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Vocabulary Practice
Exercise 1: Test Yourself
- reverse hecht
- Tkatchev is a bar release move in which the gymnast swings around the bar, lets go just before reaching a handstand, straddles or pikes his or her legs while flying over the bar, then leans forward to re-grasp the bar.
- full twist
- Double back are two consecutive back flips; can be done in a tuck, pike, or layout position.
- Flyaway is a bar dismount in which the gymnast swings down from the high bar and lets go to do a flip backwards before landing.
- Full-twisting double back is a double back with a full twist on either the first (full-in) or the second (full-out) flip.
- Somi-and-a-half is another way of saying one and a half somersault.
- Straddle split is a split with legs out to each side. This move is used in all four women's events.
- straddle
- Front hip pullover is a mount used on the uneven parallel bars. The body is supported by the hands, the hips resting on either bar. Usually combined with a hip circle.
- Front split is a split in which one leg is forward, one back.
- Whip back is a back handspring without the hands touching the floor.
- Swedish fall is a move in which a gymnast does a free-fall drop straight onto the ground, with hands shooting out at the last second.
- Yurchenko is a vault in which a roundoff is done onto the springboard followed by a back handspring onto the vault and a back flip.
- A cartwheel is an easy move, in which the hands are placed on the ground sideways, one after the other, with each leg following.
- planche
- A pirouette between two giants is a common occurrence.
- front handspring
- Yurchenko
- Shaposhnikova is a free hip circle after which the gymnast lets go of the low bar and grabs the high bar.
- flyaway
- double back
- split leap with changed leg
- somi-and-a-half
- The muscles used in planche are the chest, shoulders, upper back, lower back, and glutes.
- Tsukahara
- Swedish fall
- pirouette
- back walkover
- Gienger
- The back walkover was preceded by a perfect wolf hop.
- Miller is a beam maneuver in which the gymnast does a back dive with a quarter twist to handstand followed by a half pirouette.
- Tkatchev
- whip back
- Shaposhnikova
- Gienger is a move in which the gymnast swings all the way around the high bar with a completely outstretched body.
- Straddle is a position in which the gymnast's legs are far apart to each side.
- Tsukahara is a vault in which the gymnast does a half turn onto the vault followed by a back flip.
- front hip pullover
- Miller
- front split
- The reverse hecht is also known as Tkatchev.
- flic-flac
- press handstand
- straddle split
- cartwheel
- A forward flip onto both hands, with both legs following as a pair. The gymnast begins and ends in a standing position.
- She went from the back walkover through the pirouette to the cartwheel.
- The flic-flac was followed by a double back pike somersault.
Comprehension
Exercise 3: Selections
- Gienger is a move in which the gymnast swings all the way around the high bar with a completely outstretched body.
- Miller is a beam maneuver in which the gymnast does a back dive with a quarter twist to handstand followed by a half pirouette.
- Full-twisting double back is a double back with a full twist on either the first (full-in) or the second (full-out) flip.
- A pirouette between two giants is a common occurrence.
- Straddle is a position in which the gymnast's legs are far apart to each side.
- A forward flip onto both hands, with both legs following as a pair. The gymnast begins and ends in a standing position.
- Front hip pullover is a mount used on the uneven parallel bars.
Grammar Practice
Exercise 2: Transformation
- The woman exercising in the gym was a champion.
- The spectators watching the competition could not believe it.
- The gymnasts performing on uneven bars did not know about her.
- The girls talking about the championship were getting ready for a competition.
- The person waiting for his coach was the winner.
Exercise 3: Transformation
- Was the woman exercising in the gym a champion.
- Could he spectators watching the competition not believe it?
- Could the gymnasts performing on uneven bars not know about her.
- Were the girls talking about the championship getting ready for a competition.
- Was the person waiting for his coach the winner.