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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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entrechat
Sports; Gymnastics
A gymnastics and ballet movement which is a a jump from two feet, tapping/beating the legs together and landing on either one or two feet.
events
Sports; Gymnastics
The 4 women's events in gymnastics are Floor, Uneven Bars, Beam and Vault. The 6 men’s events are Floor, Pommel Horse, Rings, Vault, Parallel Bars and High Bar.
handstand
Sports; Gymnastics
A move in which the body is supported on both hands, with the arms straight and the body vertical.
head in
Sports; Gymnastics
This is a body position in gymnastics, usually in a handstand, during tumbling or during a giant, where the gymnast’s head is down, with their chin tucked in on their chest or close to it. This is ...
head out
Sports; Gymnastics
A gymnast’s head is up and their chin is tilted back. This automatically causes an arch in the back, which is a weak body position. There are very few skills in gymnastics and virtually none on bars ...
healy
Sports; Gymnastics
A common maneuver on the parallel bars and now on uneven bars, high bar, beam and floor where a gymnast starts in a handstand and then falls forward, lifts one arm and executing a full-turn. On the ...
heel drive
Sports; Gymnastics
Coaches use this term or correction to inform their gymnasts that they want them to drive their heels harder up and over on the front side of a handspring vault or front handspring on floor. ...
