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In the first stunt,'the squat hand balance (Fig. 21), the performer learns how to balance on the hands. In the head-and-hand balance (Fig. 24) he learns how to hold an arch from the toes down to the shoulders and how to kick the legs up into the inverted position. In the forearm balance (Fig. 27) he learns how to use the head to control the arch and the balance. If these fundamentals have been well learned, the performer is then ready for the hand balance (Fig. 30). The remaining variations will make more interesting the time spent on the task of strengthening the hand balance. The cartwheel has been placed after the hand balance because it has more carry-over value in this position. In the cartwheel a very common fault is flexing at the hips instead of arching. If the performer learns the arch fundamentals before he begins the cartwheel, it will be half learned before it is tried. |
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