F Jade Barbosa performing her floor routine during a gymnastics competition. The white lines indicate the bounds of the floor. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique The international sports governing body for gymnastics. Its name is commonly abbreviated as "FIG". Flight series On balance beam, a series of acrobatic skills performed in combination from one end of the beam to the other. Flip A sequence of body movements in which a person leaps into the air and then rotates one or more times while airborne Floor A gymnastics apparatus used by men and women in artistic gymnastics. The event performed upon this apparatus is known as Floor Exercise. Floor exercise The event performed on the floor apparatus. Men and women perform choreographed routines that include tumbling and acrobatic skills. Freestyle gymnastics A fusion of traditional gymnastic and acrobatic tricks, with kicks and leaps inspired by martial arts, parkour and free running. It captures the power and explosive nature of freestyle activities in sport and brings them indoors, performed on a range of purpose built equipment with associated training techniques. Front handspring A gymnastics move in which the gymnast takes a running start, then places their hands as if a handstand. They kick one leg over, push off the ground, and come back up. Front tuck The act of running, jumping off of 2 feet, turning in mid-air, and landing on the ground on two feet. FX The scoring abbreviation for floor exercise. Full A flip that turns fully in mid air.
F Jade Barbosa performing her floor routine during a gymnastics competition. The white lines indicate the bounds of the floor. Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique The international sports governing body for gymnastics. Its name is commonly abbreviated as "FIG". Flight series On balance beam, a series of acrobatic skills performed in combination from one end of the beam to the other. Flip A move where the gymnast will jump from a handstand;forwards or backward landing facing the same direction Floor A gymnastics apparatus used by men and women in artistic gymnastics. The event performed upon this apparatus is known as Floor Exercise. Floor exercise The event performed on the floor apparatus. Men and women perform choreographed routines that include tumbling and acrobatic skills. Freestyle gymnastics A fusion of traditional gymnastic and acrobatic tricks, with kicks and leaps inspired by martial arts, parkour and free running. It captures the power and explosive nature of freestyle activities in sport and brings them indoors, performed on a range of purpose built equipment with associated training techniques. Front handspring A gymnastics move in which the gymnast takes a running start, then places their hands as if a handstand. They kick one leg over, push off the ground, and come back up. Front tuck The act of running, jumping off of 2 feet, turning in mid-air, and landing on the ground on two feet. FX The scoring abbreviation for floor exercise. Full A flip that turns fully in mid air.
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sequence of body movements in which a person leaps into the air and then rotates one or more times while airborne
move where the gymnast will jump from a handstand;forwards or backward landing facing the same direction