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Aerial

Cartwheel or walkover executed without placing hands on the ground
Airborne Tumbling Skill

An aerial maneuver involving hip-over-head rotation in which a person uses their body and the performing surface to propel himself/herself away from the performing surface.
Airborne/Aerial

To be free of contact with a person or the performing surface.
Arabesque

ArabesqueArabesque
Assisted Tumbling
Any form of physical assistance to an individual performing a tumbling skill. This does not apply to gymnastic oriented “stunts” permitted at each level.
Awesome

A stunt where a top person has both feet together in the hand(s) of the base(s). Also referred to as a \"Cupie.\"
Back Walkover

A non-aerial tumbling skill where one moves backward into an arched position, with the hands making contact with the ground first, then rotates the hips over the head and lands on one foot/leg at a time.
Backward Roll
A non-aerial tumbling skill where one rotates backward into/or through an inverted position by lifting the hips over the head and shoulders while curving the spine to create a motion similar to a ball “rolling” across the floor.
Ball – X

A body position (usually during a toss) where the top person goes from a tucked position to a straddle/x-position
Barrel Roll

See Log Roll
Base

A person who is in direct weight-bearing contact with the performance surface who provides support for another person. The person(s) that holds, lifts or tosses a top person into a stunt. (New bases – bases previously not in direct contact with the top person of a stunts)
Basket Toss

A toss with no more than 4 bases, 2 of which use their hands to interlock wrists.

Basket Toss
Block

A gymnastic term referring to the increase in height created by using one’s hand(s) and upper body power to push off the performing surface during a tumbling skill. The momentary airborne position created by blocking is legal for all levels.
Block Cartwheel

A momentarily airborne cartwheel created by the tumbler blocking through the shoulders against the performing surface during the execution of the skill.
Bow-n-Arrow

Bow n Arrow
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