AY Honors/Tumbling & Balancing/Answer Key

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(Instructor Required)

1. List safety precautions each performer and spotter should follow.

2. Describe the basic positions:

a. Tuck

b. Pike

In a pike a gymnast is bent only at the hips. Sit on the floor with your legs straight out in front of you. Pikes of varying degrees including where a gymnast is esentially folded in half at their hips are used in gymnastics.

c. Lay-out

d. Hyper-extension (arch)

e. Squat

f. Straddle

g. Standing position (extension

3. Perform the following individual stunts with form and poise:

a. Tuck forward roll from squat

b. Pike forward roll from standing position

c. Dive roll (length equal to one's height)

d. Tuck backward roll from squat

e. Backward roll from standing position

f. Straddle legged backward roll from extension

g. Swedish fall

h. Frogstand (knee-elbow stand)

i. Headstand from frogstand

j. Headstand

k. Handstand

l. Cartwheel

4. Perform with form and poise any six of the following stunts with a partner:

a. Chest stand

b. Thigh stand

c. Knee-shoulder balance

d. Front angel balance

e. Shoulder stand

f. Low knee support

g. Thigh balance

h. Front angel straddling waist

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