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[Levski]

Hello

Assuming some has good backhandspring..and i mean very good.. where to to from here?
I have no idea of how to really coach this skill for a adult. The only thing that can't be done is to spot it... so someone who wants to learn on their own what tips and drill would you give them??? If i were coaching a competative gymnast i would know were to start but for and adult who can't be spotted were and what to say to them

Levski
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Valentin Uzunov
The Gym Press
www.thegympress.net

[mpetnuch]

Do you have a trampoline with a twisting belt. The team girls at my gym use that all the time when they are trying to learn Ononi's and FT BHS. It allows you to give them the "spot" easily.

[Levski]

I wish...if we had a twisting belt I would be hogging it during trainings..rather i spotting others hahah nah i kid...No saddly enought we don't have anything like that..not even a foam pit

Levski
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Valentin Uzunov
The Gym Press
www.thegympress.net

[The Miller]

Well assuming that they have a clean back handspring and a clean full twisting layout then I can help you out here. I think that a full twisting layout should come before this skill, simply because they need a feel for what the twist is. I would assume that you are having the gymnast do it out of a round off and not standing. Teaching a standing full twisting back handspring without a spot tends to be very dangerous. And why can't this adult be spotted in this skill? But back to the back handspring. Okay so they want a back handspring with a full twist. The twist is a little bit different than what a twist for a full twisting layout is. In full twisting layout the arms tend to be tucked in closely to the chest on stomach. In the full twisting back handspring I recommend that the arms are what brings the gymnast over, so when the skill is being executed have the gymnast twist with their arms flying beside the head in a straight position. The arms shouldn't be tucked As they have twisted I recommend that the hands are touching each other at the palms, as the full twist is completed then the gymnast should gracefully step-out of the skill and set the hands down softly. The legs should be stepping out before the hands touch the floor surface. This skill does not need to be HIGH like a full twisting layout, but lower, it is kind of like a whip-back and layout techniques. So Imagine teaching a full twisting whip-back. If you have any concernes just ask in this post.

The Miller