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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Avant, en

Sports; Gymnastics

Dance term meaning to the front.

Apparatus

Sports; Gymnastics

One of the pieces of equipment used in gymnastics competition, including the balance beam, the horizontal bar, parallel bars, the pommel horse, still rings, uneven bars, and the vaulting horse.

Arabian double front

Sports; Gymnastics

An Arabian front done with two somersaults. Done in either tuck or pike or even in layout.

Arabian front

Sports; Gymnastics

A tumbling somersaulting skill, which usually begins from a back tumbling skill like a round-off or back handspring, and consists of a ½ turn into front salto. Can be done in tuck, pike or layout and ...

Back somie/back salto dismount

Sports; Gymnastics

A somersaulting dismount off beam, parallel bars, rings, bars or even pommel horse using an back aerial somersault.

Arabesque

Sports; Gymnastics

In gymnastics and ballet, a pose on one leg with the other leg extended behind the body. The supporting leg either bent or straight. Stand on one foot and raise the other leg to the back in a split ...