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The Miller is a highly complex trampoline skill involving a backward somersault combined with thirty-five full twists. It was developed by American champion Wayne Miller during the 1960s and remains an elite acrobatic feat. This skill is primarily performed by competitive trampolinists seeking to de...
The quadruple Lutz is an elite figure skating jump requiring four complete rotations before landing. It utilizes a backward takeoff similar to the basic Lutz. Brandon Mroz achieved the first confirmed international landing in 2011. This complex maneuver is typically attempted by advanced male and fe...
The Triple Lutz is an elite figure skating jump involving a backward takeoff followed by three complete rotations before landing. It’s notable for being one of the most challenging and frequently performed triple jumps in competition. Primarily executed by advanced male and female figure skaters com...
The double back somersault is an advanced acrobatic maneuver involving two full backward rotations performed while airborne. It’s notable for its complexity and requires significant strength, coordination, and spatial awareness. This skill is typically mastered by elite athletes in gymnastics, tramp...
A Randolph, often shortened to Randi, is a forward somersault with two and a half twists. The term is used in trampoline and has also entered the vocabulary of diving, freestyle skiing aerials, and related acrobatic sports, although naming conventions can vary between disciplines. It extends the twi...
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 gainer is an acrobatic skill in which a performer travels forward at takeoff while rotating backward through a somersault. It is commonly initiated from one foot after a run or step, distinguishing it from a conventional standing back somersault, although variations may use different entries and b...
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...
The back dive is an essential competitive diving skill where the diver stands backward on the platform and executes a backward rotation into the water.
The Rudi, sometimes spelled Rudy, is an acrobatic element utilized in trampolining, tumbling, and freestyle aerial skiing. The maneuver consists of a forward layout somersault performed with one and a half twists, resulting in a 540-degree horizontal rotation. It is named after a mid-20th-century tr...
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 core high bar skill in which the gymnast circles backward in a fully extended body position through a complete 360° arc, serving as the primary source of momentum for release moves and dismounts.
The Flip Jump is a figure skating jump taken off from a back inside edge with a toe-pick assist, completing one to four rotations; it is one of the six standard jumps in competitive skating.
The Salchow is a figure skating jump invented by Swedish skater Ulrich Salchow around 1909, taken off from a back inside edge and landed on the back outside edge of the opposite foot.
Reverse Vault is a parkour technique in which the practitioner rotates 180 degrees backward over an obstacle using one or both hands, landing facing the direction of approach.
A Layout Half is a fundamental gymnastics and trampolining skill where the athlete performs a straight-body backward or forward salto while executing a 180-degree twist.
The Toe Loop is a figure skating jump taken off from a back outside edge with a toe-pick assist and landed on the same edge, considered one of the easier jumps and often performed as the second jump in combinations.
A basic gymnastics movement in which the gymnast bends backward from standing through a bridge position and returns to standing, serving as a foundational drill for developing spinal mobility and back flexibility.
Salto mortal is the traditional European circus term for a somersault or salto performed in the air, historically considered so dangerous it was once briefly outlawed in Europe.
A backward somersault in a fully extended (layout) body position, the most fundamental aerial skill in gymnastics, used in floor exercise, balance beam, and tumbling.
