Tips for rewinds to double base for all positions?
Flyer - lean back on to your group before anything even happens. Sink low and use your legs in the set. Stay hollow when they throw you. Wait until the last second to flip. When you flip think of getting your shins over you rather than just tucking into a ball. Keep your feet together. Look for your backspot and bases. Roll up out of the tucked position as soon as you see them. Squeeze your bum so you don’t sit on your backspot.
Bases - grip your upper hand in the dimples of your flyers back and your lower hand and just above her knee. If she does a really good job of flipping herself you can bring your lower and closer to your upper hand, it’ll help give it height. Make sure you squat low and really use your legs. When you throw, your arms should be completely extended before she flips. It’s a timing skill. Use the hand that’s lower on her body to flip her. Look for her feet right away. You should be so close to your base partner that you are touching - as long as she’s high enough and comes down with her feet together, this will allow you to catch it in a double base every time. Reach for her foot with your back hand and her shin with your front hand (this means that as long as your back catches thighs, she literally could not fall if she tried). Absorb with your legs a lot in the catch.
Back spot - make sure the flyer is leaning on you in the set. Your grip should be around her waist but your wrists should be behind her rather than beside her and your hands should be above the bases hands. Make sure your elbows are tucked in. Step under the stunt as it sets and when she’s as high as she can go in a hollow body position, you have to flick your wrists to help rotate her. From there, follow her feet. On the catch you should start just aiming for thighs to make sure she doesn’t sit on you. If she’s good at squeezing her bum and stopping her rotation at the right time, you can go for ankle and thigh. I wouldn’t recommend going for only ankles unless you actually become pros at the skill because you’re the only one who can save the stunt if her bum sticks out and falls backwards. Make sure you absorb a lot with the bases on the catch.
