Q&A for How to Do Forward Tumbling for Beginner Gymnastics

It's very possible! This can help you increase your flexibility and gymnastics skills, both of which are necessary for cheering.

Have a solid cartwheel, the try to cartwheel and at the last minute pull your hands up. You can also try to keep your arms up in the beginning and then put them together.

Rock your body while in a bridge position, then try to throw your leg up. Keep practicing!

Yes. The most flexibility you may need is in a front walkover or front handspring stepout, where back and leg flexibility may help out. But it's not a requirement.

It's like a front limber (handstand fall into a bride), but after the front limber you stand up on one foot.

You can either step-out and slide into the splits, or stand all the way up and slide out.

Watch Ronnie Street Stunts, and Jessie La Flair Parkour, on YouTube -- they both have tutorials for the back full. But you should really learn Parkour and Freerunning. I have been doing Parkour and Freerunning for over a year now and I am a pro Parkour athlete and Freerunner.

Technically, yes, it is still a front roll. Keep practicing and you will get it perfectly straight though!

You don't push yourself, you bend your legs. Make sure you can do a front limber before you try this.

Cheering squads want responsible people. What they do requires diligence, hard work, self respect, training hard and above all, safety. If you're going to rush into the back handspring, risking injury for lack of experience, you're not impressing anyone. Quite the contrary; you'll show recklessness, and they don't want that. Put emphasis on your dedication, on your training, and show confidence that you know you will get this move and many others. That will show you can be a valuable addition to the team.

The best way is to slowly lower your back onto the ground. Try to not do it too fast. Then you just come up from your sitting position.