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Improvers: the two culprits behind your loss of balance

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Handstand Academy
Apr 29, 2025
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If I boil things down, the challenges my improvers face when freestanding are of two natures:

  1. An alignment mistake

    Your kick-up is good, placing you in a desirable line. Your fingers are doing exactly the right thing but after 5 seconds of honest fight, for no apparent reason, your leg or pelvis starts moving on its own, remembering the inextricable pull …

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