Event
Floor exercise
Skill type
Acrobatic
Value
C
Known as
Back layout 1.5
Back 1.5
1.5 twist
About
The back layout 1.5 is one of the coolest kids in floor school.
A lot of floor routines, even from top athletes, will be OK counting one C (0.3) acro element for difficulty score. That gives the back 1.5 some essential compositional value in that it is rated well enough to count for difficulty score on its own but is also still manageable enough to connect into another tumbling element for combination bonus. So, you’re getting multiple valuable benefits from a single element, and efficiency is the name of the game in routine composition.
The back layout 1.5 is a solid option for an indirect combination pass—performed with step-out into a D or E tumbling element for 0.2 CV. It will also be used in direct combinations, performed right into a front layout 1/1 for 0.1 CV (or a front 2/1 for 0.2 if you’re a wild woman).