Q&A for How to Do a Backward Roll

This could mean that you need more strength in your arms, or you aren't pushing hard enough. Make sure to use your shoulders, and try doing push ups and other arm strengthening exercises to build up your arms.

Keep your legs locked together, then roll on your feet and push with with your hands up.

Keep your knees close to your chest when rolling. To stand up, push with your legs. Beginners can use their hands to help them stand up, but that will deduct from your score in a competition.

No. Backward rolls are rather simple and easy to learn. They just take time and effort.

It depends on how weak your hand is. Try doing a handstand or cartwheel to see if your hand and wrist is stable enough. If you can't hold yourself in the air, don't try a backward roll. Don't forget to always have someone help you in case you get hurt when you are learning new tumbling skills.

Squats are very good as they ensure your neck and back muscles will be successful in pushing the rest of your body over your neck. This leads into strengthening neck muscles so that you do not fall to the side or seriously injure your neck.

Pushups and light weight lifting are a couple of popular options. Check out more at How to Improve Arm Strength for Gymnastics .

Keep your legs together and make sure that you are straight. Ask someone to watch you and see where you are going wrong.

You will need a large open space with soft but unmoving ground. A space of at least 10 meters by 5 meters, with no others standing in the way, will ensure you don't hit anything -- even if you are really tall. Outside in a field when the grass is not wet would be best. Learning outside may be embarrassing for some, so don't specifically go to learn backward rolls, but do other activities, as well.

When you get to the shoulder stand position, swing your legs over, and your head will come up. Remember to tell yourself that you can do it!

When you do a backward roll, make sure that your hands are there so that you aren't putting weight on your head. When you feel as though your head is about to be under your body weight, put your hands at either side of your head and push with your hands so you land on your toes with your hands still on the floor. This could take a while to get right, so be patient.

Rolling is a basic skill that everyone learns in the beginning. It is a building block for more moves, such as flips, and it allows you to land safely from a fall.

Keep your legs locked together, then roll on your feet and push with your hands up.

You can also do forward rolls or try to start flipping. Make sure to use a spotter and soft ground, though.

A bed is bouncier, so it is probably giving you some additional support that you're lacking when you try to do the roll on the carpet. Just keep practicing -- you'll get it eventually.

Push off with your hands when you are in the position when your head is touching the ground.

It depends on your physical fitness level and technique.

Your friends probably got hurt because they didn't put their hands next to their heads as they did it. Putting your hands down helps to support and protect you as you roll back. So as long as your hands are in the right spot, you have nothing to be scared of!

No. Try tucking in your neck while you roll. You shouldn't experience any pain, and if you keep experiencing pain, stop doing the roll and see a doctor.

Start working out. Eat more healthy foods, and avoid sweets. When you start losing weight, start trying to do a headstand against the wall. When you get good at it, try getting father and father from the wall. Be patient, it will take a while to get it down.

Use your hands to push off of the floor, and then stand up.