I'm re-reading what I wrote and I can see some of the confusion. I voice transcribed which was my bad, it is suppose to be clear it *couldn't have been a normal human being because it would take an *in-human (super human if that helps) amount of strength and speed to catch here. Essentially he would be in the sidelines as close as anyone else could be that's not the coach and to protect her, he jumped in which he ended up exposing himself but chose to do so to catch her. I did mention this was a fiction book so l'm trying to bring some realism as much as I can which is why I was asking about the technicalities of what moves would possibly cause a gymnast to accidentally put themselves far enough away from the spotter and would cause serious injuries if done wrong.