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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Hand guards

Sports; Gymnastics

Also called Grips Designed to help gymnasts on the bars, P-bars and rings. They are usually made up of a strip of leather and a wrist strap and held on with either a Velcro strap or a buckle. The ...

Front split

Sports; Gymnastics

A split in which one leg is extended frontward and the other leg is extended backward, both at right angles to the trunk. Ideally, the legs are split at least 180 degrees and are flat on the floor ...

Giant

Sports; Gymnastics

A swing in which the body is fully extended and moving through a 360 degree rotation around the bar.

Front walkover

Sports; Gymnastics

A move from the front split handstand position in which one foot is brought down in back, followed by the other foot.

Handspring

Sports; Gymnastics

Springing off the hands by putting the weight on the arms and using a strong push from the shoulders; can be done either forward or backward; usually a linking movement.

High bar

Sports; Gymnastics

1) In the uneven bars, the higher of the two bars. 2) The horizontal bar.

Handspring front

Sports; Gymnastics

A term used to indicate either a tumbling pass or vault involving a handspring and front salto. The handspring front vault is a double front vault with a handspring on the front side and a front ...