THE FRONT-SOMERSAULT PROGRESSION : Page 127


stunt is to place the hands on a box or bench, rest the body on the elbows, and then rock by moving the head up and down. Note what happens if the heels are brought in close to the buttocks for a tuck. The safety man should protect the beginner in this stunt in the same way as for the foot-to-pelvis front somersault.

VARIATIONS

Double roll forward; change grips,and hand-to-foot pitch somersault.

Wheelbarrow; front man ducks intoposition; change grips, and do hand-to-foot pitch somersault.

Hand-to-foot pitch somersault with

top man starting from bottom man's buttocks.

4. Hand-to-foot pitch somersault; top man makes half-turn, picks bottom man up by feet, and lifts him to head-and-hand balance position with dead-man lift.

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