Safe or not?

[~Gymnast~]

I am starting gymnastics in a week and i want to be able to do a back walkover by next week. And i wont have a spotter. I will be doing it down a short hill in my back yard. I am scared, because i dont know if it is safe or not. If it is safe i will try it. I have been trying back walkovers off of ( about ) 3 and a half foot bed.

Is it safe or not to do it without a spotter first time? And should i start practicing on a 2 foot bed instead of doing it on a ( short/ kind of steep ) hill?

 

[bogwoppit]

No it is not safe. You need a spotter and you need to have the flexibility to do it without hurting your back. It takes quite a while to be able to do one safely.

 

[Kiwi]

I'm confused about how you do a walkover off a 3 foot bed - do you mean a bridge kickover? I wouldn't do it down a hill in the back yard. Why do you need to have gymnastics skills before you start gymnastics class? Isn't that what you are going there to learn?

 

[LiveLoveTumble]

Not safe. Don't do it. Heck, I've been doing them since I was probably 8 years old and I still wouldn't try it down a hill!

 

[Moxiegrl83]

Not safe, especially down a hill! Why don't you just practice your bridges until you start your gym class? That's something you can do at home safely.

 

[~Gymnast~]

i have done a back walkover in level 3 1 year ago ( before i quit ). And i am starting up in level 4. So i need my back walkover.

 

[Deleted member D3987]

yikes..................

 

[Moxiegrl83]

Every time I read this I immediately think of Jack and Jill...

 

[teena82]

Leave gymnastics in the gym. If you had it before you will probably get it back quickly.

 

[Deleted member D3987]

Every time I read this I immediately think of Jack and Jill...

and me, Humpty Dumpty...

 

[gymgurl]

don't do a back walkover down a hill - i've been doing them for about 10 years (i'm 18 and learnt when I was 8) I would not do them down a hill. I will admit I did them out of the gym when I quit for four years but NEVER down a hill and that was after I had absolutely mastered the back walkover in the gym.

I have a firm belief that if you have not mastered a skill in the gym you should not even be attempting them at home

They will teach you a back walkover if you can't in level 4

 

[thegymfreak]

Not safe. Don't do it. Heck, I've been doing them since I was probably 8 years old and I still wouldn't try it down a hill!

Definetely, same here!

 

[raenndrops]

i have done a back walkover in level 3 1 year ago ( before i quit ). And i am starting up in level 4. So i need my back walkover.

In level 4, you do a handstand to a bridge kickover, not a back walkover. There is a BIG difference.

It is still not safe to do a back walkover down a steep hill. A Kickover would be safe to do on a mattress on the floor though.

 

[Deleted member D3987]

In level 4, you do a handstand to a bridge kickover, not a back walkover. There is a BIG difference.

It is still not safe to do a back walkover down a steep hill. A Kickover would be safe to do on a mattress on the floor though.

that's all you need? dummy me...