Front or back tumbler?

[JBS]

Are you a better at front tumbling or back tumbling? Why?

 

[gracefulone]

Front- I have better form and more power, especially on my front handsprings(compared to BHS) .

 

[froggyflipper]

Back tumbling

Front tumbler,
For some reason I can't get myself to go backwards on floor. I can do it
on beam and bars though. I've been working on my back tuck on floor for so long but I can't seem to do it....Any advice?

Froggyflipper!

 

[flipflopdreamer]

Front, but I'm not very good at either, considering that the front tuck is still in the work room.

 

[Robindq]

Back! I love backwards tumbling! It's way easier for me than front! Blind landings suck.. I feel safer and like i have more control when i do backwards tumbling!
eg. I just got my frontwalkover on the high beam and it has been so much scarier to learn then backwalkovers!

 

[Geoffrey Taucer]

I'd say I'm slightly better at back, but for the most part I'm comfortable with both. I actually prefer blind landings -- for some reason I can stick a double front and an arabian double front much more consistently than I can stick a double back.

 

[Masters_Gymnast93]

I'm much better at back tumbling. Both of them are exceptionally well, but i prefer back tumbling to front. It's easier for me.

 

[LasswadeCoach]

I prefer front tumbling, i feel i can put so much more power into it! when i back tumble i feel i cant control my power and i dont have a clue where i am!!!

 

[gracefulone]

Back! I love backwards tumbling! It's way easier for me than front! Blind landings suck.. I feel safer and like i have more control when i do backwards tumbling!
eg. I just got my frontwalkover on the high beam and it has been so much scarier to learn then backwalkovers!

I think front walkovers are way better than back! If you're flexible enough, they don't have to be a blind landing; you can see your foot coming towards the beam. I do frontwalkover-fronthandspring as my series.

 

[maddiekate]

back! I can do a back full twist, but i can barely land a front tuck.
and i can't seem to get any power going forwards.

 

[I-Heart-Beam]

Back! I hate blind landings!

 

[Rainstar]

Back tumbler

i'm more of a back tumbler. Front tumbling=not so much. HeHe
From, RayRay

 

[gymgymgymnast08]

Front Tumbling.....
Most people think front tumbling is harder but I'm definitely a front tumbler. I didn't find this out until like last year in level 7, when I got my front handspring front tuck down. Never missed it since! HAHA! I wanna sometime in the future do like front handspring front pike front tuck......

 

[hammy]

I'm kinda both, but when I look at it I think I'm/I was a better front tumbler because that came more naturally to me.

 

[gymnchix]

definitely back tumbling. I feel like I have more power and control, and my brain has problems dealing with front tumbling for some reason. I've been trying to learn a front handspring- layout twist lately, but I get so messed up I start twisting in the FRONT HANDSPRING lol its crazy. When I can get it down, front tumbling is easy, but my mind has a hard time coping with it

btw, any tips on that front twisting thing? It is seriously driving me crazy.

 

[GymnastRaeRae87]

I like both ways of tumbling but I am a stronger back tumbler!! I love tumbling in general!

 

[BreezywithSpeed]

i can do either no problem but i seem to like back more. i feel like i can control myself more then when i go frontwards. instead of going backwards and not knowing where i am, its when i go forwards i have a problem.

 

[annathegymnast]

I'm a better back tumbler - probably because for me it makes it a lot easier to see the floor when you're coming out of a skill - which you can't do in front tumbling.

 

[xleahcarx]

Front tumbling was my favorite. I was a good tumbler in general...but, i could front tumble forever. It was my favorite and just felt normal. I used to wish I could just do a ton of front tumbling instead of back. My coach thought I was crazy because it's a blind landing but, it just felt right.

 

[a_gymnast_forever]

I'm better going forward. all my passes are front passes. back passes hurt my body too bad! lol