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The macaco is a dynamic acrobatic movement utilized in the Afro-Brazilian martial art of capoeira. To perform the move, a practitioner crouches low, places one hand on the ground, and swings both legs over their head to execute a flipping or back-salto motion. It was historically developed by enslav...

The Cody is an advanced acrobatic skill performed in competitive trampolining. The move involves executing a somersault that is initiated directly from a front or back drop position on the trampoline bed, propelling the athlete back into the air for continuous rotation. It requires significant spati...

A back tuck on beam is a backward somersault performed with the hips and knees drawn into a tucked position on the balance beam in women's artistic gymnastics. The gymnast must generate enough height and rotation while remaining aligned over an apparatus only 10 centimeters wide, then land securely...

A standing back tuck is an acrobatic skill performed in gymnastics, cheerleading, and trampolining. In this move, an athlete leaps vertically into the air from a standing position and executes a backward somersault in a tucked body position before landing upright. It requires significant lower-body...

A backward tucked somersault executed from a stationary standing position with no run-up, used as a foundational tumbling benchmark and a prerequisite skill in progressions toward more advanced standing saltos.

A full-in, back-out is a double backward somersault in which the performer completes a full twist during the first somersault and leaves the second somersault untwisted. The name follows gymnastics terminology that identifies where the twist occurs within a multiple-salto skill. It is used in advanc...

The back somersault on beam is a gymnastics acrobatic element performed on the balance beam, where the athlete executes a complete backward rotation. It is a foundational skill in women's artistic gymnastics, often incorporated into balance beam routines to demonstrate aerial control and precision....

A double back pike is a tumbling or acrobatic element consisting of two backward somersaults performed while the body is held in a pike position. In that shape, the hips are flexed and the legs remain extended rather than folded into a tuck. The element is used by advanced gymnasts and tumblers who...

The lazy back is a trampoline element performed from a backdrop, in which the athlete leaves the back and completes a backward somersault before returning to the trampoline. It is generally treated as an intermediate skill because it requires control of body position, rotation, and landing timing. I...

A back full is a trampoline skill that combines a backward somersault with one complete longitudinal twist. The performer begins from a backward takeoff, rotates through the salto, and completes the twist before landing. It is used in competitive trampoline routines and requires control of body posi...

A back pike is an acrobatic backward somersault performed with the body folded at the hips while the legs remain straight. The pike position distinguishes the skill from a tucked salto, in which the knees are drawn toward the chest. Back pikes are used in gymnastics and related acrobatic disciplines...

A back layout is a backward somersault performed with the body held in a straight, extended position rather than tucked or piked. The gymnast takes off, rotates once around the transverse axis, and lands on the feet; a twist can be added to create a different skill. Back layouts appear in floor exer...