What does "neckspring" mean?

A move in which the gymnast starts by lying on his or her back, moves as if into a backwards roll, but then whips the legs upward and forward while pushing off to land on the feet.

Neckspring

noun, verb

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Definitions

Noun

1
A move in which the gymnast starts by lying on his or her back, moves as if into a backwards roll, but then whips the legs upward and forward while pushing off to land on the feet.
"Continue without pause into a neckspring and, from the landing face-roll to hand-stand - pike again - and neckspring to stand."

Verb

1
To perform a neckspring.
"Continue without pause into a neckspring and, from the landing face-roll to hand-stand - pike again - and neckspring to stand."

Example

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"Continue without pause into a neckspring and, from the landing face-roll to hand-stand - pike again - and neckspring to stand."

Etymology

From neck + spring.

Related phrases

backwards roll push off

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