Basic Seat Landings
 Seat
Landing
The most important parts of this move are to keep straight legs, do not lift
them up and to jump upwards first – it is tempting to ‘drop backwards’ or just
lift your legs up but this is absolutely not what we want. Instead we need you
to reach high and tilt your pelvis upwards slightly (still keeping your head and
arms above your toes) as you leave the bed – this causes a very small amount of
somersault rotation! As you come back towards the bed you start to prepare for
landing by bringing your arms down to a position ready to be placed just behind
your seat and extend your feet forwards. You should land with your back close to
upright and hands tucked in just behind your seat with your fingers facing the
same way as your toes.
 Seat
Landing ˝ Twist to Feet
Starting from a good seat landing this simply needs you to reach up high with
a good push upwards from the bed; as you are reaching up you should start to
twist at the shoulder by extending one arm into the twist more than other. As
you become fully straight the twist will accelerate (as an ice-skater does when
bringing in their arms for a spin) and so you then bring your arms back down
ready for a stable upright landing.
Swivel Hips (also called Seat Landing, ˝ Twist to Seat Landing)
This move builds on the Seat Landing (also known as Seat Drop) and Seat
Landing, ˝ twist to feet above – indeed right up until a point shortly before
your feet would have touched down it is almost identical to the Seat Landing, ˝
twist to feet. Having followed the notes above for the beginning part of
this move we find ourselves where we are nearly upright in the air with straight
legs and have virtually completed the twist – at this point we push our hips
upwards allowing the body to tilt slightly and extend our legs forwards (toes
pointed). After that we are now heading for a seat landing rather than feet and
so bring our hands back down to place them just behind our seat. At no point
should the legs bend in this exercise.
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