[IcE_ReaLm]

i can hold it for a while except i end up walking and my legs bend forward, any tips on how to keep your body straight, cos everytime i straighten my legs i fall backwards >.<

[B-Boy Hikapo]

To Ice Realm:

1) First, you have to relax and focus.
2) Think of yourself doing a perfect straight body handstand
3) When you start going up, do it slowly, don't rush, because that way you have a better sense of balance, oh yea, and breathe
4) keep your whole body tight
6) your hands will serve as your feet, use them to balance just like your feet
7) you can also use your hips to control your legs fom falling down (if your legs go way over your hips..i think thats arching, which i believe you are doing it?)

When i am about to fall backwards, i try to salvage it buy moving my hands backwards to rebalance myself. I hope that helps.
A useful tip...try getting into a handstand...walk a few steps...hold it...walk a few steps again and hold it...it helped me improve my balance a lot. You can try that too.

thats all i can think of right now...you can also check muffin juice's guide,very helpful...its' one of the older threads.

[GoriLLa]

omg i'm noob
i've just start practisin' handstand and i can't get a good start
my record is 3 sec
i'm 1,80 cm high and 62 kg

never mind i'll go practise......

[GoriLLa]

i menaged to HS for 13 sec but against the wall
i think i need a lil strenght for hs becouse my hands start shaking after 5 sec

[BboyRonny]

Lol Mine is Like 1 min maybe more did not tryed how long i can stand in handstand

[GoriLLa]

2 days practise=5 sec without the wall
funny thing is that i tried to do against the wall but my body didn't even tuch the wall for 5 sec
didn't practise yet without the wall but i'll try it tomorow in school(my room is to small)
cya ppl

[Tryin2Learn]

I don't know I'ma try and time it next time i'm on my hands. I'll push the while upside down and push it to stop the time once my feet hit the ground again. Sounds like fun. we'll see.

[GoriLLa]

handstand is easiest move in bboying (just HSon the ground).
let's see i've been practising HS for 1week and i can HS 32 sec

cya ppl i'm going to learn footwork

[Kunoichi Sakura]

Not in shape: 2- 4 minutes

In shape: 4 - 10 minutes

I keep tellin ya guys.... Vertical pushups!

Then again the reasons I do handstands is different.... theres a secret to it but I never hear bboys/bgirls ever talk about it....

[Mr_clean]

there is they practice on moon becuz less gravitty

[D.n.A]

Here's the secret: keep the secret secret... secretly

[Tryin2Learn]

lol I finally timed it 6 min and 27 seconds before I started moving around, then I started walking around and alternating hands to rest, my final time was 9 min and 13 secs. Too much blood to my head when I came up so a lil light headed afterwards but It was fun. Arms tired but who cares.

[BboyRash]

Hah, I started when I was a lil' kid of 4 and I still haven't come down yet. I learned to type with my toes too. YA"LLS NUBBARZ!!!

Seriously though, In Shape: Dunno, blood rush isn't a problem though...
Outta Shape: 30 seconds. ROFL, it's a drastic change. Even my form gets all crappy. SO DON'T FORGET TO PRACTICE!


<__< Forgot again. I've heard many secrets to HS's but the reason people don't talk about 'em is cuz they don't really know if a secret is a 'secret' or whatever... Meh, I call 'em good habits

[bboylele]

i can hold my handstand for 3o seconds .

[snowman728]

I can hold them for about 40 seconds..