All-Star How Old Were You When You Threw Your First Back Handspring? Full?

[Matt Faherty]

Back handspring - 15... and I lost it. :(

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[CheerDivaMom88]

Forgot to to say I think it helps I'm at a new gym surrounded by tons of talented young kids, with SheCheers Kris10boo ;)

 

[magical mom]

My CP
Age 6- BHS
Age 9 - full (gym rat and self taught)

 

[thecheerbarbie]

Without a spot? I was 9 I think.
Tuck? 10 maybe 9.
Layout? 10.
I'm 12 now + on level 4.

 

[FierceIsTheName]

Back Handspring: 14 (just a couple months ago!!)
Running handspring: 14 (literally a day after i got my standing)
Tuck? Hopefully Soon :)

 

[wishfulthinking]

7. I actually got my RO back handspring before my standing, and then I got my standing shortly after.

 

[ninaxo]

I got my BHS at around 8 or 9. Getting that was a huge struggle, I had a mental block from the start. Through out many mental blocks I managed to get my layout, standing tuck, jumps to tuck, and other level four skills but this past season, my senior year, I refused to throw anything. They like to call me difficult :D haha tumbling was never my thing. My younger sister on the other hand, got her handspring at 6 or 7 and her full at 13 ish.

 

[ultimatelegacy]

BHS 6/7
Full 11/12

 

[Onfire381]

My CP got her bhs at 11 which to me was pretty impressive because the previous year she couldn't even do a forward roll. After injuries and a couple of severe mental blocks she now has a layout and started working on fulls at 15.

 

[Cheer4bella]

I'm definitely the type of person that needs progression to learn things. Slowly but surely I'm getting my elite tumbling skills. It didn't really click for me until I knew I needed a skill to secure my spot on my team. I worked to fix all of my bad habits I learned when I was younger and push for my full.

Back handspring: 8

Roundoff handspring tuck: 11 (I got this one by accidentally doing a really high back handspring. Not the most conventional, but I've had it ever since.)

Standing tuck: 11

Layout: 13 (I just ended up piking over my tucks until they were laid out enough. I needed to go back and fix them to make them twistable.)

Full: 15, a couple weeks ago so it isn't the most consistent.


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[cheercurl]

When I first saw this thread I thought maybe Suzie's mom might show up....ya know the one with the three year old.

 

[wishfulthinking]

I overlooked the full part of the question, but I got my full when I was 12 or 13. I would've gotten it sooner if I didn't have mental block issues.

 

[TheTalkedAboutMinor]

Back Handspring: First threw it on my eleventh birthday (New Year's Eve 2010) and I never threw it again until October of 2012, so I was twelve when I got it consistent. Then I got my round-off tuck this past March (2013) so I got it while I was thirteen. Hopefully I'll get my roundoff handspring tuck at thirteen too ;)

 

[CheerKatie08]

BHS/Tuck: 13. I got both the first year I started cheering.
Layout: 14.
Full(ish): 18. First started them when I was 14, and by the time I retired, I was landing them maybe once every 10 times. Pure luck. I also landed 2 to fulls before I landed running fulls. Just not my thing, I guess!

 

[dhubbz]

BHS: 16
Full: 17

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