backhandspring

hi..i want to do this skill before start to train backflip, i think is a great idea!!! now i can do without problem frontflip, but i think that this skill cannot be very helpful for me!

i don't know if the are some prerequisites for backhanspring like handstand to bridge or bridge to handstand..

if someone can help to me i'm very happy to follow your instructions, tips, or better a progression...

thanks

best learned in a gymnastics facility with a spotter with equipment like barrels/octagons/boulder and mats.

prerequisites tend to be bridge kickover, back walkover/limber.

I generally teach a flyspring, a front handspring off two feet on trampoline or tumbl-trak before introducing back handspring. It is the opposite of a back handspring.

i have access at the gym 2 times a week...also can i use a big swissball?

I never have for back handspring drills. Too easy for them to roll to the side.

See if they have something like this:

or

the first was in the gym the last time i went...i have to know if i can use it

ask.

bare in mind sometimes the barrels at gyms are not the appropriate size for an adult. they should roughly be chest to shoulder high. you can put panel mats (the mats that fold out) side by side so the barrel can roll on them and this can simulate an appropriate sized barrel

i'm not more tall than 170 cm...is a problem?

it depends on the size of the barrel

I am trying to get the back HS down myself. I think you really need to get someone to coach it to you. I have been able to get a few skills down myself by reference to books, DVD's etc, but the back HS is not amenable to figuring it out for yourself. I got part of the way by paying for some private lessons, which were very much worth it. I need to get a few more lessons in before I get it, though.

If you want to be ghetto: get an empty 55 gallon drum and wrap it in blankets. Practice in the grass.