WAG front aerials bad for the back?

[HannahD]

is a front aerial more a front walkover or a front handspring step out?

i would like to learn one (i can do a good side aerial from a stand). i can do front walkovers, but they really hurt my back on the up phase. front handsprings are fine, though.

should i learn a front aerial if front walkovers give me pain?

thanks

 

[Aussie_coach]

If front walkovers give you pain I would be looking into a physiotherapist, there may be some underlying issues and it may cause more problems later on down the track.

I have many kids who find front aerials easier than front walkovers. I event have two kids who can front aerial but can't front walkover. As front walkovers require a much greater amount of shoulder flexibility. While the front aerial will rely on back and leg flexibility, power and timing.

 

[Latasha Killion]

Well, you see a front walkover is like a flexibility skill while a front handspring is a power skill and requires less flexibility than walkover, landing on two feet. And just to confuse you, there is a front handspring step out which starts like a handspring but the landing is one foot after the other like you do in a walkover.