Handspring

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Handspring may refer to:

  • Handspring (company), a company that made personal digital assistants
  • Handspring (gymnastics), a gymnastics move involving forward or backward rotation of the body. this skill starts off by standing straight with arms about the head. if doing backhandpring then the person would jump in the backwards motion until the hands hit the groud. pull up the chest when the feet hit the floor. a front handsroing is the same way, only running into the skill and jumping off of one foot then the other.
  • Rising Handspring or kip-up, an acrobatic move from a supine position to a squatting position