THE FRONT-SOMERSAULT PROGRESSION : Page 110
Four double rocker rolls in semi-circle to right-hand corner.
ASSISTED SOMERSAULT OVER KNEES
Fig. 98
BOTTOM MAN
KNEES SHOULD BE SPREAD AND SOLID;
ASSIST TOP MAN UNDER BACK AS HE GOES OVER (b).
TOP MAN
USE DOUBLE-FOOT TAKE-OFF;
KEEP KNEES IN CLOSE GOING UP (a);
SNAP HEAD DOWN TO GET HIPS UP AND INTO SPIN (a);
OPEN UP AND ARCH ONTO FEET TO STOP SPIN AND LAND (c and d).
ASSISTED SOMERSAULT OVER KNEES
HINTS TO BEGINNERS: This is not a handspring from the knees. The performer does not kick up. The assisted somersault from the knees is done with a double-foot take-off, and the head is snapped forward instead of back. The knees are brought to the chest in a tuck for the spin but are extended for the landing. The objective in this stunt should be to learn how to