Front aerial
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A front aerial is an
Technical
The front aerial differs from a
A front aerial can be executed either from a run or from a stationary, standing position. When starting from a standing position, a forward step is typically taken prior to the front aerial in order to develop forward momentum. In either case, at the beginning of a front aerial the performer's forward momentum is converted to the angular momentum needed for execution of the front aerial.
Performance requirements
Front aerials require a great degree of lower back flexibility.[1] From the moment a front aerial performer leaves the floor until touching down again, the torso must remain in a stationary, inverted orientation while the lower body rotates about the torso.
Adequate muscle strength is also required to execute a front aerial. In particular, the
See also
- Aerial cartwheel (also called a side aerial)