My gymnasts cannot handstand!
We had a competition a couple of weekends ago and they had to do range and conditioning. They really struggled to hold both a split and normal handstand for 2 (yes, just 2) seconds. They are very hit and miss in practice and it is something I am working on constantly, but they just don't seem to get any better. One or 2 can hold them for up to 5 seconds, but that is nothing! I can hold them consistently for about 20 seconds and I'm much older and heavier and less conditioned than them!!!
One of our coaches was talking to a coach from another club at the comp and she said her girls do 1 hour of handstand conditioning each session and that she would send us a copy of what they do, but this hasn't materialised yet!
So,my question to you is, what handstand conditioning could we do?
We already do a lot of handstand holds against the wall, focusing on good technique and having the gymnasts take their feet off the wall to try and balance. We do handstand holds with partners and they work on some form of handstand on every apparatus, and they just don't seem to be improving. We just don't know what else to do!
We had a competition a couple of weekends ago and they had to do range and conditioning. They really struggled to hold both a split and normal handstand for 2 (yes, just 2) seconds. They are very hit and miss in practice and it is something I am working on constantly, but they just don't seem to get any better. One or 2 can hold them for up to 5 seconds, but that is nothing! I can hold them consistently for about 20 seconds and I'm much older and heavier and less conditioned than them!!!
One of our coaches was talking to a coach from another club at the comp and she said her girls do 1 hour of handstand conditioning each session and that she would send us a copy of what they do, but this hasn't materialised yet!
So,my question to you is, what handstand conditioning could we do?
We already do a lot of handstand holds against the wall, focusing on good technique and having the gymnasts take their feet off the wall to try and balance. We do handstand holds with partners and they work on some form of handstand on every apparatus, and they just don't seem to be improving. We just don't know what else to do!