From a back swing, the gymnast passes through a vertical position and strongly swings the legs up with a slight flexion of the hips; the head is flexed. He then splits his legs, lifts them following an arc curve and pushes the his hips up. This is facilitated by the activity of the arms, especially the adductors. When the hips are above the rings, the gymnast releases, extends the head slightly and continues to rotate the body. Before the landing, the gymnast puts his legs together and raises the head to a neutral position.

The gymnast uses the kinetic energy of the rotational movement from the back swing, which is partially converted into potential energy of the body as the hips and lower legs are lifted upwards. However, the passive conversion alone would not be sufficient, so the gymnast performs mechanical work with the arms, where the action of the adductors moves the hips closer to the rings. During the lifting phase, the body rotates around an axis passing through the shoulder joints. After releasing the rings, the axis of rotation passes through the body's centre of gravity.

• Insufficient swing.
• Hips overflexion.
• Early release of the rings.

• Physical preparation 1

  Stretch the muscles of the back and inner parts of the thighs, i.e. hamstrings and adductors.

• Physical preparation 2

  Strengthened abdominal muscles and hip flexors are a prerequisite for a quick lift of the lower limbs during the element. Do L-sit on a ladder.

• Drill 1

  From a standing hang move to an inverted pike hang or a straddle interted pike hang.

• Drill 2

  From a standing hang, perform a back flip dismount with assistance.

• Drill 3

  Next, practice the transition from the swing to the inverted pike hang.

• Drill 4

  Practice back flip dismount tucked first with assistance, then without it.

• Drill 5

  Then practice the swing into a straddle inverted pike hang.

• Drill 6

  Finally, the gymnast performs the final element first with assistance, then without it.

The spotter holds the gymnast's arm with one hand and helps the body move upwards with the other. Just before releasing the rings, the other hand also grasps the arm and thus holds the gymnast until the landing.