What to fix
Every fault Nstand can name, and what is actually going on behind it: what it is, why it happens, what it costs you, and the work that fixes it.
Arched back (the banana)A banana handstand is one that has bent backwards: ribs flared, pelvis tipped, feet hanging behind the hands instead of stacked over them. It is the most common handstand shape there is, and almost nobody can feel themselves doing it.
Read the guide → Piked hipsA pike is a handstand folded at the waist: the hips sit behind the shoulders and the legs hang forward of them, so the body makes a shallow L instead of a line.
Read the guide → Shoulders not openOpen shoulders mean the arms are in line with the torso: ears past the arms, one straight column from hand to hip. Closed shoulders leave an angle there, and everything above it has to bend to make up for it.
Read the guide → Bent armsA handstand with bent elbows is held up by muscle instead of stacked on bone. It can look fine from across the room and still cost several times as much to hold.
Read the guide → Bent kneesBent knees rarely mean tight anything. They mean nobody told the legs what to do, so they went where they were left.
Read the guide → Legs apartLegs that drift apart are a straddle nobody chose. It makes balancing easier for a moment and the line harder to fix for months.
Read the guide → Weight over the fingersYou are past the balance point and holding yourself there with your fingertips. The handstand is not falling, but only because you are paying for it every second.
Read the guide → Over-correctingBalance is a series of small errors nobody notices. Over-correcting is answering every one of them with your whole body, until the corrections are what ends the hold.
Read the guide → Nstand is not your coach
It is a camera and some geometry. It does not replace a coach, a gym or an academy, it cannot see your wrists, your history or what you are about to land on, and it is wrong sometimes. Handstands can injure you. What you do on your hands is your decision and your risk: warm up, train where a fall is safe, and stop when something hurts.
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