This is a skill that is not yet in the USA Gymnastics or FIG Code of Points. It is a straddle back with an extra front somersault.
In spite of what the video title says, it is not a “double straddle back.” It is a skill with a single rotation. A normal straddle back goes from upright to an inverted handstand which is half of a somersault rotation. This skill adds another half a rotation making a complete but single somersault rotation ready to go into a glide kip.
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