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Back Pike
A backward somersault with the body folded at the hips and legs straight (pike position), used across gymnastics floor exercise, balance beam, and vaulting disciplines.
apps Top Back Pike Alternatives
The top alternative to Back Pike in 2026 is Auerbach with a score of 8.7/10, followed by Full-In Full-Out (8.5) and Full Twisting Double Back (8.5).
Auerbach
The Auerbach is a gymnastics vault featuring a forward salto, named after Soviet gymnast Natalia Auerbach who introduced...
Full-In Full-Out
A double backward somersault with a full twist in both the first and second saltos (720° total twist), one of the highes...
Full Twisting Double Back
The Full Twisting Double Back is a high-difficulty gymnastics salto where the athlete completes two backward rotations w...
Standing Full
A standing full is an elite tumbling element where the performer executes a backward salto with a 360-degree twist from...
Aerial Side Somersault
An Aerial Side Somersault is a hands-free lateral acrobatic rotation utilized in martial arts gymnastics and parkour, in...
Back Tuck (Beam)
A backward tucked somersault performed on the 10-centimeter-wide balance beam, one of the foundational acrobatic element...
Rudi (Rudy)
The Rudi (Rudy) is a front somersault with one and a half twists performed in trampolining and freestyle aerials, named...
Triple Full
A backward layout somersault with three full twists (1080°), one of the most difficult twisting elements in gymnastics f...
Standing Back Tuck
A standing back tuck is a fundamental gymnastics move where an athlete jumps backward into a tucked salto without a run-...
Full Twist
A backward layout salto incorporating a full 360-degree longitudinal twist, a core floor exercise element and prerequisi...
Standing Back Tuck (No Run)
A backward tucked somersault executed from a stationary standing position with no run-up, used as a foundational tumblin...
Double Arabian
A skill beginning with a half-twist entry into a forward double somersault (tuck or pike), with the Arabian half-twist d...
Full-In Back-Out
A double backward somersault with a full twist in the first salto and no twist in the second, using standard gymnastics...
Layout (Back Salto Stretched)
A backward salto executed with the body fully extended, prized in gymnastics for its aesthetic line and used as the foun...
Half-In Half-Out
A double backward somersault with a half twist in the first salto and half twist in the second, described by gymnastics...
Back Somersault Beam
The Back Somersault on Beam is a foundational gymnastics acrobatic element where the athlete performs a complete backwar...
Back Tuck
A backward somersault performed in tucked position with knees drawn to chest, one of gymnastics' most fundamental aerial...
Layout Step-Out
A back salto in a fully extended layout position with a step-out landing (one foot contacting before the other), perform...
Layout Half
A Layout Half is a fundamental gymnastics and trampolining skill where the athlete performs a straight-body backward or...
Back Layout
A backward somersault in a fully extended (layout) body position, the most fundamental aerial skill in gymnastics, used...
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