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There are three main things we want to master when it comes to handbalancing:
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→ consistency: being able to kick-up into a desired line and hold it
→ straightness: how straight you are once you are balancing
→ duration: how long you can hold the line for
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Those are true for any kind of shapes you want to master (straight, V shape, piked, etc.) as well as any form of kick-up you want to use (normal kick-ups, tuck up, straddle up, pike up, cartwheel into handstands, etc.). If this sounds French to you, don’t worry: we’ll see it together in the next few weeks!
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The thing most students ignore is that there is an essential order of priorities that structures their learning:
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consistency → duration → straightness
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Indeed,
It doesn’t matter if you can hold the straightest handstand for 2 seconds, once a blue moon.
And it doesn’t matter either if you can hold a 60-second handstand only when the stars are aligned and you had a 10 hour night sleep.
You want first and foremost to have a consistent, 10-15 second handstand.
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Then you will start adding duration, as well as progressively tweaking your line to make it straighter.
All the drills you do in the next few months should obey that very simple logic.
And it’s hard, because most of our favorite drills (like balancing off the wall) end up only working on duration, at the expense of consistency.