Event
Floor exercise

Skill type
Dance

Value
A

Known as
Straddle
Straddle jump
Side split

About
We don’t see a whole lot of straddle jumps on floor because it doesn’t carry a useful value. Theoretically, one could throw it onto the end of an E tumbling pass for connection bonus, but there are way easier and more plausible options for that like a split jump or stag jump.

Two techniques for this element are considered equally valid—the side split jump with the torso vertical, or the straddle pike jump with the torso forward—which used to be considered different elements.