All-Star Bhs Pulling/leaning To One Side

[catlady]

My daughter has had her BHS for quite a while and just recently she is landing it about six inches off the mark. Her regular coach said it is because she is stronger on one side, her private coach said she has more shoulder flexibility on that side. When I stand behind her it appears she is tilting/leaning mid bhs from the waist toward one side, her hands appear to be in alignment, and arms seem to have equal distribution. Yesterday, she said her elbow on the side she is pulling on has started to "pop" every time she throws it. Has anyone experienced this out there? Are there exercises to prevent it? I'm concerned she is going to hurt herself if this continues.

 

[UEAcheerchick]

My daughter has had her BHS for quite a while and just recently she is landing it about six inches off the mark. Her regular coach said it is because she is stronger on one side, her private coach said she has more shoulder flexibility on that side. When I stand behind her it appears she is tilting/leaning mid bhs from the waist toward one side, her hands appear to be in alignment, and arms seem to have equal distribution. Yesterday, she said her elbow on the side she is pulling on has started to "pop" every time she throws it. Has anyone experienced this out there? Are there exercises to prevent it? I'm concerned she is going to hurt herself if this continues.

This is the exact same thing my little sister is dealing with. It seems as if she tries to reach over one shoulder when going for a bhs rather than going straight back. She's also developed the horrible habit of jumping from one leg So that it kind of looks like a jumping back walkover. Her coach worries that because she's leaning when she throws it, she's putting more pressure on one side and might end up snapping her arm or something. something that might help is doing handstands against a wall and snapping down with legs together and practicing bhs on those barrel mats because you have to go straight to make it over So it will help your cp get into that habit

 

[catlady]

Thanks RMEcheerchick, I appreciate the feedback and best of luck to your little sister, also!

 

[Popdat Jiggledat]

It's going to sound wierd, but it is a simple matter of your daughter squeezing her body tighter. If she is landing her BHS with her hands off the ground and chest up (my assumption), she has proper arm placement, is shrugging through her shoulders and locking her legs to snap them down. The last portion is going to be to squeeze her butt and stomach (her core) to prevent traveling sideways. Have her stand on a line and squeeze a penny between her cheeks (the weird part) and then proceed to execute her BHS. If done correctly, her hands will split the line, her feet will start and end on the line (evenly) and the penny will still be squeezed between her cheeks.

 

[alliebby33]

One day about two years ago I randomly started doing this as well after having my backhandspring four about a month. My coach put two very tall mats on either side of the tumble track and made me backhandspring through them. After doing about ten (and making myself go straight back so I wouldn't knock them over) it was fixed. Right now, she probably cannot get the feeling back of going straight back. So this will remind her of the feeling of going straight back.

 

[BuegeSmalls]

There was a girl on my team that had this problem. She went to the doctor and she apparently has a fractured wrist or something like that.

ETA: She's been tumbling like that for years and just now found out that it's a problem with her wrist.

 

[catlady]

It's going to sound wierd, but it is a simple matter of your daughter squeezing her body tighter. If she is landing her BHS with her hands off the ground and chest up (my assumption), she has proper arm placement, is shrugging through her shoulders and locking her legs to snap them down. The last portion is going to be to squeeze her butt and stomach (her core) to prevent traveling sideways. Have her stand on a line and squeeze a penny between her cheeks (the weird part) and then proceed to execute her BHS. If done correctly, her hands will split the line, her feet will start and end on the line (evenly) and the penny will still be squeezed between her cheeks.

A tad awkward for a public place but, that makes sense. It, also, now makes sense to only pay by debit or credit.....yuck!:eek:

 

[KikiD22]

This is the exact same thing my little sister is dealing with. It seems as if she tries to reach over one shoulder when going for a bhs rather than going straight back. She's also developed the horrible habit of jumping from one leg So that it kind of looks like a jumping back walkover. Her coach worries that because she's leaning when she throws it, she's putting more pressure on one side and might end up snapping her arm or something. something that might help is doing handstands against a wall and snapping down with legs together and practicing bhs on those barrel mats because you have to go straight to make it over So it will help your cp get into that habit

This is what my CP is dealing with as well. It has improved a little, but it has been slow.

 

[Popdat Jiggledat]

A tad awkward for a public place but, that makes sense. It, also, now makes sense to only pay by debit or credit.....yuck!:eek:

Lol. It might be better suited for work with the private coach under your supervision. After several (10-20) successful repetitions in a row, your CP should be well on her way to working series BHS.

 

[Emily]

We had kids that tried to look over their shoulder to see the floor as early as possible (ummm, where did we tell you to look while doing your bhs?), that had bhs that went to the side. When they stopped the looking to the side, their bhs were straighter immediately.

 

[gymrat12]

I have a girl who does this but ONLY after a front through... weirdest thing to watch. She literally starts to tumble the same direction she started from.

 

[catlady]

We had kids that tried to look over their shoulder to see the floor as early as possible (ummm, where did we tell you to look while doing your bhs?), that had bhs that went to the side. When they stopped the looking to the side, their bhs were straighter immediately.

She did that for a while and her coach would make her put the neck of her T-shirt in her mouth to prevent her head from turning or throwing back. I'll have to watch out for that.

 

[chyeeaaa69]

I've seen this in athletes who look for the floor to one angle. It could even be the slightest head turn when she looks for the ground. If she's looking slightly to one side, she's likely to travel to that side.

 

[12stepCheermom]

She did that for a while and her coach would make her put the neck of her T-shirt in her mouth to prevent her head from turning or throwing back. I'll have to watch out for that.

That's an interesting tip for head throwing. Never seen that before, but we've had kids in the foamy neck brace with a coach spotting before to try anf get the feel of spotting a tuck. That's funny stuff. If some random person walked into the gym they would think we were making kids with broken necks tumble :)