description Valdez Overview
A gymnastics skill in which a back walkover is initiated from a seated or standing position by reaching backward overhead to the floor, used on floor exercise and balance beam in women's artistic gymnastics.
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What is a Valdez in gymnastics?
A Valdez is a back-walkover skill that reaches backward overhead to the floor and returns the gymnast to standing. It can begin from a seated or standing position.
Where is the Valdez performed?
It is used on floor exercise and balance beam in women's artistic gymnastics. The apparatus changes the space available, but the defining action remains the backward walkover pathway.
How is a Valdez different from a back handspring?
A Valdez is a controlled back-walkover variation, while a back handspring uses a faster flight phase between takeoff and hand support. In both cases the hands may contact the floor, but the Valdez starts with a reach backward rather than a handspring jump.
Can a Valdez start from sitting?
Yes, a seated start is one recognized way to initiate the skill, although a standing entry is also used. The gymnast reaches backward overhead, places the hands, and passes the legs over before standing.
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