Course curriculum

  1. 01

    • How to Use the Handstand Academy

    • What's new?
  2. 02

    • The keys tenets of this method

    • The Tension Continuum

    • A note on a good Warm-up

    • Warm-up Routine 1

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    • Prone Shoulder Flexion

    • Hanging Routine 1

    • The Seesaw Analogy (part I)
  3. 03

    • The Iceberg effect

    • The 3 drivers of a kick-up

    • Why you should work Chest to Wall to reach the Wall
  4. 04

    • C2W endurance practice
  5. 05

    • The 3 fear zones (lecture)

    • Copy of Head tap Freestanding drill
  6. 06

    • Active Learning

    • Shoulder flexion: the nuances chest to the wall (Puppy drill)

    • Shoulder flexion: defining positions 1, 2 and 3

    • Maintaining position 1 while being B2W

    • The Seesaw Analogy (part II)
  7. 07

    • Tapping into shoulder flexion more

    • The Float Metronome

  8. 08

    • The Three Finger Pushing Patterns
  9. 09

    • How to save an overshot handstand

    • Method #1: The Leg Pull
  10. 10

    • Pelvic Tilts C2W

    • Copy of The Skating Drill

    • Copy of Bailing with an APT
  11. 11

    • Pelvic Tilts C2W

    • The Seesaw Analogy (part III)
  12. 12

    • Assessing your readiness

    • From the Y (or V) shape to the straight (I) shape

    • The Gymnastic Kick-up
  13. 13

    • The Clock Drill (front leg)
  14. 14

    • Introduction to Shoulder Mobility and Shoulder Awareness

    • Should I stretch?

    • Adapting your practice

    • The Poor man's Yog(-ish) priming routine

    • Advanced Shoulders patterns - Elevation & Protaction