Free Star

Instructions

Free Star

Flyer	Base	Spotter
Stand at the head of the base and connect hands with the peace-finger grip	Connect hands with the peace-finger grip	Stand at the back of the flyer and spot the hips
Present the shoulders to the base by bending forward and roll your back over. Place shoulders on the feet of the base.	Straighten legs and move towards the flyer (more than 90 degrees). Keep arms straight and give the flyer a platform.	Help the flyer up by catching the hips and pulling towards you
Give weight into the feet and into the hands of the base. Bend elbows and keep them close to the body.	Bend knees to let the flyer come down. This is easier to get into the pose for the flyer (advanced: keep the legs straight).	Spot the hips and make sure flyer finds stability.
Stand on your toes, bend legs slightly and jump up into a tuck position.	Wait until flyer finds stable position in tuck, then start to straighten the legs and lift the flyer up.
Optionally straddle the legs the find balance. Shift hips forward and keep a lot of weight in the hands (not rolling backwards). Keep elbows in a 90 degree angle.	Close the heels together (toes turn outside) and let flyer press the back of the head against your shins to stabilize.
As soon as base has heels closed, press back of the head against the shins.	Help the flyer to get arms straight.
Slowly start to straighten both arms at the same time towards the side to find a stable position of the shoulders for free star.	Once the flyer has straight arms, slowly start to release the connection of the hands, staying up with the arms for spotting.
Once the connection of the hands is released, let the base balance you. As a flyer, you keep the shape, pressing into the shins with the back of your head firmly and staying forward with the weight (hips move towards the head of the base).	Point the toes and flex feet dynamically to balance the flyer. Keep the feet soft but engaged. Balance also by moving the legs slightly back and forth to keep the flyer's center in line with your hips.
To get out of the pose, connect hands again, go back to tuck pose and bring feet back to the ground. Open the legs slightly to avoid getting too close to the bases head.	To get out of the pose, slightly bend the legs and let the flyer come down.
In case of no spotter (not recommended): if falling to the back, bend the knees and the back and land on the feet. Do not panic. Practice before with the intention of falling to the back.	In case of no spotter (not recommended): if flyer is falling to the back, keep legs straight and in line and do not attempt to 'help' the flyer.