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  1. LiveLoveTumble

    Straddle Press Handstand

    I am having a lot of trouble learning a straddle press handstand. We don't work on them at all at gym, but I am trying to teach myself, meaning I can't get a spot or anything. Here's what I can already do: I can easily do a straddle press headstand. I can do a press handstand against a wall...
  2. AlexsGymmyMom

    Press Handstands and Rope Climbs

    This is kind of an offshoot of the rope climbing thread. Someone posted in the other thread ( I think Dunno) that if a gymnast cannot do these two skills that they will never be a gymnast of note. My DD's gym has a rope that hangs over a pit but they rarely use it. Also, only a few girls...
  3. stargazer

    Press handstand - rotating hips?

    Hi everyone, I know this topic seems to have been discussed to death, but I would really appreciate some advice/drill suggestions. I'm an 18 year-old level 5 and working press handstands. I understand the motion of lifting through my back when pressing up and down, but can't seem to get my...
  4. P

    Little Emma got her press handstand today! Watch the video!

    OH MY GOD, I can't believe I'm writing this: my little Emma GOT HER PRESS! It wasn't too pretty or under control but she did it! She has been practicing it for about a year now but actually I thought that it wasn't even realistic goal. The girls practice just two hours two times a week so she...
  5. LiveLaughTumble047

    Press Handstand Mounts

    I miss the press handstand mounts, they seem to be very few and far between these days, if I do say so almost not existent, Anyone else feeling the same?
  6. F

    Press Handstand

    I've been working on my press handstand for a long time. I have a lot of strength. In my abs, shoudlers, and arms. I think I can't really do it, because I don't understand how. I can do it against the wall easily. I can also do a headstand press. I just don't understand how far out my shoulders...
  7. B

    Press Handstand

    My daughter is practicing her press handstand at home. She was just recently introduced to it and it is driving her crazy that she can't get it. What she is doing is standing in front of a folded mat (folded four times). She does a candlestick and then tries to straddle press to handstand at...
  8. NewtoGym

    The importance of straddle press handstands

    What is the importance of straddle press handstands. I know it is a strength exercise, but it seems to be everywhere on youtube and I know that TOPS tests it. Our gym does not seem to work these (at least they haven't started in my daughter's level nor have I ever seen any girl do them in the...
  9. gymbaby12

    Straddle/pike press handstands

    Ok, so for a few weeks now, I've been working on a straddle press handstand. I get my legs equal with my shoulders ( I don't really know how to explain this) but then I can't get my legs up. Does anyone have any drills and conditioning? I want this skill really bad then eventually want to work...
  10. K

    Two straddle press handstands

    My daughter has been able to do one straddle press handstand for over a year now. They do not do these at gymnastics. She saw it on youtube and taught herself. She does one everyday. But, that's all she can do is one. She has been trying to do 2 in a row for some time now but just can't do...
  11. B

    Trouble with press handstands

    I've been trying to learn how to do a press handstand since I started this year at level 3 (i didn't start at 1 because i did tumbling for 2 years) Any tips? Pleeeaase help i need you guys!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:(
  12. S

    Press Handstands On High Beam

    My 4 year old daughter has recently moved to high beam to do her press handstands. She can do them from standing position on the low beam. When the coach moved her to high beam last week, my daughter's prefence was to start them from a seated position like she does on the floor. The coach had...
  13. P

    Press Handstand?!

    Hi- I really want to get my press to handstand! However most of the younger kids at my gym cannot do a sitting press, and they are WAY smaller than me (I'm 14). I am lacking the strength- and probably flexibility to be able to do this skill! Any tips or motivational statements for me...
  14. C

    Press Handstand Question

    I know, I know - there are a bunchhh of press handstand questions and threads and I think I've read just about all of the ones I've come across, but none of them really .. seem to answer my questions. I can do a press from stand (straddle) against the wall, but I can't do it from a sitting or...
  15. D

    Another press handstand question

    Hi I've noticed the great influx of press to handstand questions and I have one that is a little specific. When I attempt a straddle press to handstand from a seated straddle, I have trouble. I round my upper back and it looks like I am trying to press up vertebrae by vertebrae. When I watch...
  16. G

    press handstands

    I really want a straddle press hand stand, but i can't figure it out. I can pancake on the floor and hold myself off the ground on my hands, but can't rotate my hips up into the handstand. Also I can straddle press all ready standing. Maybe I just don't have enough strength or something. Any...
  17. F

    Press Handstands

    Ok.... I've always thought that press handstands were really cool, I really love watching them as a beam mount. But the fact is... I can't do them. I've tried learning them before, but have never been successful. So, I'm basiclly a beginner at them. What are some drills that I can do to start...
  18. Gymnasticz24.7

    BHS and press handstand?!

    Hi my name is kelli. I was wondering if anyone had some tips on how to practice a press handstand? I have done it against walls but i need to learn how to do it on a floor. thx! I also would like some drills for BHS's that you can do at home? If you have any, please post! My goal is to get my...
  19. GymnasticsOBSESSED

    What press handstand do you prefer?

    straddle or pike?
  20. kristilyn73

    Press Handstands.

    There has been a lot of talk about press handstands in previous posts. It seems to me that little ones can do more press handstands than older girls - Less body mass probably. For instance, at our gym we have 2 gymnasts that are sisters. One is a L10 the other a L6. The L10 was on the...

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