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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Gymnastics

swedish fall

Sports; Gymnastics

An athletic dance move done on floor exercise in which a gymnast falls from a stand to a push-up like position on the ground with their leg up in back in a scale like position.

switch leap

Sports; Gymnastics

switch slit leap beginning with one leg in front, switching to other mid-flight.

back giant

Sports; Gymnastics

(1) A giant that begins with the body moving backward. (2) A circling skill done on high bar, parallel bars and uneven bars that begins and finishes in a handstand and circles around the bar in a ...

back handspring

Sports; Gymnastics

A back flip using both hands on the floor or apparatus, beginning and ending in a standing position. The legs come over the head as a unit. Compare back walkover.

back somersault

Sports; Gymnastics

One of the number of terms for a back salto move that begins usually taking off two feet, rotates then lands again on the feet. Also called Back Flip, Back Salto, Back Tuck, Back Pike, Back Layout.

back somie/back salto dismount

Sports; Gymnastics

A somersaulting dismount off beam, parallel bars, rings, bars or even pommel horse using an back aerial somersault.

back walkover

Sports; Gymnastics

A move that begins with a back arch or bridge position, in which one foot is brought down to the front, followed by the other foot. Compare back handspring.