I can't do a cartwheel. Gymnastics for P.E. is coming soon..
Anybody have tips for how to do cartwheels with different teniques? [sp]

I'll be embarassed if I'm the only one who can't do a cartwheel.

it would be a lot more easy if i could show you. but u need speed. thats the key. so yeah. and i couldn't do one till like 6th grade and then i became an all star at gymnastics

Have someone spot you at first....(where they hold your waist guiding you.) And instead of trying one just from standing up, get a running start. it will turn out better. Pretty much any other advice wouldn't make sense since I'd need to show you in nperson!

^^

yeah its hard to explain...but just practice i'm sure you'll get it.

yeah, i can do a cartwheel. it's hard to explain.

The more you practice the better you'll become. You just kind of have to get a feel for it.

get a running start and then kinda jump in the air and just do it. but make sure you don't land on your face!

^ I land on my arse.

I just realized.. that when I tried to do a cartwheel, I did like a backflip almost.

http://rap.about.com/library/blbreakdanceaerialcartwheel.htm

I'm sure they'll be impressed if you get that down ^^

omg i learned a cartwheel by myself before ELEMENTARY school! its a lot easier that what people make it out to be but, then again i used to be a tumbler so yea...

oh btw I tried that aerial and I landed on my arse =( I needed more body twist in midair -_-

I can't do a cartwheel. It's like half of it because my legs aren't really straight in the air. I suck.

i cant do cartwheel either
so uncoordinated!

when i was still doing gymnastics, my teacher made us practice first by doing a handstand with your feet against the wall. theen you start pracicing, i dont know...it worked for me.
most people cant do cartwheels cuz of lack of speed and their legs aren't int he air enough.

Get used to flipping? Lol...err..google it. :]

keep your arms straight and kick your legs over your head..

aw, I feel your pain..I always fall over. I think I knew how to do it once, but I never try anymore.

you have to like..kick your leg over..balence..=/

this topic is sooooooo old -_-

haha..same here.. im a juggler and a unicycler not a gymnist

its hard to help over the computer, but i know that a lot of people who have trouble with cartwheels have trouble because they aren't comfortable upside down, and so they can't control what they do. The best advice I can give you is to do cartwheels A LOT and do handstands against a wall. Oh and be thankful that you get gymnastics in p.e.! if i got that i would be sooooo happy!

I can do a cartwheel...but I never really practiced for it.
Just came naturally.

oh yes. i took gymnastice and ballett for 3 years, and cheerleading for 1 year, so im very flexible. i've known how to a cartwheel since i was like... 5
no tips on how to do them, though. sorry. you'd have to be there for me to teach you. basically all you do is turn to your hand [if you are right handed, then put your weight on your right foot and lean towards the right]
then you land on your right, and then the left goes to the ground. then you basically look like a wheel as you twist in the air and land.

yeah, bad explination. its hard.
edit'// wowwww old topic.