How to do the back handspring twist or flic flac 360

This is an animated gymnastics tutorial for the back handspring 360 or back handspring twist. Use the controls to pause, slow down and follow along with detailed step by step text instructions that match up with each movement. This instructional gymnastics video is incredibly in depth and a great guide for learning the back handspring twist or the flic flac 360.

Back Handspring Twist

The back handspring twist or flic flac 360° is a technique especially for womens gymnastics. You can still learn it as its a very cool technique. Before you try this move, you should be able to perform a normal back handspring and a handstand.

Technical description: Back Handspring Twist 360

* Stand in an initial back handspring position
* Jump backwards and twist 180 degrees to your left side.
* Put your right hand down and imagine watching a clock on the ground.
* Twist 180° clockwise. Left hand touches after about 30 degrees.

Trainer advice: Back Handspring Twist 360

* Get a plastic bottle and paint a smilie on it. Simulate the twist with the bottle to understand why you have to turn clockwise when your right hand goes down.
* Do a backwards jump from something about 30 cm high into a frontroll before you start. (Only with very very very soft mats) The mats should also be about 30 cm high, so that you don`t lose jumping stregth because of the mats.
* Don't think of this move as a Flic Flac 360 at the beginning. Everybody makes the mistake to twist back after the first half rotation, so think of this move as FLIC-left-180°, Flac-clockwise-180°.