What Is a Double Full in Cheerleading?

Quick answer: a double full is an advanced airborne tumbling skill combining a straight-body layout flip with two complete 360-degree twists, rather than the single twist used in a full - one of the more difficult tumbling skills used in competitive cheer.

What Does It Look Like?

Taking off from both feet, the athlete performs a straight-body layout flip while rotating two full turns around their body's vertical axis, before landing on both feet facing the same direction they started - requiring significantly more rotational speed and control than a single-twist full.

Who Is Involved?

Tumbling is performed individually, though multiple athletes typically perform double fulls together, in unison, at the end of a connected tumbling pass.

Where It Fits in a Routine

A double full is typically the final skill in an advanced running tumbling pass, used by teams at the higher end of the level system as a marker of top-tier tumbling difficulty.

How the Term Is Used

"Double full" follows the same naming pattern as "full," simply indicating two twists instead of one - further twists follow the same pattern, such as a "triple full."

Related Skills

A double full builds directly on a strong, consistent full, adding a second twisting rotation to the same underlying layout shape.

Level / Division Context

Under the USASF All Star rules (2026–27), skills with two twisting rotations are allowed from Level 6, in both running and standing tumbling - though standing double twists must be preceded by at least two non-twisting, backward-travelling skills. Because of its technical and physical demands, a double full is reserved for the most advanced teams.

What Judges Look For Conceptually

Judges are generally looking for a straight, controlled body line maintained through both twists, a clean and complete rotation, and a stable landing facing the correct direction.