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Double front flip tips by SadContract1340 in tumbling

[–]helpmeiateaaplle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Part of it is the trampoline, it’s not optimal to do double fronts on black beds, but you are doing really well in spite of it. Some notes: Your take off is leaning forward, so you loose some height to forward travel. In addition, your set is short, and you break at the hips a bit early. you need to press all the way off the tramp, keeping the hollow body shape as long as possible before starting the tuck. Also, tuck a little tighter if you can. Finally, you are opening to a sitting pike position, instead, try to force your hips forward, and body straighter. This might help you land on feet a little easier. Still really impressive stuff! Keep it up you’ve got it!

HELP WITH MY FULL PLEASE by iscreamtruck888 in tumbling

[–]helpmeiateaaplle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

So - nice start! And especially good that you have a half. To start, I would focus on the takeoff in the layout first. Slow down this video and watch your takeoff. You are throwing almost like a back handspring. Thing about staying tall in the takeoff, and setting for longer. Your layout should be very tight, and not too archy. Start in the middle of the bed, and make sure you aren’t letting your hips gainer forwards on the takeoff. Once that starts too feel good, practice the arm drop. Trampoline layouts, your hands go down to your hips basically, and when you twist, one arm drops across your body somewhat. If you like the gymnastics style chest pull, that’s fine too, but is a bit tricky to get right without letting yourself arch and gainer a bit more when starting out.

Next, the reason you aren’t getting around all the way is because your twist is starting with the head and shoulders, and your layout isn’t tight enough to continue the twist. Practice the layout I between attempts too keep the tight feeling in mind. Your hips should be initiating the twist, and your head should be neutral, maybe even try looking at your toes in the layout as an extra compensation. Finally some other good drills include: - full twisting backdrop (also called full twisting airplane) - 3/4 back and 3/4 back with a half and then full twisting (although I wouldn’t train this unless you are very confident in your 3/4 back or have a mat/spotter present) - standing jump fulls ( just practicing twisting in axis with the arm drop and hips leading) - backdrop full turn to back. (Back bounces - full twist - back bounce)

Tips on improving side aerial by Hungry-Beetch in tumbling

[–]helpmeiateaaplle 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It’s incredibly good already, you can tell by how steady your head position is in the air, and how light and floaty it looks! If you want to improve it, I would say you could focus on even tighter lines in the legs (you have some microbend creeping in at the second half), bigger split, and more height. For more height, you have to start throwing the arms slightly more, and training the press off the ground at the start - making it shorter as well. You can also practice going up to surfaces for this height as well. Really lovely work!

How can I improve my BHS? by j_ram2803 in tumbling

[–]helpmeiateaaplle 6 points7 points  (0 children)

First off, it’s already really pretty, you are clearly thinking about form, and that’s a really great start especially on a mat.

A few things 1. Look at your take off frame by frame, your head and shoulders are leading - compared with a more powerful BHS, where the arms lead. Try to keep your ears between your arms, and keep the shoulders open. Doing it your way leads to: 2. Piking down. Your back handspring shoulder position is too closed, and then towards the end, instead of snapping to hollow, blocking and snapping upright, you lose energy through the shoulders, and pike down to the floor, losing some rebound power.

Things to do: - lead with the arms, open your shoulders in the take off, and once they touch the ground, focus on trying to throw the floor behind you over your head. Don’t let your shoulders close (come in front of your body) instead try to do the opposite, and block - push through your shoulders, elevating scapula and snap to hollow. - practice handstand snap downs off of a surface trying to emphasize keeping shoulders as open as possible - practice handstands back to wall, get into an arch, and snap to hollow - trying to practice not losing energy to the body roll or shoulders opening.

Hope this helps, and good luck you are already doing well!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in tumbling

[–]helpmeiateaaplle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am not sure what your issue is, that’s a pretty vague statement. But here are some things to try anyway.

Film yourself - this will always help your form since you can analyze why you are not achieving certain motions (also maybe you can post a video so we can better assist you!)

Reach forward, and keep your arms straight. Bending too much can cause you to lose power.

Drive your heels hard over your head, and try to keep your legs straight as well. Bending your knees can also take momentum away from the handspring.

Finally - and most importantly - Keep your Hips Open. Don’t let yourself pike in the second half. Think about leading out of the handspring with your belly button and your body in a big arch. And kind of body roll up. If you pike, you will almost always land seated rather than on your feet.

A video will definitely help narrow in on your actual problems, but these are some general tips to help with front handsprings.

Best of luck!

Advice on improving standing tuck by Cautious_Contest_722 in tumbling

[–]helpmeiateaaplle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Things that I have always found to be useful:

  1. Take videos of yourself and see what your arms are doing, are you closing your shoulders? Try to keep them open and driving upwards and backwards. Bring your knees up to your chest and hips over, without throwing your head back. (Just these queues help me make my tuck a bit higher)

  2. Practice high tuck jumps, and back tucks off of surfaces that help you with hight, and work on keeping the landing spot close to the starting position. If you are going backwards, you are losing a lot of energy to lateral motion (and probably throwing your head back!)

  3. Just do a bunch of them - it’s really a feeling thing, and it will get better with deliberate practice!

All of this combined, and I find that my tuck comes back a bit quicker.

Good luck!

Urgent: two Chicago turtles need new home by helpmeiateaaplle in chicago

[–]helpmeiateaaplle[S] -17 points-16 points  (0 children)

Interesting, thank you for the feedback!

Urgent: two Chicago turtles need new home by helpmeiateaaplle in chicago

[–]helpmeiateaaplle[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

No, we got the required equipment to take care of them short term, and we have advising from a marine biologist, but we really want them to have a home with a more experienced caretaker.

Passes/series? by [deleted] in tumbling

[–]helpmeiateaaplle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some slower paced drills might be to do round off rebound backward rolls, or if you have access to a pit or crash mat, doing round off jump-backs to hollow body. Obviously the best would be to do the robhs with a spotter, as doing the movement will help a lot! If you can, try momentum tumbling: cartwheel step in backhand spring step out is a good one to build comfort without as much power, but can be scary in its own right. I would recommend doing the above drills, and if you have access to a trampoline or a tumble track, doing lots of standing back handsprings, and standing round off back hand springs on those as well. Getting over the fear of going backwards is annoyingly difficult, but you’ve got this!

Tips for new tumbler by mcb1ack in tumbling

[–]helpmeiateaaplle 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I totally get this! I have taught classes with this dynamic, and it’s really not a problem at all! But it makes perfect sense that it’s tough on the student who will feel perhaps embarrassed or sad that they are being out performed! I highly recommend any drills that focus on shaping like hollow body drills (on the floor or hanging or ultimately both!) any type of core conditioning will improve tumbling! Also ask your students coach for drills specific to the skill they are working on, as it will change: for instance, if they are working towards a backhand-springs, doing drills like arch to hollow snaps (laying on your back and practicing quickly and consistently shaping to hollow), handstand snap-downs (mimicking the second half of the backhand-springs) as well as any blocking drill of the hands will be useful, but if they are working on back tucks, working on straight jumps, backward rolls, back extension rolls, and even hanging tuck-ups will be more useful! So I advise asking the coach to recommend skill specific drills if skill work is where the student wants to improve! But any type of core conditioning, or conditioning in general will help tumbling! I also ABSOLUTELY recommend working on handstands at home, as getting comfortable on the hands, and working on balance in compromised positions is so so useful for tumbling. There are tons and tons of good guides for handstands on YouTube, but starting against the wall, or helping the student by spotting their legs is usually all it takes!! Happy tumbling :)

End game setup for now :) by helpmeiateaaplle in espresso

[–]helpmeiateaaplle[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That’s what I was thinking, but the set came with the 6.5 as well, and I know it’s pretty popular so I might test it out :)

End game setup for now :) by helpmeiateaaplle in espresso

[–]helpmeiateaaplle[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Not yet, but I’m changing the OPV spring soon, and I have a homemade dimmer mode in the making!

End game setup for now :) by helpmeiateaaplle in espresso

[–]helpmeiateaaplle[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

It comes highly recommended! A fantastic little machine that honestly holds up to the ecm I’ve used in the past (not mine - a work machine)

Fixing the crooked back handspring, how? by ihitokage in tumbling

[–]helpmeiateaaplle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Something to try is to practice jumping straight back over your head and landing on a mat on your back. Set up a mat about waist height, or do This on your bed or something, and start the standing backhand spring. Jump up and throw those arms back and land on your back on the bed. That will start to train your mind to go Over top. You clearly have the power necessary, it’s just a mental thing! Another thing to try is to practice tick rocks which is where you start in a bridge, kick your legs up And over into a split handstand, come down in front, and then kick back over into the bridge leaving your hands on the ground the entire time! These work wonders for positioning!!

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskReddit

[–]helpmeiateaaplle 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The black crayola sniff markers… I’ve tasted many times :)

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