Event
Floor exercise
Skill type
Acrobatic
Known as
Side somi
Side/sideward somersault
About
The side somi was occasionally used on floor in the 2013-2016 code as a way of circumventing the requirement for a forward/sideward acrobatic element by just throwing this in the middle of nowhere instead of having to do real choreography. But even this was a rare composition choice for that purpose compared to the front aerial or side aerial. Because side somi. It’s just so…no.
Value
A