[Mr. Flapps]

Can anyone show me how to do this

[Vice President]

you dont wanna be in a bridge for fhs. you wanna make sure your hands get on the ground 1st, then as your legs are coming over (RIGHT when they pass above your hands), your hands SPRING off the ground while your legs continue in their forward motion. arch your back. tada. oh yeah, one last piece of advice: don't be a pussy.

back handspring.. hmm... my best advice would be to properly condition yourself first. that is, practice bridge or something to work on your back flexibility. also work on handstands so that you can be comfortable with jumping back and landing on your hands. and practice going into bridge from standing and just bending backward.

once you got that down, you should be ready and CONFIDENT to do bhs. confidence is key, cuz it's really pretty easy. throw your arms backward and arch your back while you jump back. remember that it's a BACK handspring, so you should try to move BACKWARD. have confidence in your arms and extend them (if they're bent, you're gonna land on your head). if you do it with some speed, which i find to be easier, your legs should carry over from the jump.

i haven't posted in the moves forum in forever.

[B.b.O.y. KenG]

hey vp i got a quesiton about BHS. (even though i never knew that you could do them? XD)
I started to work on them again this week and I can't fix this problem of jumping UP instead of jumping back so it looks like a "back flip with hands" if that makes any sense. I tried to jump backwards but then i lose height and i crash into the ground. Any advice on what to go back wards and get the height?

[LazyAss]

VP just gave you a DREADFUL advice for FHS . Don't do what he said! Read Zero's guide for FHS - he knows the technique.

For BHS - yes, I almost learnt them. I'm SO close ! The best advice is to be comfortable with your handstands cuz those guys who say that BHS are easy got the handstands down - I'm pretty sure of it. I say that BHS are easy too, but I HAVE handstands .

[DanceWithTheDevil]

got front handspring bailing out when i couldnt do a handstand. just go into it 100 percent and dont think about it too much. i throw my self into it with all my momentum, then push hard off the ground, and arch my back. i did this with no prior experience in bboying or gymnastics whatsoever.

[bshieh]

the biggest issue with people when they try to do both FHS and BHS is getting over the fear of a bad landing. lay down some pillows and practice falling down from standing without moving a muscle, both back and forward. also, learning valdez's is a nice introduction into doing BHS's

[Bboy EZ]

Originally Posted by Vice President

you dont wanna be in a bridge for fhs. you wanna make sure your hands get on the ground 1st, then as your legs are coming over (RIGHT when they pass above your hands), your hands SPRING off the ground while your legs continue in their forward motion. arch your back. tada. oh yeah, one last piece of advice: don't be a pussy.

back handspring.. hmm... my best advice would be to properly condition yourself first. that is, practice bridge or something to work on your back flexibility. also work on handstands so that you can be comfortable with jumping back and landing on your hands. and practice going into bridge from standing and just bending backward.

once you got that down, you should be ready and CONFIDENT to do bhs. confidence is key, cuz it's really pretty easy. throw your arms backward and arch your back while you jump back. remember that it's a BACK handspring, so you should try to move BACKWARD. have confidence in your arms and extend them (if they're bent, you're gonna land on your head). if you do it with some speed, which i find to be easier, your legs should carry over from the jump.

i haven't posted in the moves forum in forever.

Getting into bridge from standing is not necessary at all for BHS. In fact, it's pretty much useless for BHS. Bridges are only necessary for backwalkovers.

In gymnastics, there are three F's that gymnasts are taught.

First, there is proper form, which is the most important of all. Get the technique down and know how the move is executed until its imprinted into your brain.

Second, there is getting over the Fear. This is VERY important. You can know the proper form and all, but if you have the fear, you can still stall half-way into an aerial move and get into a seriously bad bail, maybe injuring yourself permanently. You need to have no fear, meaning KNOW you will be successful when executing the move, stay confident and just do it.

Thirdly, there is flexibility It is important in gymnastics, but least important, if not important at all, in a BHS. Just know the form and get over the fear, and within minutes, you will do it. Another tip: get a SPOTTER.

BHS is more about the first two F's I mentioned than the third. For BHS, get over the Fear and learn proper Form. However, Flexibility is not very important. Lets get rid of this myth forever!

[Bboy EZ]

And don't get me wrong, I personally feel flexibility is very important in the art of bboying--to the extent that I feel that the utility of flexibility is the most important in illustrating creativity and expression while on the dancefloor. Anybody who knows me knows I cherish flexibility. However, this is just my critique of flexibility in regards to BHS.

[Mr. Flapps]

Originally Posted by Vice President

oh yeah, one last piece of advice: don't be a pussy.

I try doing this on my bed and its still scary

[Mr. Flapps]

Originally Posted by Bboy EZ

Thirdly, there is flexibility It is important in gymnastics, but least important, if not important at all, in a BHS. Just know the form and get over the fear, and within minutes, you will do it. Another tip: get a SPOTTER.

BHS is more about the first two F's I mentioned than the third. For BHS, get over the Fear and learn proper Form. However, Flexibility is not very important. Lets get rid of this myth forever!

Hey EZ
I always pratice by facing the wall and getting into a bridge. Then when im at it, I put my right leg on the wall while still in the bridge and I kick my left leg up and land on my feet.

Is that a good way of praticing or conditioning or w/e?

[fae]

swing your arms back from down by your side (and i know people are all ahd awe rhaie! about swinging your arms for stuff (like those who have to swing 'em like mad to do handstands etc), but ya know)... that'll help you gain momentum and push you back more.

I haven't done these in ages and wanna pick 'em up (never really did 'em unspotted, but I used to do gymnastics forever and a day ago, so I've been spotted doing 'em a # of times)

One way to do it is to keep you arms straight out in front of you, then swing them down to your sides and bend your knees so you're almost sitting. Once you're falling back a little from that, you spring up with your legs while swinging your arms up above your head and you jump back. Hands go down, and your legs should follow through.

Mr. Flapps: sounds like you're practicing more for back walkovers, although it might help with feeling it or something... I dunno.

[B.b.O.y. KenG]

People who can't get rid of fear in a FHS...
why are you so afraid? You see the ground. You know that you won't hit your head. I mean the worst that can happen to you is that you'll land flat on your back and get the wind knocked out of you, which doesn't hurt that much. I'm not gymnist or any thing, but the first time I tried a FHS, it was on grass and I had no idea what the proper "form" was so I just did it, fell on my ass, and got back up. Then I did it again. You guys have to understand that you have to experience failure in order to succeed in bboying/tricking. I'm not saying that every one will hit their head on the floor before learning a back hand spring but you have to try it to get a the feel of it first, and then improve it. There's only so much that tutorials can help you with, but what you do is much more essential in learning the move.

By the way, does any one here that can actually DO the move know how to jump more "back" in a BHS?