Start with active flexibility and strength.
Great drills, as always from this Dutch YouTube channel, but I’d keep the head more neutral at this stage of development.
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Category: handstands
use fingertips to balance handstand
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1-arm handstands are easy
Easy for Andrii. 😀
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Andrii competed Acrobatic Gymnastics for Ukraine until 2006. He’s been in Cirque du Soleil since then — currently in the excellent Kurios show.
He will coach YOU on handstands.
International handstand day?
I guess so.
… before you put your kid in Gymnastics
Consider the long term consequences.
how NOT to mount a Bull
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Handstand on elevated surfaces
Gymnasts will eventually need to do their handstands at height.
A great way to start is in a safe place with legs resting on a Bar.
Kids can concentrate on shape rather than worrying about falling.
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Thanks Bermuda Gymnastics Association.
handstand drill
This was intended to be a fun challenge. But it would also be a good progression for kids learning weight shift side-to-side for future skills.
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pike handstand to free handstand
Beginners should spend much time getting comfortable in handstand positions with feet braced on a wall or block.
Challenge = from piked handstand lift one leg … then the other to see if they can keep a good shape.
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Thanks Bermuda Gymnastics Association.
press handstand progressions
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