All-Star Help Me Settle An Argument?

[AndyT_T]

Is there a difference between an arabian step-out and a half step-out?
I thought an arabian is a half turn punchfront and a half is performed in a hollow body position, but my friend said they are different words for the same thing and that any backwards half- twisting skill is an arabian.

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[BowsnBling]

They are totally different. An arabian is just that, the half turn before the forward flip. The back half is the back flip and then the twist. :)

 

[AndyT_T]

They are totally different. An arabian is just that, the half turn before the forward flip. The back half is the back flip and then the twist. :)

Yay! Any website that defines them? He is never going to hear the end of this lol

 

[shoot4thestaws]

You have your legs straight and you're hollowed in a half and you twist after you flip. For an arabian you're usually either tucked or piked and you twist before you flip.

 

[tumbleyoda]

shoot4thestaws is correct. An true arabian is a 1/2 turn front somersault in the tucked or piked position. A "cheat" Arabian is a RO back Tuck with a 1/2 which is the way most cheerleaders start to learn a true Arabian, because to do it the regular way (punch 1/2 turn THEN front somersault) is scary at first. A Layout 1/2 is hollow body layout position with a twist.

 

[BlueCat]

Twist is earlier in an Arabian.