What Do You Call Gymnastic Moves

Back handspring: a key tumbling move involving a backward flip into a handstand position, and then a forward flip back to your original standing position. … Front handspring: the same as a back handspring, only the gymnast starts by running, and moves forward instead of backward.

What are some gymnastics moves called?

• Back handspring: a key tumbling move involving a backward flip into a handstand position, and then a forward flip back to your original standing position. …
• Front handspring: the same as a back handspring, only the gymnast starts by running, and moves forward instead of backward.

What are the basic movements in gymnastics?

Eight artistic gymnastics skills (forward roll, descended backward roll, handstand against wall, dominant frontal cartwheel, springboard jump with running start and landing, switching positions on the rings, front of the foot walking on a small beam, straight forward jump-off of small beam) were chosen according to the …