On a handspring, where do you put your hands on the vault?
I assumed that it'd be around half way, and was taught that, but a coach in my gym tells us to put them on the very very end :S i don't know whether that's right or not - i'd never usually question what a coach tells me to do but he's..... reeeally not that experienced? If you get me
He's probably right, i've just been wondering for aaaages so thought i'd ask. It seems a bit extreme to put them on the VERY end and i have to put all my concentration into reaching it/not going over the end xD And then i can't get any flight off =/
He never used to say to put them on the very end (as far as i remember) until the little ones started vaulting handsprings and only reached halfway then kinda flopped off the end and kept hitting their backs, and now that coach is obsessive about all of us reaching the VERY end.
My handpsprings are so much better if i reach about half way or 3/4 of the way then get good flight off in order to not hit my back, but he insists i put my hands on the very end and then my handpsprings are rubbish >_<
Where do you guys put your hands?
Btw i don't mean to question a coach's coaching XD And i know it's much more likely that he's right than me - just a question
I assumed that it'd be around half way, and was taught that, but a coach in my gym tells us to put them on the very very end :S i don't know whether that's right or not - i'd never usually question what a coach tells me to do but he's..... reeeally not that experienced? If you get me

He never used to say to put them on the very end (as far as i remember) until the little ones started vaulting handsprings and only reached halfway then kinda flopped off the end and kept hitting their backs, and now that coach is obsessive about all of us reaching the VERY end.
My handpsprings are so much better if i reach about half way or 3/4 of the way then get good flight off in order to not hit my back, but he insists i put my hands on the very end and then my handpsprings are rubbish >_<
Where do you guys put your hands?
Btw i don't mean to question a coach's coaching XD And i know it's much more likely that he's right than me - just a question
