Developing Power in Back Handsprings - Mas Watanabe

A strong powerful back handspring is one of the most important skills in tumbling. Here Mas Watanabe shows how to develop power in this important skill.

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[danfearn]

still need to push it back

[USAgymnast52]

wont this create high back handsprings?? i thought you are supposed to stretch them out?? ahh so confused!

[Puschen121]

i don't think she would get any height without a trampoline like that...

[supergymnaststar]

needs to be longerr... but good tips

[MAVsince1991]

1:10 - head out/shoulders closed/piked hips/no toe point

very poor video, and i rate gymnastics minute highly....

[MAVsince1991]

this is completely wrong or my coaching has been flawed by simple mechanics

a back handspring should be as long as your body (generically) NOT high and short - a high and short back handspring will lose far too much energy to connect an aerial skill... the repulsion/second flight comes from the shoulders not the hips; which causes piking (as you can see) - i don't know why gymnasticsminute would teach it this way considering their us national team have beautiful long bhs...

[goaggies02]

This is a drill I use all the time when trying to teach my athletes to understand a vertical take off from a flip flop. So often, you'll see a gymnast create such a long 1st half (feet to hands) that she will focus more on the length to gain power rather than the rotational speed of the flip flop. Be careful when creating long flip flops. Many times this causes the legs to "drag" behind so long that the gymnast will find it difficult to snap down and accelerate the 2nd half (hands to feet).

[pudgynutt]

@foolonahll Notice this is a drill for DEVELOPING power. This drill, clearly, is a developmental drill to supplement the already learned back handspring. What frustrates me here, is you comment on a drill you have never tried, and assume it does not work. I have utilized this drill with advanced gymnast, and it is a great shaper to feel lift in the ribcage out of the snap down. understand that this will promote a better shape, but is not a REPLACEMENT for the previous fundamental techniques!

[KillerKyah]

I had learned originally to do the long, flat back handsprings that many people have commented about and was later told to snap down like this by a different instructor. Every time I did my back handsprings like this, it hurt and I wasn't feeling the same power in the rebound as I had before. Instead of rebounding fairly naturally, I was having to put more effort into it. I went back to the way I was originally taught, my back handsprings improved, and I was no longer hurting.

[isatango]

A backward handspring should be long and flat to transfer as much of the energy from the round-off as posible. If the backward handspring is tall you loose energy. The second flight should be long and flat as well in a hollow bodyposition. The gymnast musn't bent in the hip - that will as well cost a loss in energytransfer. Most importent is to have strong straight knees all the time - bent knees will absorb the energy.

[intelligenceisnot]

She performed that stunt like a bullet shot from a pistor!

Bravo.

Wouldn't it be cool to have the young people who perform what is being explained take on a bit of the teacher role too?

As a writing instructor, I designed each class to have fellow writers take on more of the role as teacher, and for me to take on more of the role as student.

By semester's end, writers taught the entire class while I sat at the back of the room and listened.

[cellogym]

i also think this video is totally weird...