The Reverse Throttle Hop was a tactic used in starfighter combat. It was used by attacking starfighters as a counter to a breaking maneuver, allowing them to retain the advantage in a turning engagement. As the defending pilot went into his breaking turn, the attacker would pull up above his opponent and decelerate; as the defender finishes its turn, the attacker would drop back down on his aft, having performed an exaggerated hopping maneuver. The tactic was difficult to execute in that it required split-second timing and a degree of intuition in the attacking pilot; enter the maneuver too early and the defender would simply loop back around and gain the advantage, too late, and the attacker risked overshooting the target.