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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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scissor kick
Sports; Gymnastics
A jump from one foot to the other alternately kicking one leg up and then the other with legs straight, simulating the motion of scissors.
scissors
Sports; Gymnastics
A combination requirement in a competitive routine on the pommel horse which combines cuts and undercuts. It begins in a stride support and ends in an opposite stride support.
scissors leap
Sports; Gymnastics
(also called switch leap or a switch split leap) A leap in which the legs exchange positions while in the air, showing a split with both legs in one jump.
sequence
Sports; Gymnastics
Two or more positions or skills which are performed together creating a different skill or activity.
set
Sports; Gymnastics
(1) A set is the lift action for aerial and somersaulting skills. The arms move quickly in an upward direction, then are stopped quickly and locked tightly in relation to the body, transferring the ...
somersault/salto
Sports; Gymnastics
An acrobatic movement where the body makes a complete aerial turn (360 degrees) in the transversal axis. Can be done forward, backward and sideward. It is performed as mount, dismount or during a ...
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