It’s time for Duo Tricks! One of the best and most fun things you can do (especially if you have a partner that is a lot stronger or smaller than you) is to look up different acrobatic tricks to do together. In this episode we show you our favourite. To be honest, we just started practicing it not too long ago. You all know, we were only visiting Josh and his family for two weeks. But Josh and I had a great time trying out some tricks that were inspired by some duo acts we watched on Youtube.

The purpose of this episode is not to give you a perfect tutorial on how to execute this exact trick perfectly (it’s very obvious we just started doing these kinds of things). It’s more of a nudge towards letting go of perfectionism, picking a thing you always wanted to learn and just giving it a try! (As long as you’re safe, of course. Safety always comes first, my friends!)

I can’t repeat often enough how enjoying your handstand life and connecting with handstand friends has improved my quality of life and made me happy. And if you are just slightly like me, your handstand progress will pick up on that and be a lot better than you expected. Eventhough this trick has nothing to do with handstands, it’s still mind-opening to try something new that could potentially be part of a handstand duo act. And this is very motivating!

So grab your friend and give it a go! This trick looks a lot harder than it actually is. Afterwards, let us know how it went!

The world is your playground, so just go ahead and do whatever you love!

-Soundschi

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This. Game. Killed me. The rules of Simon says are super simple and easy to understand. In summary you just have to remember 2 things:

• when the other person says “Simon says” and tells you to do a certain movement, you have to do it
• If the person DOESN’T say “Simon says” and just tells you the movement, you don’t do it. Otherwise you die

Nevertheless, everything changes in a handstand. And this video is probably the biggest embarrassement to my abilities of paying attention :D. Prepare yourself for a laugh and wait to see how Josh nails the challenge like a boss!

Some additional rules to be fair:

• When you are Simon you are only allowed to say skills the other one can do
• When you fall or make an error in the movement, you also die (depending on how strict you’re playing ;))

Give this game a try! I actually plaid it with handstands for the first time. We used to play this in primary school in English class. If standing in a handstand for a long time is still difficult for you, no worries! Of course you can adjust the game to your level. Get creative and come up with skills, poses or movements that you can do! 🙂

And of course, keep working that handstand! One of my most useful videos on moving away from the wall and transfering to a freestanding handstand is this one: How to get your Handstand away from the Wall

Also I’d be super happy to see your attempt with a friend! Share it with us on Instagram by using #simonsayshandstand !

Thanks Josh, for being the best game partner! Follow him on Instagram to see more of him and our failed duo trick attempts!

We have one more episode to go in the Handstand Friend Games Series. Unfortunately our visit in California is over. But we’ll be back soon and if you’d like us to come up with more games, tell us! It’ll be a super fun challenge to come up with new ones :).

The world is your playground, so just go ahead and do whatever you love!

-Soundschi

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