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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Punch

Sports; Gymnastics

A gymnastics term that refers to bouncing off of the floor, vault board or beam as opposed to jumping. “Punching" refers to an almost perfectly straight leg quick plyometric movement. Punching ...

Port de bras

Sports; Gymnastics

This term literally means carriage of the arms. It refers to the set positions of the arms as well as the manner in which the arms are moved from position to position during gymnastics dance and ...

Puck

Sports; Gymnastics

A puck is a slang gymnastics term used to refer to a gymnastics salto body position that is a cross between a pike and a tuck. It can range from a very open tuck position to a pike with bent knees. ...

Quad twist

Sports; Gymnastics

A single layout somersault with four twists. First performed in U.S. women's competition by Nastia Liukin.

Counter turn

Sports; Gymnastics

A counter turn is most often used to describe the turning of the hips in the opposite direction of a double leg circle. When a gymnast has their legs straight in front of them, their hips should be ...

Cross

Sports; Gymnastics

A skill performed on the still rings, in a straight body or " L" position, with the body perpendicular to the floor and the arms stretched perpendicular to the body. See also inverted cross.