- Name
- Cartwheel
- Aliases
Cartwheel
Cartwheel, a basic tumbling skill, is the act of flipping ones body in a sideways hand-hand-foot-foot motion. Resembling the motion of the spokes of a large wooden wheel.
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Cartwheel examples
An ordinary cartwheel
A more skilled cartwheel, with legs spread wide in a straddle, or "T" position. Requiring more flexibility
Common cartwheel variations
1 Handed Cartwheel - A cartwheel preformed only using 1 hand
Aerial Cartwheel - AKA no handed cartwheel, side aerial, or simply just aerial is a cartwheel preformed with no hands
Roundoff - A cartwheel variation that's used at the beginning of a tumbling pass, to correctly align the body for additional tumbling skills. (Handsprings, tucks, fulls, etc...)