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STRADDLE-LIFT FRONT SOMERSAULT
C Fig. 99 BOTTOM MAN STRADDLE TOP MAN'S HEAD AND GRASP HIS WRISTS (a); LIFT WITH LEGS, KEEPING TOP MAN IN CLOSE (a to c). TOP MAN STAND WITH FEET SPREAD WIDE; LEAN OVER AND PUT HANDS BACK BETWEEN LEGS, PALMS TOGETHER (a); SPRING WITH BOTTOM MAN'S LIFT; KEEP LEGS SPREAD AND LET BOTTOM MAN DO THE SPINNING; KEEP KNEES STRAIGHT AS BOTTOM MAN SPINS YOU (b). STRADDLE-LIFT FRONT SOMERSAULT HINTS TO BEGINNERS: When the performer does a somersault for the first time, he sees only a blur. On the tenth time he may begin to recognize some of the features of his environment. After a great many somersaults, he will begin to get a sense of timing for opening his tuck and landing. To accustom the performer to the unusual sensation, this progression works up to the front somersault with a series of assists. The top man's objective |
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