Back Handspring
Program Patterns of Movement for Success: How Doing Round-off Backhandspring Rebound first before doing two backhandsprings in a row can help you succeed and prevent problems.
Tuesday, August 1st, 2006There was a time at work when we had an accident with a Cheerleader; she was supposed to do round-off to two backhandsprings. She told the coach, with confidence, “I’m doing two backhandsprings; can you spot the second one?”
The coach, let’s call him David, stepped backward and was looking for the second backhandspring. She […]
“Look between your hands”: Mack’s “Default Settings” for teaching the backhandpsring
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006June 14, 2006
Look between your hands: My “Default Settings” for backhandpsrings
Yesterday, I got into a conversation on tumble trak with an ex gymnast/ex college cheerleader and currently a cheer coach. I noticed immediately that she keeps her head in on her tumbling pass on tumble trak during her backhandsprings. I asked her where […]
Video: Mack’s Hollow Layout Drill
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006June 09, 2006
Video: Mack’s Hollow Layout Drill
The most common technique for doing the lay-out is to bring arms up on rebound and then bring it down in front of the hips keeping arms straight, fingers extended. And it’s how I teach it.
When you bring your arms down fast when in the air, at […]
Half- Rudi: Coach Mack’s Preferred Double Full Method
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006May 31, 2006
Half- Rudi: Coach Mack’s Preferred Double Full Method
For Cheerleaders:
Ok, so you have your full and now you want to step it up to a double full and impress your friends. What do you do? Just “pull harder” like everyone else says?
Well, there is a method….many methods, approaches, drills, and progressions that […]
Going Long on the back tuck
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006May 25, 2006
Going Long on the back tuck
I experienced one of those moments again. The Magic; the astonished facial expressions that cheerleaders can’t seem to hide.
She had been doing two back handsprings in a row to a back tuck. She asked me to spot the first few because she said that “sometimes, I […]
Twist and Point! Mack’s Preferred Full Twist Method
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006May 20, 2006
Twist and Point!
Starbucks on Saturday afternoon:
My boy (Coach) Anthony was working on “Chinese Taps” on pipe (high bar) so he can get deeper insights into coaching and teaching highly complex dismounting skills like:
* Double Layouts
* “Full Out” Double layouts
* “Full In, Full out” Double layouts
* “Double-Double”- Double Twisting Double Layout (full and another […]
To move Forward, Take a Step Back: How I got Roy to do a round-off Backhandspring Tuck while others failed
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006May 12, 2006
To Move Forward, Take a Step Back: How I got Roy to do a Round off Back-hanspring Tuck while others failed.
I had a student at a previous cheerleading gym I used to work for; let’s call him Roy. Roy was, I think 8 or 9 years old.
Roy was working his round off […]
She Went Long: Teaching The Backhandspring; One of Mack’s magical moments.
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006May 05, 2006
She Went Long -One of Mack’s “Magical Moments”
We looked at each other. I said, “You’re always looking around and avoiding things.”
“I don’t know what to do,” she said.
“What do you need….What are you working on?”
“I need two backhandsprings.”
There had been a dead stop in everyone’s productivity. They’re getting tired.
I said, […]
Backhandsprings: Go Long!
Tuesday, July 11th, 2006May 02, 2006
Go Long!.
So many cheerleaders never think about how they do their back handspring and the importance of making their backhandsprings longer.
Why make them long? Because you start to break form if you don’t. It’s also harder on your body. What happens is if you “undercut” you have to compensate, by wasting […]
Tumbling Drill/Progression: Use Barani to finish the Full-Twist
Monday, July 10th, 2006Here’s a follow up for the previous private email to the cheer gym owner:
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Just to clarify:
In the last email we discussed:>…
The reason she likes to twist LEFT for someone who does a round off with a “Right Leg Lunge- Right hand down first” is because the right- leg- lunge -round-off is actually a left-twisting movement. […]
The Fastest Cure for the Undercut Backhandspring
Monday, July 10th, 2006April 04, 2006
Cheer Tumbling/Gymnastics: The fastest cure to the undercut backhandspring. Trampoline drill
Ok.
I’ve been doing this for years….this drill; technique to get rid of the undercut backhandspring. And it works better than anything. But it works best with trampoline first.
Why?
Because it slows down the movement.
Here’s the cure:
Start the backhandspring with arms at HORIZONTAL!!!
That’s […]
Cheer Parents Just Don’t Understand!
Monday, July 10th, 2006April 03, 2006
Cheer Parents just don’t understand!
I was searching the net for cheer tumbling resources and I came accross a my space site by a cheer tumbling coach. He said he “hates cheer parents because they have no respect for progressions and they think their kid is the most talented” or something along those […]
