[Vocabulary] flip on the gound

[birdeen's call]

What is the name of an "acrobatic" figure which consists in tucking on the ground, bending one's neck and doing a forward flip? It's often done by children in PE classes in Poland.

 

[Tdol]

Forward roll: YouTube - Forward Roll from Standing Position - SLOW MOTION

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[Raymott]

We used to call it a somersault.
The judoka is doing a somewhat more elegant variety than we did at school.
Here's a gymnastic version:
YouTube - Gymnastics : How to Perform a Somersault

 

[birdeen's call]

Thank you very much!

I remember I had to do it backwards too. Is it also a somersault?

 

[Raymott]

Thank you very much!

I remember I had to do it backwards too. Is it also a somersault?

I'd call it a backward/s somersault. But if you look at the links to the other videos on the right of the somersault one, you'll find videos of all sorts of exercises - cartwheels, handstands, etc.

Here's a [bad] backwards somersault
YouTube - Backwards Somersault

This is what I'd call a backflip, but it's labelled as a backward somersault:
YouTube - Backward somersault

 

[birdeen's call]

Here's a [bad] backwards somersault

Thank you again!
PS If this is bad, then what should I call mine? ;-)

 

[philadelphia]

Thank you again!
PS If this is bad, then how should I call mine? ;-)

Do not look down on yourself, Bird. we all of us took that kind of exercises... I found myself quite laughable. :lol: