Gymnasts Cast to handstand

[Avathegymnast]

Guys I need help, for a while I have been able to do a straddle cast to handstand but I struggle with closing my legs at the top. I know that I have to do it but my body just doesn’t do it, my hips are up but I just get stuck so I I most of the time I just close them when I fall to horizontal. Does anyone have any tips or conditioning I can do to help improve this? I can already do giants on wooden bar but I really want this, coaches and gym friends always tell me just join them but it’s not that simple.When I get a good one I can connect my legs but I just want to get them better. Any advice is appreciated (video attached)

 

[Geoffrey Taucer]

The reason you're having trouble closing your legs is because your weight isn't quite over the bar where it needs to be. Shoulders need to be just slightly farther forward.

This progression is the one I use, and I've always found it to work like magic: