Gina Scarangella posted a video for adult fitness. But it’s got some useful drills for our gymnasts, as well.
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Category: handstands
improving handstands
Dave Tilley has a very comprehensive program for assessing each gymnast — then prescribing the conditioning to improve physical ability.
The motor component — balance — can be trained separately.
Step one is assess active flexibility:
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Click over to his Common Handstand Problems post for details.
Andrii Bondarenko – handstand genius
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Press Handstand progressions & conditioning
Work active flexibility of the hip flexors.
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home handstand program
Yoga instructor Danielle Acoff.
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handstand and cartwheel progressions
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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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.
