+Common skills in tumbling Skill Explanation Round-off A common entry skill seen in every type of gymnastics to turn horizontal speed into vertical speed. A round-off will most commonly be connected with a back tumbling skill, such as a backflip / back twist, or back handspring. Dismount The skill competed at the end of a routine, this is either a double/triple somersault, a twisting somersault or a combination somersault. Back handspring A long somersault where a gymnast moves from feet to hands to feet again in a backwards motion. Whip A long, low and fast somersault done without the hands. This move is unique to tumbling and the trademark of the discipline. Double somersault The tumbler launches into the air and rotates twice vertically around before landing on their feet. This skill is done in a tuck, pike or straight position. Triple Somersault The gymnast launches into the air and rotates three times vertically before landing on their feet. This skill is done in a tuck or pike position and has yet to be competed in the straight position Twisting somersault A single somersault in which the tumbler rotates horizontally. This is can be done as a single "full" twist, a double twist or a triple twist. Combination somersault A somersault that is a combination of double/triple and twisting skills. For example, in a double twisting double straight, the gymnast will rotate twice vertically and twice horizontally before landing. The hardest combination somersaults performed would be either the full in triple pike, in which a gymnasts rotates vertically three times in a pike position with a full twist in the first rotation; or "the miller", in which a gymnast rotates horizontally four times and vertically twice. Transition skill This is where a gymnast performs either a double somersault or a combination somersault in the middle of their run, as opposed to doing it as an end skill. No triple somersaults or combination somersaults involving a triple vertically rotation has yet to be completed.
+Common skills in tumbling Skill Explanation Round-off A common entry skill seen in every type of gymnastics to turn horizontal speed into vertical speed. A round-off will most commonly be connected with a back tumbling skill, such as a backflip / back twist, or back handspring. Dismount The skill competed at the end of a routine, this is either a double/triple somersault, a twisting somersault or a combination somersault. Back handspring A long somersault where a gymnast moves from feet to hands to feet again in a backwards motion. Whip A long, low and fast somersault done without the hands. This move is unique to tumbling and the trademark of the discipline. Double somersault The tumbler launches into the air and rotates twice vertically around before landing on their feet. This skill is done in a tuck, pike or straight position. Triple Somersault The gymnast launches into the air and rotates three times vertically before landing on their feet. This skill is done in a tuck or pike position and has yet to be competed in the straight position Twisting somersault A single somersault in which the tumbler rotates horizontally. This is can be done as a single "full" twist, a double twist or a triple twist. Combination somersault A somersault that is a combination of double/triple and twisting skills. For example, in a double twisting double straight, the gymnast will rotate twice vertically and twice horizontally before landing. The hardest combination somersaults performed would be either the full in triple pike, in which a gymnasts rotates vertically three times in a pike position with a full twist in the first rotation; or "the miller", in which a gymnast rotates horizontally four times and vertically twice. Transition skill This is where a gymnast performs either a double somersault or a combination somersault in the middle of their run, as opposed to doing it as an end skill. No triple somersaults or combination somersaults involving a triple vertically rotation has yet to be completed.