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Event
Floor exercise
Skill type
Dance
Known as
Straddle 1.5
About
A Popa with an extra half twist, the straddle 1.5 is one of the rarer horrible-wrenched-around-twisting D dance elements attempted on floor. That’s predominately a result of the difficulty of rotating fully for credit, the difficulty of covering up the lack of rotation with another dance element, and the difficulty of including it in a passage of dance elements since it must begin from standing. Most gymnasts will opt instead for the split leap 1.5 or the switch leap 1/1 as their compulsory not-fully-rotated D dance element.
Value
D