Parents Purpose of backward roll to pushup?

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My 6yo L1 daughter is currently working with her team on the skill backward roll to pushup position. I've noticed this skill is trickier for her than some others, and I was just curious what the purpose of this skill is?

Being a parent with no gymnastics experience myself, there are other skills that seem to have a more obvious progression to other skills I might recognize as a layperson (like a roundoff leading to a roundoff back handspring, and then a roundoff back handspring being the entry into other bigger skills). But for the backward roll to pushup, where is that heading in the future?

Thanks for the intel! :)
 

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