marie83

    Coaches Cast to handstand

    Hi all, I'm just starting my group out with cast to handstand on the low bar and am really just after as many drills as possible please!!! They can all consistently cast to horizontal, no problem. We have done planches on the floor bar (I hold their feet at horizontal whilst they hold onto...
  19. C

    Press Handstand Question

    I know, I know - there are a bunchhh of press handstand questions and threads and I think I've read just about all of the ones I've come across, but none of them really .. seem to answer my questions. I can do a press from stand (straddle) against the wall, but I can't do it from a sitting or...
  20. B

    Landing position for Beam handstands

    I have two beam videos that I watched recently that gave conflicting information. One is called It's About Stability with Debbie Rodriguez, the other is Balance Beam Handstand Complexes with Tammy Biggs. For landing a handstand, Debbie teaches a lunge with 3 positions (hands on beam, straight...

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