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16/F Hollister_lover09
Iv been doing gymnastics for a couple of years now. At the end of my freshman year I got into it and i was doing really good. I mean i had a backhandspring in like a week, and was adding little tricks to it. Then I tore my ACL and missed 9 months of it. I started back up in Feb. But I came to notice, I think im not doing something right with my backhandspring.
Okay, I go over, But I leave my hands down and wait for ym feet to go over. Is this even right?
I'm pretty sure its not, But I cant remember, And i havent been to gymnastics since March maybe, but I;m going tonight. Can someone tell me if im doing it wrong, what can I do to make it better?
P.s if you do NOT do gymnastics and suggest reading something, I will rate low. I want a gymnast to answer. Thank you and sorry* (link)
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I teach gymnastics, and practice it as well. There are a couple things you could be doing wrong.
1) make sure you're keeping your chest up when you sit. If you let it drop down it causes your weight to shift, and your backhandspring will be really heavy.
2) when you're in your backhandsring, think about where you're looking. Are you looking at your hands, straight in front of you? Is your head back? Contrary to popular belief, you shouldn't look at your hands in your backhandspring. This breaks your body line and causes your banckhandsprings to be heavier. Instead, keep your head positioned right behind your ears looking straight ahead. This can be hard at first, so to get the feel of it, my students normally find that taking their shirt and biting the top portion your head comes out of throughout the trick really helps.
3) this is the one everyone else said. Make sure you're jumping hard, pushing with your hands and shoulders and driving your feet right behind your head.
Hope i helped!
pushing off: go up into a handstand, use a wall if you need to, and snap your feet down as hard/fast as you can while kinda pushing up with your shoulders and off as hard as you can with your hands. but doing this won't fix your problem. yes, you have to push off in your backhandspring, but you can get around without really doing it at all if your body weight is in the right place. that's the most important.
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i have trouble pushing off. HOW?! My gymnasts teacher never really told me how. Like can you tell me how to practice it maybe??? please!
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