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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Compulsory

Sports; Gymnastics

All gymnasts competing compulsory routines must perform specified skills in a specified order. Compulsory routines have been eliminated from higher level optional gymnastics competitions. Compulsory ...

Concentric muscle contraction

Sports; Gymnastics

A concentric contraction is when a muscle shortens while contracting. Doing a pull-up by contractng the biceps is an example.

Crash dive

Sports; Gymnastics

A trampoline skill where ¾ of a front somersault is performed landing in the back. Also called a suicide, but that term is not too popular with gym owners..

Composition

Sports; Gymnastics

The structure of a gymnastics routine. Each individual movement or skill is a building block; the arrangement of the moves in the exercise is called the composition of the routine.

Circumduction

Sports; Gymnastics

The act of moving the body, with or without apparatus, in a full circle with forward and backward flexion of the trunk and one hand leading the other to make a small circle in front of the body or a ...

Clear hip circle

Sports; Gymnastics

A back hip circle in which the body hips do not touch the bar. At the optional level, the skill should start and finish in a handstand. Also called a Free Hip Handstand.