i have been cheerin for 4 yrs and im on one of the top allstar teams in indiana. i can do everything except for tumble. actually, i can tumble very well but mentally i cant. i can do backhandsprings and tucks with someone only placing their pinky lightly on my back, but the second they take their pinky away i freak out and cant do it! its weird, i no. i have till jan. 25th to throw my backhandspring. do u have any advice on how to get rid of my mental problems that i have had for 4 yrs in two weeks? (besides, once u throw it its easy, ive heard a billion times just to throw it and get it over with) if anyone has been in this position b4...what did u do to get the nerve up to do it on ur own?

luv2cheer1330

well all i did was say i can do it and i did it ,itwas so easy after i did and if u have a trampoline try it on there if u hve it on there by uyour self you have it on the ground or just tell them to stand next to uyou and 4 them to catch you if you fall it helped me

fiddler13

I have know idea on how to do a back handspring! I've tried and tired but no luck! I know that I can do it but the fear is what pulls me back. I'm not afraid to jump on my back and flip over but I have the thinking that I will land on a head and breack something. I've been trying for maybe a couple years and no luck1 I always see people saying that it's easy and once you do it you won't be afraid but that's not the case with me. I don't have any spotters. I can do about anything ont the trampoline frontwards but backwards...... don't even ask! If someone could help me It would be very apprichiated!

cheerleader789

okay, ive been going to a cheer gym for about a week now and i love it!!
ive never dont a backhandspring in my lyfe and i can do one with a spotter my problem is that i jump then bent and do my bhs. this is a real problem!
i need so tips anyone got any??????????????

Huskies01

Have been practicing for my high schools cheer squad and i can't do a backhandspring and i don't have a spotter and i cant take any classes. If you have any advice please let me know.

cheerchic24

I jhave mental block too. My advice(i'm sure you heard it a million times b4) is just throw it. YOU HAVE TO BELIVE IN YOURSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! If you think you can't do it, then you can't.

gymgirl

dancehlh

I want to let you know that I have/had the same excat problem you do i know excatly how you feel with one finger i do it great but when they say to do it bymyself i have a mental block. Really until today at my gym I got over it. They key is to not think about it just pretend that your coach is really there. Another tip is to have tehm start spottting you and then right when you jump into it they let go. also practice on a trapoline or air track or something like that. Because I have fallen on my head on those things and TRUST me it does not hurt. I hope it goes well jsut remeber to belive in yourself becasue if you don't think you can do it then you can't!!!! good LUCk!!!

scac

I am cheering too, and I know the pressure that they put on you, and say, "Just do it!". I am so nervous to do my back handspring too, but you have to trust yourself that you learned better not to fail. Um, that is my best advice, and just remember, there are alot of people who are scared, but you have to get over it.

jadeshumake

cheerleading is my pasion..I have cheerd for years and still do..but i cant do a backhandspring..but your problem is very comman..there is a girl on my team that can do it, but has to have a pinky behind her..what i tell her is to not do it until you r a hundred percent ready to do it..think of it this way..how is a pinky going to save you?? so u mine as well just try to do it,because that pinky is just like havin nothing behind you..well i hope that helps