Women Handstand question

[Orangesoda]

Is a child taught to look at a certain spot when they're learning to do handstands? Just curious.

 

[rbearclaw]

Is a child taught to look at a certain spot when they're learning to do handstands? Just curious.

My daughter says yes! Her fav is a penny, but her coach also puts a frisbee flat on the ground between their hands, and they have to visualize their body is in the "force field" above.

 

[sce]

Mine were both told to look behind them, not towards the floor below them.

 

[Redford]

I do handstands with the belly against the wall in total alignment with the head between the arms from the beginning but do allow them to spot the floor between their hands on a regular handstand.
I get back to it once we start handstands on bars.

 

[Iwannabemargo]

Pink was told to look "through her eyebrows", so basically head in a neutral, slightly down to the floor position

 

[Turk]

Pink was told to look "through her eyebrows", so basically head in a neutral, slightly down to the floor position

I was taught pretty much this.

The way it was explained to me was to keep my head where it would normally be (if I was standing up). If I looked forwards from there in a handstand, I wouldn't see my hands, so I should look up - "through my eyebrows" - to see them, rather than moving my head.

Still usually get it wrong, but I know the theory!