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How To Do A Gymnastics Handstand with Coach Ita and LASG Gymnast

Posted on Mon, May 06, 2013 @ 18:05 PM

Can you do a handstand? If so, can you do a Gymnastics Progressive Handstand?
Now, you might be saying...maybe? Despite what appears to be so effortlessly performed by many Gymnasts you see on t.v., in sport and especially during the Olympics, this -

hand·stand  

/ˈhan(d)ˌstand/
Noun
An act of balancing on one's hands with one's feet in the air or against a wall.
 
as defined by Dictionary.com there is much training, focus and discipline in this balance act and movement in Gymnastics.
At Los Angeles School of Gymnastics in Culver City, Coach Ita who has been coaching young gymnasts for over 20 years has seen many grow from no experience to Olympic caliber.
Performing a "Handstand" may sound easy but much strength, discipline and practice is utilized to execute this effortlessly.
A gymnast begins with "monkey crawls", a technique that begins the youth with a familiarness, with practice evolves to their beginning steps as a gymnast and handstand.
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Gymnastics is the basics of all sports. The flexibility, balance, strength and discipline helps minimize sports injuries and promotes healthy fitness living. With the youth of today connected to electronic devices, a decline in physical activities has been reported Nationwide, thus many incentives are being campaigned to bring a child "off the sidelines and into action".
Follow along to learn how to perform a Handstand in this tutorial from Los 
Angeles School of Gymnastics, located in Culver City and where "Anyone Can Be A Gymnast".
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