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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Chest stand

Sports; Gymnastics

A front prone arched balance pose in which the performer's chest is resting on the floor for support and the legs are up in the air over the head stretching forward.

Bridge

Sports; Gymnastics

Another term for a backbend in which the body forms an arch, supported by the hands and feet. Ideally, the arms and legs should be straight and close together. It is often done starting by lying on ...

Buck

Sports; Gymnastics

A short gymnastic horse without pommels and with one end elongated. It used to be used lengthwise for vaulting and sideways for learning pommel horse skills. It is not commonly used for vaulting ...

Free hip handstand

Sports; Gymnastics

Same as a Clear Hip Handstand.

Flyaway

Sports; Gymnastics

A dismount from a bar in which the gymnast swings down and lets go to do a flip backwards before landing.

Front hip circle

Sports; Gymnastics

A mount for the uneven bars in which the body is supported by the hands and the hips rest on the bar. The body falls forward, pikes, the hands rotate around the bar and the gymnast ends up in a front ...

Fontaine

Sports; Gymnastics

An uneven bar dismount named after Larissa Fontaine. She first performed the skill in the 1994 World Championships. The double somersaulting dismount is a back tuck with ½ twist into a front. The ...