Garrison: A floor exercise skill named after U. S. gymnast Kelly Garrison.  It consists of a cat leap forward with bent legs and 1 ½ turn.  It has been rated by the FIG as C level skill and its FIG number is 1.314.

Garrison: A balance beam skill named after U. S. gymnast Kelly Garrison.  It consists of a free shoulder roll forward to stand or tuck stand without hand support.  It has been rated by the FIG as C level skill and its FIG number is 6.302.

Garrison: A balance beam skill named after U. S. gymnast Kelly Garrison.  It starts from an extended tuck sit, Valdez swing over backward through horizontal plane with support on one arm..  It has been rated by the FIG as C level skill and its FIG number is 7.306.

Garrison: A balance beam mount named after U. S. gymnast Kelly Garrison.  It is round-off, tucked full mount.  It has been rated by the FIG as Super E level skill and its FIG number is 1.616.

Gatson: A P-bar skill named after Jason Gatson. It consists of a swing backward with full turn hop to handstand.  It has been rated as D level skill by the FIG. 

Gaylord: A high bar skill named after U. S. gymnast Mitch Gaylord. It is a front giant into a one-and-one-half front salto over the bar to regrasp – a front somersault in tuck, pike or straddled position over the bar.  It is sometimes called the Gayord I and has been rated by the FIG as a D level skill.

Gaylord: Another high bar skill named after U. S. gymnast Mitch Gaylord. It is a back giant into a layout Gienger (back salto, ½ ) over the bar to regrasp – a front somersault in tuck, pike or straddled position over the bar.  It is sometimes called the Gayord II and has been rated by the FIG as a D level skill.

Giant: A 360 degrees circling swing through around the bar from handstand to handstand, with the body fully extended. It can be performed on uneven bars, high bar, rings and parallel bars, and can be done either backwards or forwards. 

Gienger: A flyaway back salto with a one-half twist, followed by a re-grasp of the bar. Named for German gymnast Eberhard Gienger, who created and first performed the skill. 

Grande Jeté: A ballet term used to describe a split leap, a large jump that is done from one foot to the other.  It can be done either fermé (closed) or ouverte (open); there are many forms of grand jeté such as: grand jeté attitude croisé en arriére (large jump on the diagonal with one leg extended forward and the other leg extended to the back, slightly bent at the knees). See also Split Leap.

Grand Plié: A gymnastics and ballet movement where the gymnast stands with legs fully bent. A large bend; a movement that requires both knees to fully bend at the same time, and the body is lowered very close to the floor. 

Grips: Grips are the leather straps that gymnasts wear to help keep a better grip on the uneven bars, high bar, parallel bars or rings. The purpose of grips is to help maintain a firm grip on the equipment and to help minimize the occurrence of rips. Uneven bar grips have 2 finger holes and a medium size dowel that is smaller than on grips for rings, but larger than the dowel for high bar. High bar grips are typically 3 finger with a small dowel. Ring grips are 2 finger, long and have a large dowel. Parallel bar grips exist, but are rarely used.

Gym Suit: The clothes prescribed for wear while participating in a gymnastic competition or worn during a gymnastics practice.  For women, this is most commonly called a leotard. 

Gymnastics: Physical exercises designed to develop and display strength, balance, and agility, especially those performed on or with specialized apparatus.  Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness, such as handsprings and handstands. It developed from fitness exercises used by ancient Greek soldiers, including skills for mounting and dismounting a horse, and circus performance skills. There are numerous uses of the term gymnastics for other gymnastics/dance-like activities. On our site the term gymnastics is generally refers to artistic gymnastics, the Olympic competitive version of gymnastics consisting of four events for women (Vault, bars, beam, floor) and six events for men (Floor, parallel bars, pommel horse, rings, vault and high bar). Tumbling and trampoline, especially as they are used as training for artistic gymnastics are also extensively covered.   There is room on this site for the discussion of rhythmic gymnastics, general gymnastics, sports acrobatics, etc. but the main focus is artistic gymnastics.
 

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