Basic Back Dive

  • Straddle-invert with silks in the middle, hook one knee
  • Wrap free leg, place both hands under hooked knee, unhook knee, sit up
  • Grab tails with hand of the recently unhooked knee (now the same-side hand as the newly free leg)
  • With grasp of tails, place hand at lower back, with thumb facing the ceiling
  • Let go of pole, fall back, regrasp pole, pose
  • Key over, letting go of tails
  • Unwrap silk over body, grab poles, shake off silks

What does your studio call this skill?

  • Basic Back Dive

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