WAG Cast to straddle handstand

[Mango Tango]

Does anyone have any tips on keeping my arms straight in my cast to handstand. I have enough arm strength but once I cast my arms are completely bent. I’ve done many drills to get the leaning over, casting, straddling, and pressing on my shoulders. This is very frustrating, please help!!

 

[Geoffrey Taucer]

P-bar swings!

 

[HopefulGymnast]

question, how would you do this for older/bigger athletes? If I use the blocks at our gym I'm afraid the blocks would not be stable enough for adult gymnasts.

P-bar swings!

 

[Mango Tango]

P-bar swings!

Thank you! This is very helpful!

 

[JBS]

question, how would you do this for older/bigger athletes? If I use the blocks at our gym I'm afraid the blocks would not be stable enough for adult gymnasts.

Use regular parallel bars.

 

[Gymnasticsismylife]

I haven’t started working on those yet but for over horizontal cast, it really comes from the shoulders is how I think about it. Really work on compressing your shoulders instead of arms. Hope that makes sense!

 

[Mango Tango]

I haven’t started working on those yet but for over horizontal cast, it really comes from the shoulders is how I think about it. Really work on compressing your shoulders instead of arms. Hope that makes sense!

Thanks! That makes total sense. You have to lean over with your shoulders and press in your shoulders.

 

[HopefulGymnast]

Really work on compressing your shoulders instead of arms. Hope that makes sense!

I thought you had to open your shoulders? I actually find I have trouble opening my shoulders both my my press handstand exercises and in my cast handstand exercises.

 

[Pineapple_Lump]

Where is the bar sitting when you start? sometimes you need to shrug your shoulders up/down to get the bar to sit in the right place so you can keep straight arm pressure on the bar.

 

[JBS]

Does anyone have any tips on keeping my arms straight in my cast to handstand.

Work spotted straight body casting with a coach. The coach will be able to take you through the right positions so you can feel it. After that... you just have to do it. Good luck!

 

[Mango Tango]

I thought you had to open your shoulders? I actually find I have trouble opening my shoulders both my my press handstand exercises and in my cast handstand exercises.

My coach says you have to lean over with your shoulders, get your hips up into a piked position, straddle, then press in your shoulders (with them open ofc)

 

[Gymnasticsismylife]

I thought you had to open your shoulders? I actually find I have trouble opening my shoulders both my my press handstand exercises and in my cast handstand exercises.

I’m pretty sure you should compress your shoulders to get the power and then open them when your legs come up. This is just what I’ve been told though. I may be wrong.