The signature beginner tricking kick: a cheat-step spin through roughly a turn and a half where the same leg jumps, kicks and lands. The setup is a pivot or cheat step that turns the body away from the target, with the pivot knee driving up hard as the kicking leg — the last one to leave the ground — jumps. The arms start wide and pull in to feed the spin, and the hips turn over to point in the direction of travel before the kick fires. Two faults account for most failed and painful attempts: kicking flat out to the side instead of with the hips rolled in, which is how groins get strained, and swinging a big rainbow crescent instead of extending at the top and snapping the kick down and through. The landing arrives back on the kicking leg with a pivot out to finish, though landing on both feet is the sensible first version.
Key cues
- Cheat step in and drive the knee up hard
- Jump off the kicking leg last
- Pull the arms in to speed the spin
- Turn the hips over toward the spin
- Snap the kick down not around
- Land on the kicking leg and pivot out