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Summary: Learn gymnastics warm ups such as the back bend in this free online video lesson.

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Heather McCanna Heather McCanna has been making cards for ten years. She teaches craft lessons to Elementary School children, and regularly volunteers arts-and-crafts time t... read more

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by lilgirltk

thnx u so much 4 discussing how 2 do a back bend i keep on falling when i tried 2 do it people who is reading this u can laugh i dont care at least im learning and ur not

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by Manoura

woow, i watched all of your videos and they REALLY helped a lot. Thanks for posting these!!!!

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by christiedanton

I've just been trying to rate your videos and I'm having trouble, so I will rate your instructional videos here. All of the videos were amazingly helpful, and I give them all 10/10. I will be asking my students to watch your videos and this will ensure they have perfect technique and alignment at all times. If it's okay, I would like to have a talk to you about being an online instructor in my classes. Thank you, Christie

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by green

hi i really much love doing gymnastic speacilly with heather but i don't know how!

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by IloveGymnastics

thank you so much for discussing all these you made them really easy to understand ive been taking gymnastics on and off and now im going to stay with it watching these videos has really inspired me thanks

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by tikkuda1

I have watched all of Heather's videos, she explains all the moves perfectly. she is inspiring and her videos have helped alot.

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Doing a Back Bend for Gymnastics Warm Ups

I’m Heather McCanna with expertvillage.com and in this clip I’ll be discussing gymnastics warm-ups, specifically the back bend. This is a skill that utilizes the stretch we performed earlier called the bridge. You’re going to be in an arch position with your feet and your hands on the floor. Begin this skill with your feet slightly apart about shoulder width and your hands directly above your body with your palms facing forward and your fingertips facing up. You gradually lower your shoulders leading with your hands and looking at your hands towards the ground, arching your lower back until your hands gently reach the floor. At this point, if you’re not ready to stand back up, you can simply walk your feet further away from your body and then lower yourself to the ground, just as we did with the bridge stretch. If you are ready to stand up, you will simply perform the skill just as we did previously. At this point, you will rock your weight from your hands back to your feet and stand up. This is also a basic gymnastics skill that will be necessary for many tumbling skills on both the floor and the balance beam.

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