THE BACK-SOMERSAULT PROGRESSION : Page 162
LIFT STRAIGHT UP WITH LEGS AND FOLLOW WITH ARM LIFT AND PUSH (c).
TOP MAN
STARTING WITH SHORT RUN, HOP AND LAND ASTRIDE BOTTOM MAN'S FRONT FOOT WITH KNEES OUT (a);
PUSH DOWN ON BOTTOM MAN'S HEAD AS YOU SPRING AND THEN LIFT WITH YOUR ARMS FOR HEIGHT (b);
AT HEIGHT OF SPRING, TUCK AND SNAP HEAD BACK TO GET SPIN (c).
CROTCH-PITCH BACK SOMERSAULT
HINTS TO BEGINNERS: This stunt depends on perfect timing. The bottom man must catch his partner as far under the buttocks as possible just as his hips begin to flex so that he can give a secondary push after the lift. This stunt, too, should be practiced by having the top man lift