Video: How to do Blocking Drills for Back Handsprings

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Learn from our expert how to do the blocking exercise to warm-up for a back handspring in this free instructional video on doing back handsprings.

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Hi, I?m Mandy Butler on behalf of Expert Village, I?m going to be taking you through some backhand spring drills and some techniques to help you on your way to mastering the backhand spring. Now I?m going to take you through another block hand drill. Because blocking is really really important. If your athletic does not understand how to properly block he or she is going to land on his or her head rather than keeping a nice straight arm. It is very important that your arms are straight and your using your shoulders to propel you rather than your elbows. So I have set a wedge mat up against the wall and I?m going to use it to push myself back without bending my elbows. What I?m going to do is face the wedge mats, I?m going to circle my arms backwards and lean forward with my legs together. Once I hit the wedge mat I?m going to shrug my shoulders and get back to a standing positioning. I?m going to do this ideally without bending my elbows at all. This stimulates the same kind of technique to be used in a backhand spring or a round off. But especially a backhand spring. This is a blocking drill against a wedge mat prop up against the wall. This is a blocking drill.

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How to do Blocking Drills for Back Handsprings

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