GLOSSARY OF INDIVIDUAL SKILLS TERMS

Back extension roll to handstand - May be executed in tuck or pike, back roll with push to vertical handstand with legs together. Roll continues to a stand. In the USAG Developmental Program, either straight arms or bent arms pushing to straight arms are acceptable.

Barani - Piked front salto with 1/2 twist initiated by shoulder twist and completed by the hips as the body opens in flight.

Bridge - Back bend with support of arms and legs (individual element).

Elbow lever - Horizontal prone body position with support of body on elbows of bent arms.

Elbow stand - Individual element with support on forearms on floor, body in vertical stand. Must be held 2" for credit.

F - Flic flac (back handspring)

Flic flac - Back handspring, backward traveling move with alternating repulsion from the floor by the arms and then the legs (individual element).

Headspring - Hands are placed flat on floor. Head is placed slightly ahead of hands with weight just above the hairline on the forehead. The legs push the body to pass through a piked headstand position, pushing forward and upward as arms push. May finish in sit or stand.

Healy twirl - Individual element starting in handstand, twist with 360° turn on one arm to sit on floor with feet in front.

Hollow: Straight body position with slight contraction in the torso.

Hurdle - Used to develop momentum into a tumbling element such as a round off or front handspring.
a. A long and low powerful "skip", preceded by one to three running steps to aid maximum acceleration. For one foot take-off skills, it is followed by a quick step out into a forward lunge.
b. From running, bring feet together with a low and powerful stride to punch off from two feet quickly, with power.

Layout - Body position in dynamic element or tumbling. Body straight or with no more than 10° arch or pike.

Lever: (teeter-totter) Basic standing on one foot. Free leg held in the rear with arms stretched overhead, creating a straight line from fingertips to toes. The center ot the body acts as a fulcrum about which the arms and legs pivot as a unit. Lever positions should be seen when moving into or out ot handstand skills.

Lunge - A standing position in which the legs are apart, front knee bent and back leg straight.May be executed to any direction - front, back or side. The lunging leg is flexed to demi-plie position. The opposite leg is extended. The body is erect and the weight is over the flexed leg. (In the basic lunge, the foot of the extended leg is placed on the floor with the heel down. In an advanced lunge, the toe of the rear leg is pointed on the floor without supporting weight.

Pirouette - Longitudinal rotation of the body, as a dance element on one foot or as a strength element in handstand on the floor.

Pike: Designates the position in which the hips are flexed 90°; the legs and trunk are straight.

Press - slow continuous pushing action which changes the body position with strength and control. Does not use flight or swing to complete the element.

Prone - Body position with the front of the body facing the floor, body straight.

R - Round-off

Salto - A dynamic or individual element with no hand support during the rotation.

Scale - Standing on one foot, trunk forward near horizontal, free leg rotated outward and held in the rear at 90° or more to support leg.

Squat stand: Support on the balls of the feet with the feet together. Knees and hips are flexed to the position where the seat is close to the heels, but not touching. The torso is erect.

Squat support: Same as the squat but both hands are in support outside the knees.

Stick: To show no movement of the feet on landings. Straddle: Legs extended sidewards, and rotated outward. Hips extended (no piking).

Straddle Pike: Same as straddle but hips are piked 45° -90°.

Stalder - A term sometimes used to designate either a press from L position (straddle or pike) to handstand or a press down from handstand to L position. USAG term is press.

Straddle - Body position with legs straight and apart. Can be straddle sit, straddle stand, straddle forward or backward roll. A straddle support is a pair/group element when the top is supporting self on hands with legs in straddle position.

Tuck shoot to handstand - Start in tuck position, feet and hands on floor. Forward shift of weight onto hands as the legs extend vigorously upward to handstand position. Press is not necessary. (individual element)

Twist: Turning the upper trunk (up from the waist) around the vertical axis. The torso may be straight or bent.

"V" sit: Sitting in a pike position with the trunk erect and slightly leaned backward. The legs are extended upward. Hands support behind the hips (chest lifted).

Valdez - Initiated from sit on floor with back walkover movement to a stand (individual element).