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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*
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Hey! I've been tumbling for a while. I'm working on my whip through to double. I'm not going to tell you what all these other people have already told you, but in addition:
Make sure you keep your body HOLLOW and as tight as possible. If you do not have a hollow body, you will continue to have the same problem where your hands aren't snapping off the ground. Keep your arms tight by your soldiers untill you have completely finished your backhandspring and have rebounded. Make sure your arms are locked and your abs are in tight.
Good Luck!
Sarah
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It sounds like your flip flop is probably too short. You may be undercutting it (putting your hands down too close to where your feet started). Try stretching it out and make it cover as much distance as you can, and that should help. You may need to regain some strength in your legs before you can get enough power to do that, so be patient! When you go to gymnastics, your coaches should be able to give you some strength exercises. Do them everyday, and that will help a lot!
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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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Im in cheerleading not gymnastic but i have/had the same problem. My flipflops are slow pretty much. I would just leave my hands down till my feet hit the ground. I was told I just need to snap my feet down more and push with my shoulders. Try thinking of flexing your stomach and staying straight, then making your toes really fast. By that I mean get your toes under youre body faster. Hope this helped
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I'm not in gymnastics now, but I was a long time ago. I had my backhandspring and was working on my tuck. But I quit. I tried going back a few years ago, but I just couldn't do anything anymore. I still know a lot about it maybe. I know what you are describing, because I used to do it. Techinically it's not wrong. It's still a backhandspring, just a sloppy one. There isn't anything I or anyone on this website could explain to you to make it better. But what I can tell you is to wait until tonight. If you keep practicing an incorrect technique then it will be harder to fix. Let your instructor help you, that's the best advice I can give.
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are you snapping your feet over? as soon as your hands hit the floor, use your abs to snap your feet over and on to the floor as quickly as possible. and make sure you are jumping high enough, jumping far enough back, and arch your back correctly. when you complete a backhandspring, the distance from where you started to where you stand when you are done should be the distance of your body. let me know how it turns out!
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