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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rip

Sports; Gymnastics

In gymnastics, a rip occurs is when a gymnast works so hard on the bars or rings that they tear off a flap of skin from their hand. The injury is like a blister that breaks open.

rotation

Sports; Gymnastics

This is the name for the circular motion around an axis of the body. In gymnastics there are salto rotations and twisting rotations.

roth

Sports; Gymnastics

A pommel horse skill named after U.S. gymnast Bill Roth. The skill is performed from a cross support, rearways, reverse Stockli, wendeswing forward to reverse Stockli to cross support forward on ...

round-off

Sports; Gymnastics

A dynamic turning movement, with a push-off on one leg, while swinging the legs upward in a fast cartwheel motion into a 90 degree turn. The lead-off to a number of skills.

routine

Sports; Gymnastics

A combination of stunts displaying a full range of skills on one apparatus.

salto

Sports; Gymnastics

Flip or somersault, with the feet coming up over the head and the body rotating around the axis of the waist.

scale

Sports; Gymnastics

In ballet or gymnastics, when the leg is raised high (ideally to a 180 degree split) while balancing on the other leg. Typically done on beam and may be done to the front, back or side and with the ...