{"id":26263,"date":"2014-07-19T10:16:26","date_gmt":"2014-07-19T15:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/?p=26263"},"modified":"2014-07-19T10:16:26","modified_gmt":"2014-07-19T15:16:26","slug":"flying-squirrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wrestlingpod.com\/wrestling-news\/w26263\/flying-squirrel\/","title":{"rendered":"How to do the flying squirrel."},"content":{"rendered":"

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A sequence photo of Ellis Coleman performing his flying squirrel wrestling move. Flipping an opponent like this isn’t going to be easy.<\/p>\n

If you’d like to read the text, either right-click and save the large version<\/a>, or I’ve written up each step below. This also makes for a cool wallpaper.<\/p>\n

1. I want to be sneaky, so starting off I pull toward my opponent’s head and make it seem\u00a0like I’m trying to get behind him.<\/p>\n

2. Once he crouches down, I jump over. If I Don’t lift off quickly enough to get enough air, he could catch and slam me.<\/p>\n

3. The longer and more spread out I am the easier it will be for him to grab me. So I curl up and bring my feed toward my body as I reach around his waist.<\/p>\n

4. As I’m coming around, I turn my body sideways so he can’t grab me. It throws him off. And my momentum keeps my arms wrapped around him. Sometimes I don’t even get a tight reverse lock.<\/p>\n

5. When I land, I have to stop my momentum and lift my opponent at the same time. So I arch my back and pop my hips to get more oomph to take him over. Otherwise momentum will knock me over and I’ll fall on my butt.<\/p>\n

6. To throw my opponent down, I push-off the mat with my toes. I want to get his back on the ground to get points, and if his shoulders land flat, it’s a pin – and the match is over.<\/p>\n

Want to see it in action?<\/p>\n