[technophobia]

spinning on either one of them, i go ccw and when i do, my hands just wont life off the ground, i end up spinning a little and then just falling to my left

[President]

Just takes practice. Your balance is wrong, so work on that.

[theb]

id suggest u to first learn hoppin handglides

[B_elements]

could you balance good or decent in a handglide position still? Try that and when you get good and could hold it, try shifting your body or weight left and right.

wow balancing a handglide position has very little to do with it. take a basketball and try to balance it on one finger without spinning it. Damn near impossible, right? Now try spinning the ball on one finger. Much easier to balance now, isn't it? That's because balancing is easier when the spinning force is greater than the force of gravity that's trying to pull it off balance.

How can you translate this into balancing in a handglide? Well, if the force of the spin you give yourself when handgliding is greater than the force of gravity pulling you off balance, you won't fall over so easily.

[President]

Not necessarily true. If you work on your balance in a handglide position, you'll get comfortable with that position. The HARD part of a handglide is the spinning, because your your center of mass while spinning is different from your stationary center of mass. Your example applies more to headspins than handspins. If you do handspins without tapping, you'll usually lose momentum quickly. In fact, if you dont do it well enough, you'll lose speed before balance becomes a problem.

And as for turtles.... turtles are completely about balance. You gotta put your weight from one elbow to the other. To do this, you gotta be very familiar with where your balance is when you're supporting yourself with one hand. The ONLY way to do this is through practice and experimentation. Practice trying to balance on one hand at a time, then put one hand down at a different area from where it was before, then bring your weight onto the elbow that you just moved. That equates to ONE step in your turtle. Repeat that as many times as your want with either hand and you got turtles. So the key is practice.

[ultraman__26]

wear a wristband on ur palm when handgliding.it's ezier.when u start the spinning motion,do it from slow to fast.Pz