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FIG Element Groups

Floor Exercise

  1. Balance, strength, and flexibility elements
  2. Leaps, jumps, turns, and leg circle elements
  3. Acrobatic elements forwards
  4. Acrobatic elements backwards
  5. Acrobatic elements sidewards or backward jumps with ½ turn to saltos forwards

Pommel Horse

  1. Single leg swings
  2. Circles in side and cross support, with or without spindles and handstands
  3. Travels in side support and cross support
  4. Kehr swings and wende swings
  5. Dismounts

Still Rings

  1. Kip and swing elements
  2. Swings to handstand
  3. Swings to strength hold elements (not L-sits)
  4. Strength elements and hold elements
  5. Dismounts

Vault

  1. Direct vaults (stoops, hechts, etc)
  2. Vaults with a full turn in the first flight phase
  3. Handspring and Yamashita style vaults
  4. Vaults with ¼ or ½ turn in the first flight phase
  5. Round off entry vaults

Parallel Bars

  1. Swing elements through support on both bars
  2. Swing elements through support on both bars
  3. Swing elements through a hang on both bars
  4. Strength, hold and leg swing elements sideways on one ba
  5. Dismounts

Horizontal Bar

  1. Long hang swings and turns
  2. Flight elements
  3. Elements near the bar ("in-bar" elements)
  4. El-grip, dorsal hang, and elements rearways to the bar
  5. Dismounts
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