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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double, double

Sports; Gymnastics

A double twisting, double back somersault tumbling skill. This is perhaps the most difficult tumbling skill currently done on a regulation gymnastics floor. It is done in either the open tuck ...

dynamic stretching

Sports; Gymnastics

The use of a controlled swinging movements through the range of motion of a limb, in order to warm up or increase flexibility. See Active Stretching.

eagle grip

Sports; Gymnastics

In an eagle grip, a gymnasts hands are turned 180 degrees outward from a regular over grip. The hands and thumbs are turned out in the grip. This position requires a high degree of shoulder ...

eccentric muscle contraction

Sports; Gymnastics

An eccentric contraction is when a contracting muscle lengthens. An example is lowering down by straightening the arms from a chin-up.

elbow stand

Sports; Gymnastics

An inverted pose in which the performer balances on the forearms on the floor. Kind of like a handstand on the forearms.

element

Sports; Gymnastics

A single move that has a recognized way of performance and technical value. To be named after a gymnast, he or she must first submit the element to the FIG and then successfully perform the element ...