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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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Horizontal bar
Sports; Gymnastics
1) A piece of apparatus, a metal bar 240 centimetres long and 2.8 centimetres in diameters, suspended 275 centimetres above the floor. 2) A men's event performed on the apparatus. The routine is made ...
Horse
Sports; Gymnastics
Formerly, the official gymnastics apparatus for vaulting for both men and women. It was long and narrow and women vaulted over it sideways and men vaulted over it the long way. It is no longer used ...
Ballistic stretching
Sports; Gymnastics
The use of momentum or "bouncing" to force a limb beyond its range of motion in order to warm up or increase flexibility. Examples of ballistic stretching would be leg swings or bouncing in splits. ...
Bar
Sports; Gymnastics
A horizontal rod that serves as a part of a gymnastics apparatus for gymnasts as they perform exercises. They are found on uneven bars, high bars and parallel bars. A bar can also be called a Rail.
Block
Sports; Gymnastics
The term block in gymnastics is usually used to describe a rapid bounce, repulsion or rebounding off the floor or vault with the arms. The block comes from the shoulders exploding towards full ...
Body wave
Sports; Gymnastics
A wave-like contraction movement of the entire body passing through the hips, shoulders, arms and head.
Barani
Sports; Gymnastics
A forward somersault with a half-twist. The skill is most often done in the layout position and the twist is done with a ¼ in, ¼ out twist timing. In TnT (Tumbling and Trampoline) competitions, a ...
