They DO lead to handstands! DS has been doing a running somersault-y jump onto the couch and ending up in a headstand!
He's been doing somersaults in the water since last year and that's where he first did them before trying them from the pool edge, then on land. I encourage him to do them from the vault at Kindergym, into the foam pit (so, through the air), as well as all over the floor mat so that he realises there are some surfaces better for it than others.
Maybe he was watching throught he fence, Kaz?! When DS first started going to creche the staff were asking if he normally did them, cos he was doing them all over the tambark and they weren't sure what to do with him! I warned them, but they probably thought I was having a mummy boast...no, it was a warning...just like his leaping from tall buildings...they know he can land now!