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Click to See Products...Lunge: A position often used to initiate and/or land a tumbling or control skill like a cartwheel. The lunge position is recognizable because the front leg is bent and the back leg is straight. In general, the arms are by … Continue reading
Long Horse: Formerly, the men’s gymnastics apparatus for vaulting. Basically the old vaulting horse was a pommel horse without the pommels and men vaulted over it the long way. The horse is no longer used for vaulting and has been … Continue reading
Limber: A frontward or backward gymnastics flexibility skill that is similar to a walkover except the legs remain together at all times. The skill begins on the feet, passes through a handstand and finishes on the feet again in a … Continue reading
Leotard: A one piece, fitted garment, usually made of a light stretch fabric that fits closely to the skin to cover a gymnast’s body. It allows for complete freedom of movement in order to be able to perform any gymnastics … Continue reading
Leg Circle: A basic and standard pommel-horse move where a gymnast keeps the legs together and swings them in a full circle around the horse, with each hand alternately lifted in turn from the pommel to let the legs pass. … Continue reading
Layout Step-Out: A tumbling skill used on beam and sometimes on floor. During a back layout salto the legs are split and the landing is on one foot and then the other. Most often used now as part of a … Continue reading
Layout: This term refers to a straight body position in which salto skills are performed. Almost all twisting skills are done in this position, since it facilitates the twisting process. Twisting double somersaults, however, are often done in the open … Continue reading
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