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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straddle back

Sports; Gymnastics

An women’s uneven bar release skill done from a swing backwards on the high bar backwards over low bar, ideally to a handstand to the low bar.

straddle glide

Sports; Gymnastics

A swinging movement usually done into a kip in which the legs are spread wide apart to each side usually to make it easier to hold up the legs as oppose to a pike glide.

straddle split

Sports; Gymnastics

A split in the straddle position.

straddle swing

Sports; Gymnastics

A swing movement in which the legs are extended to each side.

straight position

Sports; Gymnastics

A gymnastics body position, usually in tumbling or somersaulting dismounts in which the body is straight. The elements performed in this position are more difficult than ones done in tuck or pike. ...

strug

Sports; Gymnastics

A floor exercise skill named after U.S. gymnast Kerri Strug. It is done by performing a tour jete with additional ½ turn and a landing on both feet. It has been rated by the F.I.G. as a “C” level ...

stutz

Sports; Gymnastics

A common swing used on the parallel bars where the gymnast starts from a handstand atop the bars and swings backward between the bars and returning to the handstand position executing a half-turn ...