A
Acro – Tumbling skill on the floor or balance beam. Used most commonly when referring to a combination of dance requirements.
B
Back-in, full-out – A double somersault with a full twist (the complete twist is performed during the second somersault).
Ball-out – A front somersault on the trampoline that is performed by taking off after a bounce on the back.
Bridge – Another name for a backbend. Normally started by lying on the back, the hands and feet remain on the floor and the body is pushed up with the back arching and the stomach facing the ceiling
Buck – A short gymnastics horse without pommels. It is often used to train a gymnast on the pommel horse. Also called a pommel buck.
C
Candlestick – A shoulder stand with the legs in the air, feet pointed towards the ceiling and the body rested on the top of the shoulders.
D
Double double – Two back somersaults with two twists. One of the harder gymnastics skills performed on the floor exercise and usually performed in the layout or open tuck position.
Double full – A single back somersault in the layout position with two twists.
F
Flip-flop – Nickname for a back handspring. This is a common movement where the gymnast takes off from one or two feet, jumps backwards onto her hands, and lands on her feet.
Flic-flac – Also see back handspring. A common gymnastic movement where a gymnast takes off from one or two feet, jumps backwards onto her hands and lands on her feet. Also known as a flip-flop or a back handspring.
Flip – A tumbling element where the body does a somersault in the air without the hands touching the ground. Also called a somersault or salto.
Full-in, back-out – Two somersaults with one full twist where the twist is executed during the first somersault
Full-in, full-out – Two somersaults and two twists with one twist performed on the first somersault and one twist performed on the second somersault.
H
Half-in, half-out – A double somersault with a half twist on the first somersault and a half twist on the second.
Hollow – A term referring to the body position of the gymnast. The hips are pulled under, the butt is tucked in and the core of the body is scooped in rounding the chest forward.
Horse – Slang for the former vaulting apparatus for both men and women. Women would vault over it when it was sideways and men would vault over it length wise. In 2001 it was officially replaced with the vaulting table that both men and women use in competition.
N
Nail – (see stick) Refers to a perfect dismount from an apparatus or a tumbling pass where the feet make no movement once they touch the ground.
P
P-bars – Nickname for the parallel bars.
Peel – An involuntary release of the bar that generally results in a fall to the ground. This can happen on the uneven bars, p-bars or high bar.
Pipe – A term used to refer to the men’s high bar.
Puck – A slang term that describes a gymnastics position that is in between a tuck and a pike position. It is not a position that is allowed in competition.
Q
Quadriffs – Any quadruple somersault with a twist.
R
Rail – A horizontal bar that on which gymnasts compete. This includes the parallel bars, uneven parallel bars and the horizontal or high bar.
S
Step out – Refers to landing on one leg followed by the other leg when completing a tumbling maneuver; as opposed to landing with two feet.
Stick – Slang term used for a landing that is executed with correct technique and little to no movement.
T
Tap – A term referring to the kick needed to initiate the speed of a circling motion on the high and uneven bars.
V
V-sit – A position of the body where the gymnast sits with legs in the air in a deep pike position and their body balancing on the bottom and hands.
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