Summary: The back bend is a gymnastic position that requires flexibility in the shoulders and back muscles. Perform a back bend with tips from a professional gymnastics coach in this free video on gymnastics.
Yin Eloy Alvarez is a professional gymnastics coach who opened Universal Gymnastics located in Miami, Florida in 1995 with the intent of training internationally competitive gymnasts....read more
"In this clip, we going to talking about back bend. We really call this a bridge. If you see the clip before, the walk over, is very import, this bridge. Go. This is the basic of the back walk over. Go. Bridge is on of the skill most import. You need to be very back flexible, and very strength in your arms, and also very flexible in your shoulders. If you shoulder is not flexible, this skill is not going to done well, and also can hurt you, your arms, or your back. Go down. We going to see one more time. Bridge. In male gymnastics we don't see much back walk over, but this skill helping the male gymnastic to do the back spree."
eHow Article: How to Do a Back Bend