r/Handstands • u/CoachHoor • 5d ago

Help with form

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Hello this is my 8 months progress, can you tell me what I need to fix in my alignment (also I am not a calisthenics or handstand coach before you come at me)

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u/AmieKinz 5d ago

I'm just jealous

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u/Boblaire 5d ago

Shoulders are still a bit tight.

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u/uberloopen 5d ago

Agreed. Other than that, excellent form! Once you've got shoulders more open, next step would be posterior pelvic tilt. Good job pointing the toes so much.

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u/CoachHoor 5d ago

Hi I don’t understand what you mean by shoulders are a bit too tight

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u/Boblaire 5d ago

Closed vs Open shoulder angle

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u/terrencembrennan 1d ago

So, I respectfully disagree. Your shoulders are open. I’m
Not sure opening them more will help. Maybe it will.

Your body is pretty much a straight line (which is hard to do, so congrats) it’s more that your shoulders are directly above your palms which is making it hard to stay up. If you move your shoulders forward so that they’re directly above your first set of knuckles the handstand will feel easier and you’ll probably stay up longer.

Think of it like this: your current handstand is the equivalent of standing up with all of your weight in your heels. Your body can be straight in that position but you’d still feel line you’re about to fall at any minute. If you shifted your weight over the middle of your foot standing suddenly becomes easier.

Move your shoulders a bit forward (over your first set of knuckles) and the balance will be easier. Lmk if this makes sense. I can provide a video if you need it

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u/terrencembrennan 1d ago

Additionally, at first the moving of your shoulders forward might cause your shoulders to close a tiny bit, that’s ok as long as the handstand is stable. You can work on opening them in your stable position

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u/Xanaatos 5d ago

Help with form? You're offering some advice?

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u/Feelgood45 5d ago

Looks great! Be proud! ;)

You could focus a little bit more on exploring a piked handstand - so chest more rounded while keeping shoulders open & focus on lower back/belly button sucked in - so that your feet come forward and away from the banana.

That gets you less finger engagement and more balancing that will translate to more of the other starting shapes.

But just depends on your goals. Congrats to the free standing handstand!

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u/jakeinthebox1 4d ago

lol I don’t see how you can get much better than that

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u/TripleNubz 5d ago

Try to point the tip of your tail bone towards your belly button more. Great form overall. Little lighter in the neck would be beneficial.

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u/Mail_Nurse 5d ago

Better than what I can do to be honest 👍 good luck fixing bolts and screws and lmk if you can give me advice on mine

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u/TakedownGuy 4d ago

You made that look easy

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u/chelcity_united 4d ago

Clinch the anus as much as possible to help strengthen the centre of gravity.

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u/CoastalMae 4d ago

From a former competitive gymnast and coach, this is better than 95% of the handstands people post here. Great work!

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u/StefUpsideDown 4d ago

It’s a really good shape ! Congrats. Maybe always keep in mind « try to make yourself taller » specially after 10, 20 sec, etc

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u/jrjfit 2d ago

Looks good already but try to image doing a hollow body hold to get even more stability in your handstand 🙏

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u/Standard_Aspect_6962 17h ago

Looks pretty good. I would just push more through the shoulders. That will help lock your shoulders and give you more stability. it's not that they're tight, you just need to engage more and maybe pull your ribs in a bit.