Back Handspring Tips??

UAjesswagner said:

It's my first year of allstar cheer and I've done high school cheer for a couple years before this. In high school cheer we never really had someone coaching us helping us improve our skills, so I've had a back handspring for a year or so, but it's not clean, and doesn't give me a rebound. I'm trying to move up levels at my gym since I'm a level 5 flyer and level 2 tumbler, so does anyone have any tips for a clean back handspring and how to improve tumbling quickly? Sorry this was so long.. Thanks!


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FierceIsTheName said:

If you can, ask your coach for some tips but...
-really push off when your jump, using your toes
-make sure your arms are locked out and by your ears
-squeeze your knees and ankles together
-when you're snapping down focus on pushing off of your fingertips

Thats all I can think of. If you can, post a video of your back handspring and I can help you out I had a really janky and unclean back handspring but now it looks a heck of a lot better!

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