$11
per class
How to learn Handstand Balancing
Completed by 215 learners
Ages 6-11
Live One-Time Class
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:(969 reviews)
Live video meetings
Meets once
3-8 learners per class
40 min
What's included
1 live meeting
40 mins in-class hoursHomework
Practice skills learned in class to improve handstand balancing.Assessment
Please take How to do a Handstand in Gymnastics if student is not familiar with the handstand.Class Experience
Please take classes in order: How to learn a Handstand class before the Handstand Balancing class and then take the Handstand Walking class. Students will learn with live coaching and instructional videos on the body shape of a headstand and progress to a handstand. Then progress to holding the inversion of a handstand, and the process of tightening the body correctly in order to hold the handstand with safe progressions. The interaction between the coach and gymnast will happen after the group watches the 30-45 sec. instruction from an actual gymnast and then Coach Heather will watch each athlete do the body shape and correct in a way that builds self-esteem. Coach Heather will show a live demonstration with a gymnast and then watch your gymnast do the skill while instructing them in a positive tone so the athlete can reach the goal of handstand balancing. All the basics of a headstand to handstand are covered so student can understand what needs to happen in order to handstand balance.
Learning Goals
Students will learn all the progressions for balancing in the handstand:
*Headstand progressions
*How to engage certain body parts in order to hold the handstand
*Shaping in a handstand for holding
*Wrist & Ankle Stretch for inversion
*Weight of placement in hands for a handstand
*Assisted handstand with the wall
*Handstand climbs up wall
*Handstand balance with right & left leg
*Full Handstand balancingOther Details
Parental Guidance
Must have a handstand. Risk of injury if students are not performing skills correctly. Parental guidance and assistance may be needed. Please make sure proper safety precautions are taken. For example, make sure student is not performing skills next to furniture and has proper matting required for class.
This is a risky class because the student does not have a coach at home to work with them on proper form and technique and the potential for injury exists. Parent supervision(adult present during the class) and skills may need to be modified according to skill level, skill, and strength of each student.
Supply List
Supply List: *Stuffed Animal (longer stuffed animal about 6-9 inches in length) *Yoga mat, gymnastics mat or 4-8 bed pillows *Regular dining room chair *Blank wall space Have gymnast wear proper gymnastics attire: Girls: Leotard and gymnastics shorts or leggings. Hair pulled back and no jewelry. Boys: T-shirt with basketball shorts or sweat pants. Hair pulled back if hair is below their ear or shoulder length.
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Meet the teacher
Teacher expertise and credentials
California Teaching Certificate
Coach Heather has been coaching for 14 years in gymnastics and dance. She owns her own Gymnastics business in Hemet California. Certified through USA Gymnastics and Acrobatic Arts. Coach Heather loves to see the gymnast improve with unique progressions she has learned from many different coaches and instructors throughout her years of coaching.
Watching athletes achieve certain skills and be excited about accomplishing a body movement is amazing to watch!Reviews
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