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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Talavera

Sports; Gymnastics

A balance beam skill named after Tracee Talavera, who was the first to do it in international competition. The skill consists of pommel horse like move with the circle done like a flair. The skill ...

Thomas

Sports; Gymnastics

(1) A floor exercise tumbling skill named after Kurt Thomas. It consists of a 1 ½ salto backward in a tucked or piked position with 1 ½ twists rated as a “D.” (2) A floor exercise tumbling skill ...

Thomas Flairs

Sports; Gymnastics

A pommel horse skill named after Kurt Thomas. It is a circling skill with alternating straddled lifted legs rated as a “B” level difficulty skill.

Tkatchev

Sports; Gymnastics

A release move named after Russian gymnast Alexander Tkatchev performed on uneven or high bar from a handstand to a giant swing down releasing to a backward straddle release over the bar to regrasp.

tour jeté

Sports; Gymnastics

A ballet and gymnastics jump with a half-turn and switch split action of the legs taking off one foot and landing on the other the other.

Tsukahara

Sports; Gymnastics

A men’s or women’s vault named after Japanese gymnast, Mitsuo Tzukahara. It consists of a ¼ or ½ on to a back salto off the vault table.

V-sit

Sports; Gymnastics

A body position used in gymnastics where the legs are raised off the floor in a deep pike position and the entire body is supported by the hands form the general appearance of a "V" shape.