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2. Grip (gymnastics) - Wikipedia

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   Some grips, known as dowel grips, incorporate a leather-covered dowel rod or pipe to create a linear bump on the outer face of the grip. This bump, in conjunction with the bar, forms a detent that leverages the gymnast's grip, thus reducing the hand pressure needed to maintain a hold on the apparatus.

3. Hand guard - Wikipedia

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   Hand guards are devices worn by athletes in artistic gymnastics.Gymnasts use various types of hand guards: Grips are used on the uneven bars, high bar, still rings and parallel bars to enhance the gymnast's grip and, in the case of bar exercises, to reduce friction between the gymnast's hands and the bar.

4. Horizontal bar - Wikipedia

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   Fabian Hambüchen at the horizontal bar A bar grip (front view). The horizontal bar, also known as the high bar, is an apparatus used by male gymnasts in artistic gymnastics.It traditionally consists of a cylindrical metal (typically steel) bar that is rigidly held above and parallel to the floor by a system of cables and stiff vertical supports.

5. Uneven bars - Wikipedia

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   The uneven bars or asymmetric bars is an artistic gymnastics apparatus. It is made of a steel frame. The bars are made of fiberglass with wood coating, or less commonly wood. [1] The English abbreviation for the event in gymnastics scoring is UB or AB, and the apparatus and event are often referred to simply as "bars". The bars are placed at ...

6. Glossary of gymnastics terms - Wikipedia

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   A gymnastics skill in which a gymnast performs a backwards flip while moving forward. Grip See hand guard. Gymnastics A sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, agility and coordination. It evolved from exercises used by the ancient Greeks, including skills for mounting and dismounting a horse, and circus ...

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