The most obvious contrast, is that when you perform a standing tuck, you use no hands, and when you perform a standing back handspring, you jump backwards onto your hands. On the topic of jumping back, a standing back handspring requires you to jump backwards, where a standing tuck expects you to jump straight up in the air to reach the peak of your set. Also, when you are flipping in a standing back handspring, your legs are supposed to be locked out so your skill looks clean. In a standing tuck however, your legs need to be as curled up, and bent as possible in order to complete the flip. Now, both skills are fun to do, however, a standing back handspring is more rough on your body, such as your wrists and your back, and a standing tuck is a lot less painful on your body, assuming you completed the skill properly. The final contrast between these two topics, is there are different variations of a standing back handspring, such as the standing back handspring stepout, where there is only one type of standing
The most obvious contrast, is that when you perform a standing tuck, you use no hands, and when you perform a standing back handspring, you jump backwards onto your hands. On the topic of jumping back, a standing back handspring requires you to jump backwards, where a standing tuck expects you to jump straight up in the air to reach the peak of your set. Also, when you are flipping in a standing back handspring, your legs are supposed to be locked out so your skill looks clean. In a standing tuck however, your legs need to be as curled up, and bent as possible in order to complete the flip. Now, both skills are fun to do, however, a standing back handspring is more rough on your body, such as your wrists and your back, and a standing tuck is a lot less painful on your body, assuming you completed the skill properly. The final contrast between these two topics, is there are different variations of a standing back handspring, such as the standing back handspring stepout, where there is only one type of standing