Flip-Flop: Also known as a Flic-Flac or Back Handspring
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Definition: Flip
Flip: Tumbling element that rotates about the transverse (horizontal) axis. Also called somersault, a salto or somie.
Definition: Fliffis
Fliffis: Any double somersault with a twist including double front with a ½ twist, full-in, ½ in-½ out and full-out.
Definition: Flic-Flac
Flic-Flac: Also known as a Flip-Flop or Back Handspring. This tumbling element is used in a majority of back tumbling passes on the floor exercise. It’s also used a great deal on the balance beam.
Definition: Flexion
Flexion: Movement about a joint in which bones on either side of the joint are brought closer together, decreasing the angle of the joint. Any movement of a joint, which brings connected body parts closer together. Opposite of Extension.
Definition: Flexibility
Flexibility: The ability to move a body joint through its full range of motion, the range of motion through which a joint can move without feeling pain. To have a wide range of motion in a joint. An example of … Continue reading
