A great complement for the handstand to the one of you interested in balance is the QDR. (It is not the elbow lever, but a more externaly rotated arm version of it)
I demonstrate the various stages of development here:
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And for more details about training and using this:
http://idoportal.blogspot.com/2009/07/sequencing-movements.html
Ido.