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Part 2 Doing a Standing Back Tuck
- Use your spotter. To help you on a back tuck, a spotterneeds be standing one one side of you.
- Set yourself up as you would for a back handspring.
- Commit to it.
- Push off your toes.
- Make sure your arms are up.
- Keep your head up.
- Get to the top of your jump.
- Land on both feet.
Beside this, what is the difference between a backflip and a back tuck?
A back tuck is a flip in which the feetmove forward and the head moves back (a front tuck isthe exact opposite). The "tuck" part means that Cook pullshis legs into his body as he rotates. This means that he does theflip from a standing position.
In this way, is a back tuck harder than a back handspring?
A cartwheel is much more complicated than atuck. It requires changing directions (from forwardto backward) while inverted. A back tuck has no suchcomplication. A back handspring is WAY more complicatedthan a back tuck.
Basically, it's an off-axis flip thrown backwardswith a spin (most commonly 540º or “Rodeo 5”).Corkscrew or “Cork”: The skier does one distinctoff-axis or inverted horizontal rotation. At no point should theskier's feet be above their head. Double Cork or “DubCork”: The skier does two distinct off-axisrotations.