THE FRONT-SOMERSAULT PROGRESSION : Page 128


GROUP STUNT NO. 25

(  indicates bottom men; O indicates top men.)

Take position for double roll forward along edge of mat.

Roll halfway along edge of mat.

Hand-to-foot pitch somersault with top men rolling tostand and quarter-turn left at corner.

Bottom men backward roll to stand with new partner.

ANKLE-LIFT FRONT SOMERSAULT

Fig. 109

BOTTOM MAN

PUT RIGHT FOOT UNDER PARTNER'S ANKLE AND LEFT UNDER ARCH (a);

GET AS CLOSE TO HIM AS POSSIBLE;

LIFT STRAIGHT UP, KEEPING HEAD BACK AND CHIN IN.

TOP MAN

SPRING AND LIFT STRAIGHT UP WITH ARMS (a and b); BRING BOTH KNEES TO CHEST AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE (c) ; AT HEIGHT SNAP HEAD DOWN AND TUCK TO GET SPIN (c) ; OPEN UP TO LAND.

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