I Land on My Toes in My Back Tuck and Fall Forwards

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This is usually the result of a slow arm swing. You can get some rubber bands and put 5 together. Slip one of each of the 2 sets of rubber bands around your shoe then with wrists down pull each of them up to your ears very quickly . This will increase your arm swing....

How Do I Land My Tuck on My Feet Instead of on My Knees and Hands?

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This is usually a problem in strength in the glutes, hamstrings and sometimes plyo area. Go to my website and choose some exercises in those areas and you will begin to see better results. Also it may be that you are not getting your arms all the way at the beginning...

How Do I Do a Full?

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The first thing you will need to do is to make sure your layout is near perfect with a straight body and your arms go up Then you can do a couple of drills. One is to lie down on the floor and turn a 1/4 turn in a nice tight body with your core engaged ( pull the...

How Do I Get My Legs Straight in My Back Handspring?

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First make sure you are following the right steps. Sit then swing your arms to your ears and then jump into the back handspring. Any other order will not allow you to push completely through your toes and get straight legs. The other common problem is your knees come...

My Double Doesn’t Get All the Way Around

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This is a common problem. Check a few things to see what the problem is. First make sure the round off is long and low to the ground with the lunge lever and turn all moving forward. The toe in the front lunge leg must be directly under the knee and the lunge should...

Faster Standing Back Handsprings

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This is a common problem in our sport. Most of the time this problem develops because we don’t know how to strengthen our athletes in the proper areas in order to produce a faster back handspring. First, of all you need to check the plyometric ability (ability to...