Tips on how to do a back-handspring?
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I recommend doing this in a gym class, with professionals, or at least around a lot of people so you don't get hurt or if you do you are supervised and receive help.\nPractice on an incline mat. When you feel you are falling, its time to jump and jump hard! Keep your arms straight and strong and push off. Keep arms by your head at all times! \nArch a Little, but if you over arch it is a BIG mess.\nBend your knees slightly, arch a little bit, and push you shoulders open as much as you can. Then using your stomach, back, and arm muscles, snap your body back to a hollow position, pushing off your hands, and land on your feet on the floor in front of the board/mat. \nPut it all together you should be able to do a back handspring.\n\nGood luck!
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Practice.  \n\nYou are likely not clearing the top.  It should be a smooth motion; versus rolling over the ledge.\n\n_
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First practice the back-bend on two legs, and then lift your foot up a little more each time so you can bend back. Then when your hands are on the floor push off with your leg on the ground so you are in handstand splits on whichever leg, it doesn't matter. Then try and lean forward a little so you can come down and you have then done it!\nTake care xxx.
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With your body face up, rest your feet on one bench/chair/piece of furniture and your hands on another so that your legs are horizontal and your torso is vertical.  Then slowly bend your arms so that your butt sinks down below the seats of the chairs until it is almost touching the floor.  Then push quickly back up.  You should feel it in your triceps.  Do 10-20 of these, depending on how difficult they are for you.  Rest for a minute.  Then do 10-20 more.\n\nA variation on pushups that also works the triceps is what's called a triangle push up.  Instead of having your hands shoulder width apart you place them in the center directly under your chest so that your index fingers form two sides of a triangle and your thumbs form the one on the bottom.  As with all pushups keep your body straight.  Do 2-3 sets of 10-20 each.
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There are two basic ways:\n1) Take a bit of a run-up and jump into the air about a meter infront of the end of the board.  Time the speed and distance so you land near the end of the board (as close as possible without danger of slipping off - you will crack your back and head on the edge of the board).  As you are in the air raise your legs a bit and as you come down straighten your legs onto the board.  With your weight pushing the board down and the thrust of you legs it will give you extra spring.  This will project you up into the air quite high and because of the run-up, forward.  Sort of go up and then bend in the air down into the dive.  This is a good way to start.   Oh yes, as you feel the board is about to spring you up push with your legs, down.  This will give you more spring and lift.\nYou will get the feel of it after a few jumps.\n\n2) Stand on the dge of the board and jump up, raise your legs and as you come down straighten them into the spring of the board. (like above). Do this mabe three times and you will get good height (like in a trampoline).  Then dive.  With this you don't have the forward motion so becareful you will land near the fron of the board, on the last spring, spring forward.  Do the same bend in the air and dive in.\n\nIf you have a trampoline to practice the leg movement on - great.  If not keep practicing till you get it (usually 5 or so jumps).  The first few might be bit odd.  From there you can start doing summersaults and stuff using the run-up as forward momentum.  Only do this when you are comfortable though.  And be prepared for a couple of very ouch landings.  Good fun!  Its all about co-ords and timing.  After a few jumps it is second nature and you won't even think about it.\n\nGood luck and happy landings!
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It takes a while to get the right momentum of things. You may be able to do the stunts, just not together. I had this problem with my round off back handspring back tuck. I knew what to do and I could do them, but it was hard to put all of the pieces together.\nWhen you go into your round off, don't think like you are going to stand when you come out of it, just throw your arms back and be ready to jump. Again, once you come up from the round off, immediately start thinking of backwards motions. Don't forget to push through your legs, or you won't get anywhere but on your head! Make sure to arch your back. Most likely if you can't connect them, your backhandspring is off. Ask the coach to watch your form and if it is alright, then try what I told you and you should be able to connect them better.\n\nBut until you can trust yourself and just let go and TRY YOUR HARDEST, you'll never be able to do it. It's all in your head. Good luck!
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If you use a single handed grip then I guess you just slice it back crosscourt, and make your opponent come over the baseline to get it. (I'm not really the person to ask on that one)\n\nIf however, you are like me and play a double-handed backhand then make sure you are well prepared, and play a topspin shot down the line short, or crosscourt deep. Make sure you roll it over and do not hit the net or put the shot out. It is better to return a horribly short return than to put it out, as at least you have a chance.\n\nNOTE: If your opponent has a particularly good and fast  serve, then make sure you get it deep and crosscourt.\n\nAlso, if they are playing serve and volley, hit is down the line low and hard, making sure you don't pull the shot out.\n\nHope this helps, and hope your not a beginner, or this will seem like jargon.
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lay on your back and hold air in your lungs extending the arms and legs. dont have to hold your breath really. take short breaths out and longer breaths in holding for 2 or 3 seconds
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I answered your other kick-over question. :)\n\nCartwheels, one of the many building blocks in gymnastics!\nStart in a lunge.\n(With whatever hand you right with or you prefer, but lets use the right hand)Reach forward with that arm, kick up with the opposite leg (which would be left in this case). Other hand should follow right after that, quickly, touching the ground, and then your right leg should come up too. You should be in a straddle handstand. Then, land the same way you came, your legs will be falling back into place, only on the opposite side of where you started. Probably sounds complicated but once you do the steps all together it won't seem like that and it moves very quickly. Think hand, hand, foot, foot. You can use tape on the ground to guide you.
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well.. first they teach you to do a bridge...and what you do is lay onto your back and pust up so your tummy looks like its touching the roof and so it looks like a bridge. then they teach you to do walking down the wall whitch is you put your back against the wall and walk your hands down( you can moove your feet away for this) then they teach you to do a backward limba witch is walking down the wall without the wall there.then they teach you back walkovers .first you do a backward limba and then kick your legs over.then a back flip etc etc!!!
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It takes a different amount of time for different people. For me, it took very long, longer than it did my back handsprings or back tucks! But once you get it, it's easy!\n\nIts natural for your wrists to hurt because of the way you are using them and the weight you are putting on them is not normal. I can't be sure you are doing them correctly since I cant see you, but that is normal and just be careful and remember to rest and not push yourself too hard.\n\nHere are my tips on doing back walkovers:\nWhile you are going back you have to be pulling your leg back at the same time. Otherwise it is choppy and MUCH harder to get over. Start with your leg up (make sure you have your balance), its easier.\nWhen first practicing, do it on a mattress or better, a trampoline.\nMake sure you KEEP YOUR ARMS OVER YOUR HEAD. Many give out and then PLOP on your head and it hurts!\nHave someone spot you first, arching your back.\nMake sure you have your bridge first, or trying to do a back walk over is crazy! Practice your back bends a lot.\n\nAnother exercise is to do a bridge with your feet up on something(a couch, bed, etc). Then, kick your legs over your head. To strengthen your back, do this same exercise, only try to use your back to pull your legs over, instead of kicking. \n\nGood luck!
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um boneless? i dont really do them much but i can think of a few things you could do. if you wanna finger flip grab the board at the nose when you pop your bonelesss or what ever. make sure you grab it with your 4 fingers on the grip and the thumb on the underside. feels weird but pretty easy to make flip. so just flip it and jump on. no complys are pretty cool but kinda hard. you dont actually grab the board but you can take a foot off to pop your board. there are many ways to do like old school kickflips. one that i find pretty easy is with your hand. ok your ridin your board and you put your front foot on the ground and pop your board w/ your back foot. when the board pops up smack the side with your hand and it should flip. cavemans? um go caveman a rail. thats fun kinda scary but yea. um you can like caveman fingerflip manual. i can do them but my friend can. just like run up to the manual pad and do a fingerflip on to it but you gotta land in a manual and thats where i always fall. they are kinda cool. ha good luck doin anything mullen can. that dudes nuts. 720 double flips. like 2 360 flips in one. crazyness. double flip rewinds. you can prolly learn how to do some casper flips and stuff but i think  that stuffs gay. unless you do it moving. like a casper slide on a box. that would be cool. i dont kno anyone who can do those besides mullen. maybe daewon song.
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A. Lie flat on your back. Hug your knees to your chest and at the same time, bring your chin to your chest. Repeat twice, holding for 15 seconds each.\n\n\n\nB. Begin on your hands and knees. Simultaneously raise and straighten your right arm and left leg until they are parallel to the ground. Hold for 2 seconds and come back slowly to a starting position. Repeat with left arm and right leg, alternating 10 times.\n\n\n\nC. Lie facedown, arms extended overhead, palms on floor. Simultaneously raise your right arm and left leg as high as comfortably possible. Hold for 10 seconds and slowly return to start. Repeat with left arm and right leg, alternating 10 times. Gradually build up to 20 times.\n\n\n\nD. Lie facedown, arms at your side and place heels under couch. Slowly raise chest off the floor as high as you comfortably can. Hold for 2 seconds and return to start. Gradually increase to 20 times.
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ok, assuming you're actually serious, it's an exercise\n\nlie down on the floor with your legs bent.  raise your chest to your knees with your hands interlocked behind your head.  you can also do them with your legs stright on the floor, or in other variations, but the first is most popular
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FRONT SET\nMake a triangle with your hands and then another with your elbows.  Make sure the hand triangle is always above your forehead or else you will be called on a lift.  As the ball enters the hand triangle use you wrists, elbows and knees to absorb the ball's impact.  Then push the ball to wherever it is you desire to set to.  It will take some practice to get a handle on how much power to use to set middle, quicks, power, steps etc.  \n\nBACK SET\nFor a back set everything remains the same but at the moment of release you have to turn your thumbs and arch your back to send the ball backwards.\n\nJUMP SET\nA jump set is ment to quicken the pace of your offence.  But because you are in the air you only have you wrists and elbows to control the ball.  Therefore you must move right under the ball to maintain the triangles to keep control of the ball.  You must also make the appropriate movements at the peak of your jump.
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Put your arms up, lean forward, put your arms on the ground and push off the ground hard!  This should work.  Think hand  hand, foot foot, hand up, hand up.
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1. Stand upright with your feet shoulder width apart.\n\n2. Take a 2-3 foot step forward. Once the stepping foot is\nplanted, the upper body and the front knee should not move\nforward during the lowering and raising of the body.\n\n3. Keeping the upper body vertical, dip your lower body straight\ndown until back knee comes close to the ground.\n\n4. Hold the tension in the front of your leg, then raise your body\nstraight up and return to starting position.\n\n5. You may do repeated repetitions on a single leg before\nswitching or alternate legs.