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Category Archives: Gymnastics Terms
Definition: Kaboom
Kaboom: A kaboom is a trampoline skill, where gymnasts land either in essentially a back drop to back somersault or a front drop to front somersault, but perform a delayed tapping/bouncing action with their legs/feet that creates rotation into a … Continue reading
Definition: Melissanidis 2
Melissanidis 2: A Yurchenko vaulting skill in which the gymnast performs a round-off entry onto the vault table and after blocking off the vault table, rotates a double back somersault in pike. It is essentially a triple somersault vault, with … Continue reading
Definition: Triple Twisting Handspring Front Vault (with demonstration video)
Triple Twisting Front Layout – The vault is a front handspring somersault vault with three twists done in a layout position. That adds up to a double layout somersaulting vault with three twists. The FIG rating of the vault for … Continue reading
Definition: Triple Twisting Yurchenko (with demonstration video)
Triple Twisting Yurchenko – The vault is a round-off entry vault with three twists done in a layout position. That adds up to a double layout somersaulting vault with three twists. The FIG rating of the vault for men is … Continue reading
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Definition: Mustafina on Vault (with demonstration video)
Mustafina – The Mustafina vault, first performed by Russian gymnast, Aliya Mustafina, is a round-off, half-on front handspring entry vault with a front layout with a full twist off. That adds up to a 1&1/2 twisting double layout vault. The … Continue reading
Definition: Ring Jump
Definition: Ring Jump Ring jumps and ring leaps are done on both the floor and beam. Gymnasts jump off both feet, lift their legs into a 180 degree or more split, but also put their head back and arch their … Continue reading
Definition: Onodi
Onodi: An Onodi is a balance beam skill performed by women on beam and floor and is named after Hungarian Olympic gymnast Henrietta Onodi. To do an Onodi, the gymnast starts like a back handspring and does a half twist … Continue reading
