How to do a Somersault. It could save your life!

 Step by Step

1. Squat down into a small nugget. Sit bones move toward heels, both hands are flat on the ground.
2. Tuck your chin into your chest by looking toward your naval and tipping your chin down. Keep your head in this position. You might notice your back rounding; that’s good!
3. Press your hands into the ground, lift your hips up and keep your chest nice and close to your thighs. Tuck that chin!
4. Begin to shift your weight on to your hands. You can bring a slight bend to the elbows. The head is not on the ground.
5. As you shift a bit further, focus on rounding your back and becoming a tiny little ball.
6. Push off of the ground using your legs. Bend them slightly, then extend/push all the way through the feet while looking at your naval.
7. Allow your hips to go over your hands and bring the back of your head or upper back toward the ground. *the top of the head doesn’t touch the ground during a somersault*
8. After you’ve pushed off of the ground, ensure you have enough momentum to rotate and as best you can, hold the small tuck position (small ball).
9. Keep your knees bent, ground the soles of your feet into the ground and roll forward into the small nugget you began in.
10. Stand up and high five someone. Nice somersault!

Benefits

• You will live if you get hit by a car. In theory. It has happened before.
• For fun. Somersaults are super fun!
• To teach and show your children.
• To help blood get to your head. Inversions are healthy!
• If you wipe out or fall off of something, you have an effective exit strategy.
• It will make you cooler if you can easily do a somersault. You will feel cool and be cool.