Amazon.com: Gymnastics: Tumbling: How to do a Better Back-Handspring [VHS]: Coach Wayne, Whitestock Productions: Video

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Valerie Morris, Children's Librarian, PeachTreeCity, Georgia.
"One of the most professional productions of this genre, I've ever seen. It encourages fitness AND self-esteem."

Dr. Johannah Doeke, Indiana University, Dep't. of Physical Education.
"Congratulations! You've created a wonderful teaching tool for back-handsprings that has 'all the right stuff.' The video-displays, backgrounds, uplifting score, positive attitude and realistic demonstrations set your work above many of the state-of-the-are videos currently found in the market."

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13 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exercises are Excellent!, February 2, 1999

By A Customer

We are two girls from Holland, Warda and Marloes. We used to do gymnastics ourselves an we both teach this sport for a few years now. We think the video is very inspiring an witty for the children it is mend for. It was very nice to see that the children you used were not all oncoming miss and Mr. USA. This is an important factor in keep doing it every day and not dropping out after the first couple of days. The lesson here is made clear: slim is not the perfect image. Normally in this kind of video's you see the perfect woman with the perfect body who makes the perfect back-handspring. By the way: we call this a "flick-flack". We think that before you are going to teach a flick-flack the child has to be strong enough. Otherwise there will first be a lot of training. In this case your excersises are excellent. And of course you are right on when you improve your body strength you can do the flick-flack better but more important, it will improve all the other gymnastics elements in your tumbling. We hope your video will be a success in the US and other countries. END

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Video, Coach Wayne Really Break It Down, April 13, 2002

By	Leetech "leetech" (New England, USA) - See all my reviews

Coach Wayne takes the back handspring and simply breaks it down into progressions. The exercises are simple to follow and there are closeups so you can really get the technique. This is a great video to break through any fear you may have of performing the skill. Coach Wayne also leads you through some fun conditioning, too. The quality of the video and the music are quite cheesy, but if you can get past it you'll be on your way to effectively learning the back handspring.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Coach Wayne, February 17, 2003

By A Customer

This video is very good. Coach wayne can be a little scary though. THe conditioning is really important and will help you. If you want to have someone spot you, do what i did, find someone you trust, like a parent. I would recommend this to anybody who is a cheerleader or gymnast.(I am a cheerleader myself). Some of the workouts are difficult and are hard to do. Just take it slowly and try your best. The best time to do this is in the summer, when you have lots of free time. You need to workout everday. Oh and one more thing, Be safe, have fun, and push it hard!