You. I like you and I LOVE your push through and don't give up attitude!!!! Bravo!I actually went through practically the same thing. I used to have a back handspring when i was younger but then that along with stunting wrong caused a stress fracture in my lower back. I had to take a few months off of cheer and my doctor recommended never going back. Obviously that wasn't going to happen... Anyways, I was terrified of the for the longest time after that because it was like i could hear how it sounded when my back broke every time i went for my handspring. What I did to get over it was I just forced myself to do it. I refused to bail. I threw it with a spot for almost year before I worked up the courage to do it alone though. There is a Bible verse that i used to give me the courage to do it. Its 2 Timothy 1:7 For God hath not given us the spirit of fear, but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind. I repeated that to myself before i went for any tumbling. I wrote 2 Tim 1:7 on my left cheer shoe & no fear on my right. Now I have a layout! I still say "no fear" before i throw any pass and before i go on the floor. So you just need to get something like that that reminds you that you have nothing to be afraid of!
Haha well thank you!
I have to think that whatever back issue kept you from doing a backwalkover my have something to do with why you got a concussion throwing a BHS in the first place and why you are blocking now. My CP struggles with back and shoulder flexibility, and it took her a lot longer to get a BWO and BHS than other kids. Per her coaches, doing EITHER BWO or BHS without the proper back and shoulder flexibility puts too much strain on the lower back and is unsafe. It can also cause you not to be able to get your hands to the floor at the right time, leading to hitting your head like you apparently did. It is very difficult to achieve the proper handstand position as your hands hit the ground if your back and shoulders do not open up enough, and if your hips are not over your shoulders when your hands hit the ground, it is tough to keep your head off the floor. Perhaps working on getting your back healthy and achieving the BWO would help you. At our gym you are required to have it before working a BHS for the reasons I just stated.
She has had it, she threw it for tryouts. but her tumbling coaches usually spot her on it during class.Its when they back away and tell her to do it herself that she freezes.
