Another terrific video tutorial from JAO:
A skill as old as the back handspring will have a thousand different drills to help learn it. This video represents a few of my favorites, but it is by no means exhaustive.
Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.
Of thousands of good drills like these, for me only 3 are critical:
• trust fall (spotted)
• trust fall bend knees slightly, straighten knees, return to start position (spotted)
• … same as #2, but the gymnast is spotted on a tip over to handstand on some
The trust fall is the most difficult part of the flicflac for beginners.
Beginners, once they can do it on the trampoline, should train downhill to ensure good technique.
Beginners should do long and low backward handsprings until they can do series. At that point coaches can consider advanced techniques … shortening the distance of the second half, for example.
There are 8 more great video tutorials on the JAO YouTube channel.
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