Tricking's workhorse transition: from a low crouch with one hand planted, the back leg steps through and pivots on the ball of the foot while the other leg swings over the arm, turning the body 180 degrees to finish facing the way it came — loaded to jump straight up into the next trick. The details every coach hammers: the planted hand turns sideways or slightly backwards so the motion flows over the wrist instead of against it, and the swinging leg travels over rather than out and around, since a leg that swings wide sends the momentum sideways and has to be killed before setting. Power comes from elongating the movement — reaching well away with the hand and covering distance — while the exit lands facing the floor with the chest rising and the trailing leg held back; crunching into a ball on the way out is the most common fault. A good scoot feeds gainers, corks, swings, pops and vanishes alike.
Key cues
- Turn the planted hand sideways or slightly back
- Step the back leg through onto the ball of the foot
- Bring the swinging leg over not around
- Reach far to stretch the motion out
- Finish facing the ground with the chest rising
- Keep the trailing leg back and stand straight up