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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layout step-out

Sports; Gymnastics

A tumbling skill used on beam and sometimes on floor. During a back layout salto the legs are split and the landing is on one foot and then the other. Most often used now as part of a back tumbling ...

leg circle

Sports; Gymnastics

A basic and standard pommel-horse move where a gymnast keeps the legs together and swings them in a full circle around the horse, with each hand alternately lifted in turn from the pommel to let the ...

leotard

Sports; Gymnastics

A one piece, fitted garment, usually made of a light stretch fabric that fits closely to the skin to cover a gymnast’s body. It allows for complete freedom of movement in order to be able to perform ...

limber

Sports; Gymnastics

A frontward or backward gymnastics flexibility skill that is similar to a walkover except the legs remain together at all times. The skill begins on the feet, passes through a handstand and finishes ...

long horse

Sports; Gymnastics

Formerly, the men’s gymnastics apparatus for vaulting. Basically the old vaulting horse was a pommel horse without the pommels and men vaulted over it the long way. The horse is no longer used for ...

lunge

Sports; Gymnastics

A position often used to initiate and/or land a tumbling or control skill like a cartwheel. The lunge position is recognizable because the front leg is bent and the back leg is straight. In general, ...

mat

Sports; Gymnastics

A term that refers to the various types of covered soft polyurethane foam landing equipment. Mats are used for safety, dismount landings and for performing on.