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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Mount

Sports; Gymnastics

This term is used both to identify the first skill with which the gymnast starts a gymnastics routine and also means to get up onto a gymnastics apparatus.

Passive stretching

Sports; Gymnastics

A general term used to describe a static stretch in which an external force (such as the floor or another person) holds the performer in the static position.

Needle scale

Sports; Gymnastics

A gymnast balance arabesque type element usually done on beam (but also possibly on floor) balanced on one foot, with the other leg lifted high (preferably showing a 180 degree split) to the back. ...

Heel drive

Sports; Gymnastics

Coaches use this term or correction to inform their gymnasts that they want them to drive their heels harder up and over on the front side of a handspring vault or front handspring on floor. ...

Hip circle

Sports; Gymnastics

A move on the uneven bars in which the body circles the bar with the hips touching it.

Inward turn

Sports; Gymnastics

A gymnastics or ballet turn on the feet (foot) in the opposite direction of the supporting leg. In other words, if a gymnast does a traditional full turn on the left leg turning it to the left, an ...

Hip flexors

Sports; Gymnastics

The set of leg muscles and ligaments including the iliopsoas muscle and the iliofemoral ligament which helps control the turnout of the legs from the hip and are primarily responsible for lifting the ...