back hand springs and elbows

[ShortRound]

I have been learning back hand springs for about 5 weeks now (once a week) and in my last 2 sessions my elbows have been "feeling it" Just some pain running through my elbow/forearm. I wanted to make sure if this was normal. If it isn't it could have been caused by a lack of warming up in my second to last session. What do you think?

[chicanerous]

What surface?

[Ashtar]

Yes, the gymnasts who get so good at them have those floors which tend to give a lot right?

Plus a lot of people who do them in tricking vids do it on grass.

[linkrjh]

You're not utilizing momentum enough and slamming your hands into the ground. This is probably because you aren't getting enough length and sort of whipping over. Just practice them on a soft surface and practice getting more length per handspring.

You'll be fine once you stop sucking.

[anfeyd]

I have been learning back hand springs for about 5 weeks now (once a week) and in my last 2 sessions my elbows have been "feeling it" Just some pain running through my elbow/forearm. I wanted to make sure if this was normal. If it isn't it could have been caused by a lack of warming up in my second to last session. What do you think?

Like the poster above me said, you probably are doing them incorrectly. How much do your elbows bend when you do them?

[ShortRound]

Yeah I know I'm not jumping back far enough on some of them. I'm working on that. As for elbows I try not to bend them at all. You’re not supposed to. So does my body need to get accustom to the impact or what?

[linkrjh]

Yeah I know I'm not jumping back far enough on some of them. I'm working on that. As for elbows I try not to bend them at all. You’re not supposed to. So does my body need to get accustom to the impact or what?

The impact should be minimal with proper form.

[Ashtar]

I don't fully understand BHS, but does proper form involve jumping high enough and whipping fast enough that your hands tick the ground to guide you and rather than using them as a platform, the lower body is already going over it?

Some guide out there said you could do BHS and by involving hands less, turn it into a back tuck eventually, meaning I guess that would be the advanced stage of minimizing the impact to arms, by making it 0? In which case it can explain how 1-arm springs are possible.

[VerdinxJon]

you need more speed you are probably are relying mainly on your arms then speed you might have fear in ya still.

[linkrjh]

I don't fully understand BHS, but does proper form involve jumping high enough and whipping fast enough that your hands tick the ground to guide you and rather than using them as a platform, the lower body is already going over it?

Some guide out there said you could do BHS and by involving hands less, turn it into a back tuck eventually, meaning I guess that would be the advanced stage of minimizing the impact to arms, by making it 0? In which case it can explain how 1-arm springs are possible.

No, you want a bunch of length not height. The longer your back handsprings the better and your arms are supposed to be pretty static. The little you need to push against the ground is done by shrugging, not pushing with your elbows/triceps/whatever. It's one of those momentum things.

Unless you're doing them in 1 spot or without traveling purposefully. Those are bad form back handsprings and are pretty much just stepping forward and whipping up and back.