Event
Floor exercise

Skill type
Acrobatic

Value
B

Known as
Front layout 1/2
Front lay 1/2

About
A skill that’s only worthwhile because of its use in connection bonuses, the front layout 1/2 remains quite rare because it has the same value as the basic front layout. Also because most of the people who are trying to do a front layout 1/2 are actually doing a front pike 1/2.

Most gymnasts aiming for a floor connection using a B element will simply choose to do the layout, but a select few will do the layout 1/2 for wanting to land backward and then do something else reasons.