How Do You Train For A Handstand On Rings

How do you train for a handstand on rings

First get good handstand on floor and pbars. Then get on rings and practice turning them out while in a handstand with feet on inside of rings. After this is solid start to take the feet off the straps. I've found it is totally different from floor on that the hands are largely taken out of the equation and you use shoulders to balance more.

Daniel Burnham said:

First get good handstand on floor and pbars. Then get on rings and practice turning them out while in a handstand with feet on inside of rings. After this is solid start to take the feet off the straps. I've found it is totally different from floor on that the hands are taken out of the equation and you use shoulders to balance more.

The hands are not taken out of the equation. You can't put as much torque on the rings as you can on the PBars, but it's still enough for the sort of fine adjustments that most of your balance *should* be coming from. 

Jfslocum. I don't feel much balance happening at the hands. Maybe my ring hanstand just isn't good enough.

It follows a similar training trajectory to the floor handstand. Most people start out trying to balance with gross shoulder and hip movements. Then as they learn more control, the body becomes more stable, and they are able to do most of the balance with the hands. 

One key point is that, just as in a floor handstand, you want to very strongly elevate your shoulders and try to get your arms in line with your head. An exceedingly common flaw in the ring handstand is to break the shoulder angle and arch the upper back (just as on floor). However, it is harder to correct on the rings, because holding the arms in the proper position takes even more strength on the unstable rings. 

you can prepare the HS on rings even before on low rings:

* just turn the rings out in a nice push-up position and hold that position (knees on ground makes it easier)

* advance to move the tourned out rings forward an backwards

   firstslowly with a greater ROM

   than very fast in a very small ROM!(1cm forward and 1cm backwards is enough!)

* Variation would be to "shake" the rings in another direction or in circles instead of forward/backwards...

I am always afraid of landing on my back when I try these

Ian Legrow said:

I am always afraid of landing on my back when I try these

In that case, you should practice a few deliberate falls onto your back (with adequate matting of course) to get comfortable with it.

Oooo! Verygood idea!

andiswf said:

you can prepare the HS on rings even before on low rings:

* just turn the rings out in a nice push-up position and hold that position (knees on ground makes it easier)

* advance to move the tourned out rings forward an backwards

   firstslowly with a greater ROM

   than very fast in a very small ROM!(1cm forward and 1cm backwards is enough!)

* Variation would be to "shake" the rings in another direction or in circles instead of forward/backwards...

that sounds like good shoulder rehab. I'm gonna give this a try