Three Principles.
- Leg Tension
- Repetition
- Playfullness
Exercise 1
Start with your hands on the floor. Hop from one foot to the other. The main focus is to keep the legs straight and feet and toes pointed like a ballet dancer or gymnast.
Exercise 2
Keep your hands on the floor but begin hopping from side to side. Your legs will make a windmill motion.
Exercise 3
Continue jumping from side to side but gradually jump your bum higher each time. As you bodyweight gets more over your hards you will begin to flow. Eventually you will hit the balance points and be able to stay there.
Exercise 4
Come to your feet and begin practising normal cartwheels backwards and forwards. By doing it each way on the spot, we are practising both sides and breaking our reliance on one side. The focus should be on keeping the legs and feet straight and pointed.
Exercise 5
Long Cartwheels. Lunge further, reach further. Try to travel as far as possible with one cartwheel.
Exercise 6
Short Cartwheels. Place your first hand down as close to your foot as possible. Then land you other foot as close to the other hand as possible.
Exercise 7
Star Cartwheel. Try to keep arms and legs straight tumble over sideways.
Exercise 8
Cartwheel in and then push back and leave the same way you entered. This conditions our shoulders to be able to control and resist the sideways forces rather than just carrying the normal momentum.
Exercise 9
Cartwheel in and stop in straddle.
Exercise 10
Consistency. Once you can balance. Try hitting 4/4 attempts.
Exercise 11
Cartwheel to straight handstand. This is more difficult than finishing in straddle.
Exercise 12
Jump up into the handstand from crouched position.