This week am I working on a pike into a back handspring. The reason why I am working on this this week is because I have to do this in my routine for competition cheer and it needs some improvement. Whenever I do it I need to be sure that as soon as I land my jump I have to explode back in order for me to hit it on the right counts and so that it will be in sink with everyone else.
Im practicing this today with my friend haley so that we can be sure to have ours on the same time. Also I'm having Cam spot me, he is a tumbling and stunting coach at IEA and also one of our assistant coaches for davie cheer. In order for us to be able to get this tumbling skill we need to be sure that whenever we do the jump we have to land with our feet together and make sure that as soon as you land the jump then you need to go straight back into the back handspring. This skill seems difficult but it really isn't because its just like doing a standing back handspring but your just adding a jump to it.
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This week I will be working on my standing tuck once again. I went to KPAC last night (10-17-17) and I was working with Needa on the tumble track, which is basically a trampoline. But anyway she spotted me for the first couple of times and then I had to do the rest alone. Whenever she was spotting me she noticed that I have made a lot of improvement! At home I have been practicing on my trampoline every night and I have also gotten my mom to spot me on the grass at home so that we could maybe see my improvement.
This week I am learning how to do a cartwheel back handspring. This skill may seem easy but if you think about it it's not easy at all because whenever you are doing a cartwheel back handspring you have to be sure that one your cartwheel is straight so that when you land it you can go straight back into the back handspring. Your cartwheel needs to be powerful as well because you need that momentum to go back into a back handspring.
The first thing you need to do is have a perfect cartwheel and then put your "leading" foot down on the ground bend both legs to be able to have that momentum. Also keep your legs and arms in full extension. I still have trouble with getting this skill because I tend to stop between the cartwheel and the back handspring because I'm scared of the outcome. But with time and practice I can get it. Today Laura Kiricoples will be spotting me on this skill and helping me get the special techniques. So this week I have found myself not doing my tumbling how I was intended to do. I say this because this week I have been finding myself not locking my arms out in my back handspring and I end up falling onto my face/stomach. Today (10-4-17) I will be going to cheer practice and my cheer coach Laura Kiricoples will be helping me and spotting me to see what I have done wrong and what I am doing right. One thing that my cheer coach had noticed was that whenever I am doing my back handspring my chest drops. Which makes me tend to fall down on my stomach or make my tumbling passes "shorter". She told me that one way I could fix this problem is maybe by working out my core more and keeping my core tight and make sure I am pushing off the ground as hard as I can so that I can land it. Here's a video of Laura Kiricoples spotting my standing back handspring. |
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