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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attitude

Sports; Gymnastics

A pose on one leg with the other extended with the knee slightly bent either to the front, side, or back. A position of the body, similar to the arabesque, where the extended leg is bent at the knee. ...

avant, en

Sports; Gymnastics

Dance term meaning to the front.

back

Sports; Gymnastics

A backward somersault. See Back Somersault.

back flip

Sports; Gymnastics

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

execution

Sports; Gymnastics

The performance of a routine. Form, style, and technique used to complete the skills constitute the level of execution of an exercise. Bent knees, poor toe point and an arched or loosely-held body ...

extension

Sports; Gymnastics

A term commonly used by gymnasts and coaches to refer to the height of the leg when it is raised into the air during a dance skill.

extension/flexion

Sports; Gymnastics

The act of stretching or straightening out a flexed limb. Extension of a joint is moving toward its most straight position. Flexion is the bending of a joint. Opposing muscles move each joint in the ...