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Bella's Mom
My daughter is practicing her press handstand at home. She was just recently introduced to it and it is driving her crazy that she can't get it. What she is doing is standing in front of a folded mat (folded four times). She does a candlestick and then tries to straddle press to handstand at the edge of the mat. I assume this is a fairly common beginning when teaching this skill.
She is getting frustrated because she gets to the straddle but then has to bend her elbows and "muscle" her way up. When she does this herfingers point straight ahead and her elbows go straight back rather than out to the side. What muscles should she be using for this skill? Is it a core and shoulders thing? Is it a bicep/tricep thing? Is her hand placement wrong?
She is getting frustrated because she gets to the straddle but then has to bend her elbows and "muscle" her way up. When she does this herfingers point straight ahead and her elbows go straight back rather than out to the side. What muscles should she be using for this skill? Is it a core and shoulders thing? Is it a bicep/tricep thing? Is her hand placement wrong?