Gymnastics

Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of various exercises on several different apparatus, mainly uneven bars, balance beam, floor exercise and vault for women. While men compete in floor exercises, vault, pommel horse, string rings, parallel bars and high bar.

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O'Neill

Sports; Gymnastics

An still rings skill named after U.S. gymnast Paul O-Neill. It consists ofa stretched double feige backward to a hang. The skill has been rated by the FIG as a E level skill.

Pak Salto

Sports; Gymnastics

An uneven bar move in which the gymnast releases the high bar, does a backward flip, and catches the low bar. Named for North Korean gymnast Gyong Sil Pak, who created it.

Pas

Sports; Gymnastics

In gymnastics and ballet, means step or dance, as in Pas De Chat, which means “step of the cat.”

passé

Sports; Gymnastics

A basic gymnastics and dance balance position where one leg is turned outward with the thigh at horizontal, knee bent and toes touching the inner knee of the other leg. Commonly used in hops, jumps ...

Phelps

Sports; Gymnastics

A vault named after American Jayce Phelps. The vault consists of a half twist on, half twist off into a front layout. It has been rated by the FIG as a D level difficulty skill. Its FIG number is ...

Phillips

Sports; Gymnastics

A balance bean skill done by American gymnast Kristie Phillips. It was first performed in 1987 World Championships A handstand straddle split, with a 90 degree backbend, originally performed on the ...

plié

Sports; Gymnastics

A gymnastics and dance movement. Most movements in ballet technique begin and end with a plié, which is a bend and stretch of the hip, knee, and ankle joints. Demi- and grand-pliés are done as an ...