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A gymnastics apparatus used by men in artistic gymnastics. It consists of two 3.5m bars. PB The scoring abbreviation for the parallel bars. PH The scoring abbreviation for the pommel horse. Pike A position where the body is bent only in the hips. Pommel horse A gymnastics apparatus used by men in artistic gymnastics.
A roll is the most basic and fundamental skill in gymnastics class. There are many variations in the skill. Rolls are similar to flips in the fact that they are a complete rotation of the body, but the rotation of the roll is usually made on the ground while a flip is made in the air with the hips passing over the head and without any hands touching the ground.
A boy demonstrates a roundoff followed by a back handspring. The roundoff is a gymnastic technique that turns horizontal speed into vertical speed (to jump higher); it is also used effectively to turn forward momentum from a run into backwards momentum, giving speed and power to backwards moves such as flips and somersaults.
Gymnastics is one of the most dangerous sports, with a very high injury rate seen in girls age 11 to 18. [52] Some gymnastic movements which were allowed in past competitions are now banned for safety reasons; for example, the Thomas salto, a twisting salto landed with a forward roll on the floor, was banned after several injuries.
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Biles started her gymnastics career when she was 14, competing at the 2011 American Classic in Houston. She came first on the vault and balance beam, fourth on floor exercise, eighth on uneven ...
From gold medals to grown-up and gorgeous! The women of the 2008 and 2012 Olympics US Gymnastics teams are no longer the sweet-faced teens you watched on TV.
A front handspring, performed as part of an acro dance routine.. A handspring (also flic-flac or flip-flop [1]) is an acrobatic move in which a person executes a complete revolution of the body by lunging headfirst from an upright position into an inverted vertical position and then pushing off (i.e., "springing") from the floor with the hands so as to leap back to an upright position.