I remember with PE in high school that I'd just throw myself up the wall until I succeeded. Took me 3 tries and 4.5 hours in total. I was super bad at it due to very bad flexibility (one of the worst in class). However, I wasn't scared of throwing myself up and I knew how to fall well.
What ever you were capable of in school as a child has almost no relevance to your adult self unless you have kept up those skills.
Kids also learn physical moves much faster. I only know a couple of adults that have learned how to handstand as adults and even then, they were already fit or had good strength to weight ratios. Still took a long time to get a good looking hold.
I’ve seen kids just pick it up and start walking and hopping with control in weeks.
> You need to get it right for 1 second to call it a handstand IMO
I don’t know your background, but this reads like the mentality that gives a lot of “bro” workout communities a reputation for being irresponsible and injury prone.
Call it a handstand when you can do a handstand, and work your way up to it humbly. Your joints will thank you.
> You need to get it right for 1 second to call it a handstand IMO
I don't think many people would call that a handstand. Or at least, if you do then the definition is so wide as to be useless. There's no balance at all involved for 1 sec, just luck.
It’s not a skill if you can’t do it on command. I’m not sure why we need to lower the bar of success or dilute the skill so that more people can say they succeeded. This wouldn’t even be an argument if we were talking about someone standing on their feet.
It can be done.