Anon Level 10 floor twisting vs flipping

[Anonymous (4c85)]

I am really just curious. Is there a good reason to take back handsprings out of floor tumbling passes? My daughter (more of a flipper than a twister) still has the back handspring in her pass and does RO BHS double pike. A few of the girls are "twisters," and they do round off into a double full. One girl is working a RO triple full for one of her passes. Is it easier to tumble without the back handspring? Harder? Are there more deductions if you include the bhs? Is one or the other preferred for college?

 

[Anonymous (a3d3)]

I think most of the time the BHS is preferred, as you usually can generate more power adding it, if the technique is right, of course.
Usually BHS are not very deducted in high level of tumbling, but they can have separated and/or bent legs taken on them.
Some gymnast just have some trouble with them, especially if the shoulder flexibility is poor. Also sometimes in combination passes like back 1 1/2 to 2/1 or 2 1/2, or 1 1/2+ front full the back handspring is not done to have more space to do the combination, but usually only before de 1 1/2 (ie they'd do ro+11/2+ro+ff+2/1).
I'd think especially for hard flipping saltos the BHS is the better option (I don't think I've ever seen a double layout from a round off only, for example)