Expert: Kiki Quach - 7/15/2007

Question
My squad is working on their full liberty, but we're having trouble nailing down our counts.  What counts do you use in a full lib?

Answer
Hey.

My squad last year used "1,2 down up".
1 - be ready in your stances for the stunt. Main base with foot in hand like a regular stunt, side base holds bottom of foot and the top of the foot, backspot holds flyers ankle with hand on the flyers tush to push it upwards.
2 - flyer may take a tiny prep hop up if they wish.
Down - the whole stunt sinks as one before...
Up - the stunt explodes, the flyer kicks off and the bases arms start to move upwards into the full lib.

My squad this year, we're using "5, 6, 7, 8, 1, 2, 3, 4..." so on and so forth.
5, 6 - hold in ready position, legs together, arms in.
7 - a clean where you slap your legs a bit to make sure everyone's ready
8 - hold.

1 -
Bases-jump out into a half squat, arms still on their sides.
Backspot - grab onto the flyers waist.
Flyer - arms on the bases shoulders, knees bent so you can jump on...

2 -
Bases-hold
Backspot-lift the flyer.
Flyer-jump so that you're doing a hanging drill with your legs down still.

3 -
Bases-arms are out, pinky to pinky, should be at a 90 degree angle, elbows tucked into your sides. Bend down more into a squat, flyer should be in your hands.
Backspot-let go of waist, go to grab flyers ankles.
Flyer - bend at the waist so that you're in a hanging drill with your knees up and feet in the bases hands.

4 -
Bases-keep bending into your squat.
Backspot-keep hold of the flyers ankles.
Flyer-stay tight. Don't bend arms to push off.

5 -
Bases and backspot-explode upwards and go for a full extension.
Main base-keep going upwards and hold foot tightly.
Side base-before you get fully to the extension, let go of the flyers foot and grab the main bases wrists or if you don't feel comfortable, the flyers foot (top and bottom).
Backspot-like sidebase, you let go of the leg that is supposed to be up in the lib, but keep a hold of the foot in the main bases hand and lift up hard, grab the main bases wrist with extra hand if the side base decides not to do that version.
Flyer-do your basic, stay tight and stand up like you're going into the extension. When you are getting closer to the top, put more weight into your foot that is in the main bases hands. When you're foot is let go of, keep it down until you get your balance, then hit the lib.

6 - The stunt should be hit.

I hope this helped and I know it's a bit confusing, so maybe the "1, 2 down up" might be a lot easier.

Love always, Kiki Quach