Airborne
	To be free of contact with a person and/or the performing surface

	Back Walkover
	A non-airborne tumbling skill where one moves backward into an arched position, with the hands making contact with the ground first, then rotates the hips over the head and lands on one foot/leg at a time.

	Cartwheel
	A non-airborne gymnastic skill where one supports the weight of the body with the arm(s) while rotating sideways through an inverted position landing on one foot at a time.

	Chorus Line Flips
	A skill in which a dancer back or front flips between two other dancers whose arms and/or wrists are interlocked.

	Dance Lift
	An action in which a dancer(s) is elevated from the performance surface by one or more dancers and set down. A Dance Lift is comprised of “Lifting” dancer(s) and “Elevated” dancer(s). Refer to the USASF/IASF Rules for Dance Lifts, Dance Tricks and Partnering for safety guidelines.

	Dance Trick (executed as a partners or in a group)
	An action in which a dancer(s) executes a skill with support from one or more dancers. A Dance Trick is comprised of “Supporting” dancer(s) and “Executing” dancer(s). Refer to the USASF/IASF Rules for Dance Lifts, Dance Tricks and Partnering for safety guidelines.

	Dance Trick
	(executed as an individual): See Tumbling.

	Dive Roll
	An airborne forward roll where the hands and feet are off of the performing surface simultaneously.skill is allowed as long as the dancer is in a piked position.

	Elevated
	To move a dancer to a higher position or place from a lower one.

	Elevated dancer-
	A dancer who is lifted from the performance surface as a part of a Dance Lift. Refer to the USASF/IASF Rules for Dance Lifts, Dance Tricks and Partnering for safety guidelines.

	Executing dancer
	A dancer who performs a skill as a part of a Dance Trick or uses support from another dancer or dancers when Partnering. Refer to the USASF/IASF Rules for Dance Lifts, Dance Tricks and Partnering for safety guidelines

	Flying squirrel
	A jump executed with forward momentum with the dancers arms extended in front, legs behind, creating an "X" position in the air.

	Front Walkover
	A non-airborne tumbling skill where one rotates forward through an inverted position to a non-inverted position by arching the legs and hips over the head and down to the performing surface landing one foot/leg at a time.

	Handstand
	A straight body inverted position where the arms are extended straight by the head and ears.

	Head Spin
	A hip hop technique in which the dancer spins on his/her head and uses his/her hands to aid in speed. The legs can be held in a variety of positions.

	Head Spring (front/back)-
	The dancer approaches the head spring much like a hand spring, and can be executed either to the front or to the back. A front head spring begins in a standing or squatting position, the hands are placed on the floor with the head in between the hands like a head stand, the legs come over the head and whip through as in a kip up to spring the dancer over to land on the feet. A back head spring begins in a standing or squatting position. The dancer springs backward to land on one or both hands, rolls through to the head and completes the skill with a kip up to land forward on the feet.

	Headstand
	A position in which one supports oneself vertically on one’s head with the hands on the floor supporting the body.

	Kip up
	From lying down, stomach up, the dancer bends knees, thrusts legs into the chest, rolls back slightly, and then kicks up. The force of the kick causes the dancer to land in an upright position with both feet planted on the floor.

	Lifting dancer
	A dancer (s) who lifts an Elevated Dancer as a part of a Dance Lift. Refer to the USASF/IASF Rules for Dance Lifts, Dance Tricks and Partnering for safety guidelines.

	Hip over head
	A movement where hips move over the head, as in a back walkover or similar tumbling skill.

	Partnering
	Any type of trick that uses two individuals, one using the other for support

	Pony Sit
	Base either kneeling or standing in bent over position. Partner straddles/sits on the lower back.

	Prop
	An object that can be manipulated.

	Shoulder Roll
	A forward or backward roll starting from a squatting or tucked position, where the back of the shoulder is the contact with the floor. Head is tilted to the side to avoid contact with the floor.

	Shoulder Sit
	Base stands with feet slightly beyond shoulder width apart. Top person sits atop bases shoulders with legs wrapped around mid-section of bases back.

	Side Somi
	A tuck in the sideways position. Can be performed, running, or from a cartwheel or round-off entry.

	Shushunova
	A straddle jump (toe touch) landing in a prone support (push up position).

	Stall
	A hip hop technique that involves halting all body motion, often in an interesting, inverted or balance-intensive position on one or both hands for support.

	Thigh Stand
	With bases in lunge positions with one leg bent and one leg straight, lifted dancers feet are placed in the pockets of the bases thighs. Bases should support the top person with one arm around the back of the lifted dancers leg and the other hand bracing the foot.

	Toe Pitch
	A single or multi-based toss in which the base(s) push upward on a single foot or leg of the top person to increase the top person’s height often resulting in a hip over head rotation/flip.

	Toss
	An airborne trick where supporting dancer(s) execute a throwing motion to increase the height of the executing dancer. Executing dancer becomes free from the performance surface, but maintains hand/arm/body to hand/arm contact with at least one supporting dancer.

	Tumbling
	An acrobatic or gymnastics skill executed by an individual dancer without contact, assistance or support of another dancer(s) and begins and ends on the performance surface.

	Windmill
	Beginning in a position laying down on the back, the dancer spins from his/her upper back to the chest while twirling his/her legs around his/her body in a V-shape. The leg motion gives the majority of the power, allowing the body to “flip” from a position on the back to a position with the chest to the ground.