Women's Artistic Gymnastics — Balance Beam (BB)

Leap - on landing must show arabesque position (leg min. at horizontal)

Thief vault – take-off from one leg – free leap over beam, one leg after another to rear support – 90° approach to beam, or Scissor leap over beam to cross sit on thigh – diagonal approach to beam

Flank to rear support, also with ½ turn (180°); Jump with hand support, ¾ turn (270˚) in support to cross sit on thigh

Jump with hand support to side split sit or straddle position (must show split without hands touching the beam as final position; in straddle position the trunk must touch the beam); Jump or leap to cross split sit – diagonal approach to beam

From side stand - squat or stoop through to rear support

Cartwheel with bending of both arms through chest stand to swing down; Stand at side of beam and jump to chest stand with both arms bent

Planche with support on one or both bent arms (2 sec.), also legs in cross split position

Jump to hstd with bent or straight legs – lower to optional end position

Split leap (180°)

Jump with ½ turn (180°) to clear straddle support, or jump bwd through straddle position over the beam to front support, or to side split – 90° approach to beam

Jump to roll fwd at end or middle of beam to sit position or tuck stand; Jump to clear straddle support on end of beam – swing bwd to roll fwd to sit position or tuck stand

Jump with ½ turn (180°) over shoulder to neck stand, ½ turn (180°) to chest stand

Jump, press, or swing to hstd (2 sec.) – lower to end position touching beam, also with ½ turn (180°) in hstd

Jump with bent hips to clear front support above horizontal minimum at 45° (planche) (2 sec.) - lower to optional end position

Press to side hstd, with bending - stretching of legs – hop with ¼ turn (90°) to cross hstd - lower to optional end position

Cartwheel on one or both arms

Handspring fwd with hand repulsion from springboard to rear support – or with ¼ turn (90°) to cross sit on thigh – 90° approach to beam; Cartwheel, grasping the beam, to front support – 90° approach to beam

Straight Jump with ½ turn (180°) in flight phase to stand

Two flying flairs

Straddle pike jump bwd over beam from round-off into immediate hip circle bwd – 90° approach to beam

Free jump to cross split sit take-off from two feet – diagonal approach to beam; Change leg leap to free cross split sit – diagonal approach to beam

Jump with ½ turn (180°) over shoulder to neck stand, 1/1 or 1½ turn (360° - 540˚) to neck stand

From cross stand facing end of beam – head kip; From cross stand facing end of beam – jump to hstd with hip angle (pike) to front walkover; From cross stand facing end of beam – jump to hstd with hip angle (pike) to handspring fwd with step-out or land on 2 feet

Jump, press, or swing to cross or side hstd with 1/1 - 1½ turn (360°- 540°) – lower to end position touching beam

Jump with stretched hips to planche (2 sec.); Jump, press, or swing to hstd – lower to planche (2 sec.), also with ½ turn (180°) in hstd; Jump, press, or swing to hstd – lower to clear pike support with legs together (2 sec.), also with ½ turn (180°) in hstd; From hstd (2 sec.) release one hand with swing down swd to rear support; also with ½ turn (180°) in hstd

Hstd in cross position with large arch span, also piked with one leg vertical, other leg bent (2 sec.) - lower to optional end position; Hstd with horizontal leg hold (2 sec.) – reverse planche in different variations - lower to optional end position

Jump, press, or swing to hstd shift weight to one arm hstd (2 sec.) – lower to optional end position

Jump with ¼ turn (90°) and extended hips through a momentary hstd on one arm with immediate ¼ turn (90°) and support on second arm to side hstd – lower to optional end position - 90° approach to beam; From rear stand (back towards beam), flic flac over beam to candle position, ending in front support; From rear stand (back towards beam), flic flac with ½ turn (180°) to candle position, ending in front support (grasping under the beam with both hands)

Free (aerial) walkover fwd to rear support – or with ¼ turn (90°) to cross sit on thigh – 90° approach to beam

Round-off at end of beam – flic-flac through hstd with swing down to cross straddle sit

Leap fwd with leg change (free leg swing to 45°) to cross split

Jump with 1/1 turn (360°) in flight phase to stand – approach from end or diagonal to beam

3 flying flairs (Homma); Two flank circles followed by leg “Flair” (Baitova)

Leap with leg change and ½ turn (180˚) away from beam to free cross split sit – diagonal approach to beam

Jump, press or swing to hstd – 1/1 turn (360°) in hstd – lower to planche (2 sec.),; or to clear pike support with legs together (2 sec.); Jump, press, or swing to hstd – 1/1 turn (360°) in hstd – release one hand with swing down swd to rear support

Jump or press to side hstd – walkover fwd to side stand on both legs

Jump or press on one arm to hstd lower to optional end position, also jump, press, or swing to hstd – shift weight to side hstd on one arm (2 sec.), lowering to clear straddle support on one arm, also with ¼ turn (90°)

Round-off in front of beam – jump with ½ twist (180°) to near side hstd – lower to optional position

Salto fwd tucked to stand – approach from end of beam

Round-off at end of beam – flic- flac through hstd – support on one or both arms – to stand; Round-off at end of beam – flic- flac with 1/1 twist (360°) into swing down to cross straddle sit

Round-off in front of beam – flic- flac with1/1 twist (360°) to hip circle bwd

Salto fwd piked to stand – approach from end of beam

Round-off at end of beam – flic- flac with ¾ twist (270˚) to stand

Round-off at end of beam – salto bwd tucked, piked or stretched with step-out to stand

Round-off at end of beam – flic- flac with ½ turn (180°) and walkover fwd

Aerial walkover fwd to cross stand – approach from end of beam, take off from both feet

Salto fwd tucked with ½ twist (180°)

Round-off at end of beam – salto bwd tucked with 1/1 twist (360°) to stand; Round-off at end of beam – salto bwd stretched to stand

Jump fwd with ½ twist (180°) – salto bwd piked to stand

Round-off at end of beam – take off bwd with ½ turn (180°) – tucked salto fwd to stand

Round-off at end of beam – salto bwd stretched with 1/1 twist (360°) to stand

Split leap fwd (leg separation 180°)

Stride leap fwd with change of legs to wolf position (hip angle at 45°)

Pike jump from cross position (legs above horizontal)

Sissone (leg separation 180° on the diagonal / 45° to the floor) take off from both feet, land on one foot; Stag jump (leg separation 180°, back leg straight or bent)

Cat leap (knees above horizontal alternately); Scissors leap fwd (legs above horizontal)

Wolf hop or jump from cross position (hip angle at 45°, knees together)

Split jump (leg separation 180°) from cross position

Straddle pike jump (both legs above horizontal), or side split jump from cross position

Fouetté hop with ½ turn (180°) to land in arabesque (free leg above horizontal)

Leap with ¼ turn (90°) into straddle pike position (both legs above horizontal), to land on one or both feet

Pike jump with ½ turn (180°) from cross position

Sissone to ring position (rear foot at head height, body arched and head dropped bwd, leg separation 180°) to land on one foot, or stag- ring jump

Hop with ½ turn (180°) free leg extended fwd at horizontal throughout; Stretched jump or hop with 1/1turn (360°) from cross position

Cat leap with ½ turn (180°)

Tuck hop or jump with ½ turn (180°) from cross position (hip & knee angle at 45°)

Wolf hop or jump with ½ turn (180°) from cross position

Split leap fwd with ½ turn (180°)

Split jump with ½ turn (180°) from cross position

Straddle pike jump with ½ turn (180°) from cross position

Leap fwd with leg change (free leg swing to 45˚) to cross split (180° separation < after leg change) (Switch leap)

Leap fwd with leg change and ¼ turn (90°) to side split (180°) or straddle pike position

Jump with upper back arch and head release with feet to head height/closed ring (Sheep jump)

Cat leap with 1/1 turn (360°)

Tuck hop or jump with 1/1 turn (360°) from cross position

Split jump with 1/1 turn (360°) from cross position

Straddle pike jump with 1/1 turn (360°) from cross position

Fouetté hop with leg change to cross split (leg separation 180°) (tour jeté)

Switch leap with ½ turn (180°)

Pike jump with 1/1 turn (360°) from cross position

Split jump to ring position (leg separation 180°) to land on two feet; Split ring leap (leg separation 180°); Jump to cross over split with body arched and head dropped bwd

Stretched jump or hop with 1½ turn (540°) from cross position

Tuck hop or jump with 1½ turn (540°) from cross position

Wolf hop or jump with 1/1 turn (360°) from cross position

Tour jeté with additional ½ turn (180°)

Switch leap to ring position (leg separation 180°)

Johnson with additional ½ turn (180°)

Wolf hop or jump with 1½ turn (540°) from cross position

1/1 turn (360°) on one leg – free leg optional below horizontal

1½ turn (540°) on one leg – free leg optional below horizontal

½ illusion turn (180°) through standing split (180° legs separation) with/without brief touching of beam with one hand

1/1 turn (360°) in tuck stand on one leg – free leg straight throughout turn

1/1 turn or 1½ turn (360° or 540°) in prone position – alternate support of hands permitted

1/1 turn (360°) on one leg in back attitude (thigh of free leg at horizontal, throughout turn)

1/1 turn (360°) with heel of extended free leg fwd at horizontal throughout turn (support leg may be straight or bent)

1/1 turn (360°) with free leg held upward in 180° split position throughout turn

1½ turn (540°) in tuck stand on one leg – free leg straight throughout turn

2/1 turn (720°) on one leg – free leg optional below horizontal

1½ turn (540°) on one leg in back attitude (thigh of free leg at horizontal, throughout turn)

1/1 turn (360°) with free leg held bwd with both hands

1½ turn (540°) with heel of extended free leg fwd at horizontal throughout turn (support leg may be straight or bent)

1½ turn (540°) with free leg held upward in 180° split position throughout turn

1/1 illusion turn (360°) through standing split (180° legs separation) with/without brief touching of beam with one hand

2/1 turn (720°) or 2½ turn (900°) in tuck stand on one leg – free leg straight throughout turn

1¼ turn (450°) on back in kip position (hip-leg angle closed)

3/1 turn (1080°) on one leg – free leg optional below horizontal

2/1 turn (720°) with heel of extended free leg fwd at horizontal throughout turn (support leg may be straight or bent)

2/1 turn (720°) with free leg held upward in 180° split position throughout turn

3/1 turn (1080°) in tuck stand on one leg – free leg straight throughout turn

From kneeling sit position, rise upward with body wave through toe-balance stand

Standing split fwd with hand support in front of support leg (leg separation 180°) – Needle scale (2 sec.) or Stand on one leg with foot of free leg in fwd hold above head (2 sec.); Scale fwd, support leg extended (leg separation 180°) (2 sec.)

Kick to side or cross hstd (2 sec.), lower to end position touching beam

Roll bwd with hand support on top of the beam – landing on one or both feet

Cartwheel, also with support on one arm, or Cartwheel with flight phase before or after hand support

Walkover fwd, with/without alternate hand support (Tinsica); Walkover fwd, bwd (Tic-Toc)

Walkover bwd, with/without alternate hand support, also with swing down to cross sit

Clear pike support with legs together (2 sec.)

Kick to cross hstd – roll fwd with or without hand support to sit position or to tuck stand

Roll fwd without hand support to sit position or to tuck stand; From cross sit, swing bwd to shoulder roll fwd with hip extension and hand support to sit position or to tuck stand

Roll swd, body tucked, straddle or stretched through neck stand, also with ½ turn (180°) over shoulder

Roll swd, piked straddle with hand support – end position optional

Walkover fwd, with support on one arm

Walkover bwd, with support on one arm

From extended tuck sit – walkover bwd (Valdez); Kick over bwd through horizontal plane with support on one arm

Free shoulder roll fwd with hip extension and without hand support to sit position or tuck stand

Roll bwd to hstd - lower to end position touching beam

Roll swd, body stretched without hand support

From cross sit or side split – roll swd straddle or stretched without hand support – end position optional

Kick to cross hdst with ½ turn (180°) to walkover fwd; Walkover fwd in side position to side stand

Walkover bwd with ½ turn (180°) to walkover fwd; Walkover bwd in side position to side stand; Walkover bwd with stoop through of one leg to cross split sit

Valdez with 1/1 turn (360°) lower to end position touching beam

Handspring fwd with flight to land on one or both feet (same element), also with support on one arm

Flic-flac to land on both feet

Flic-flac with step out, also with support on one arm

Gainer flic-flac also with support on one arm

Flic-flac or Gainer flic-flac – with high flight phase, and swing down to cross straddle sit

Round-off

Handspring fwd with leg change in flight phase

Flic-flac with ½ twist (180°) to hstd (2 sec.) – lower to optional end position

Flic-flac with ¼ twist (90°) to hstd (2 sec.) – lower to optional end position

Flic-flac with ½ twist (180°) after hand support

Gainer flic-flac with ¼ twist (90°) to hstd (2 sec.) – lower to optional end position

Flic-flac or Gainer flic-flac – with piking and stretching of hips in flight phase and swing down to cross straddle sit

Salto fwd tucked, take-off from one leg to stand on one or both feet

Salto bwd tucked, piked or stretched (step out)

Gainer salto bwd tucked, piked or stretched step out

Jump bwd (flic-flac take-off) with ½ twist (180°) through hstd to walkover fwd also with support on one arm, or to tic-toc

Flic-flac from side position with ½ twist (180°) to side hstd lower to optional end position

Flic-flac with ¾ twist (270°) to side hstd (2 sec.) – lower to optional end position

Flic-flac with min. ¾ twist (270°) before hand support

Flic-flac with step out from side position; Flic-flac from side position to front support or with hip circle bwd

Gainer flic-flac with min. ¾ twist (270°) before hand support

Flic-flac with 1/1 twist (360°) – swing down to cross straddle sit

Free (aerial) cartwheel – landing on one or both feet, in cross or side position, also with leg change

Free (aerial) walkover fwd, landing on one or both feet

Salto fwd tucked to cross stand

Salto swd tucked take off from one leg to side stand

Jump bwd (flic-flac take-off) with ½ twist (180°) to handspring fwd to land on both feet

Flic-flac from side position with 1/1 twist (360°) to hip circle bwd

Free round-off tucked or piked – take off from both feet; Free (aerial) cartwheel in side position

Salto fwd piked to cross stand

Salto swd tucked with ½ twist (180°) take off from one leg to side stand

Salto bwd stretched with legs together

Arabian salto tucked (take-off bwd with ½ twist [180°], salto fwd)

Salto bwd tucked with 1/1 twist (360°)

Jump fwd with ½ twist (180°) – salto bwd tucked; – piked

Salto bwd stretched with 1/1 twist (360°)

Free (aerial) walkover fwd with ½ twist (180°)

Salto fwd tucked or piked, also with ½ twist (180°)

Salto bwd tucked, piked, or stretched, also with ½ twist (180°) (tucked or stretched)

Gainer salto tucked, piked, or stretched to side of beam, also with ½ twist (180°) (tucked or stretched)

Free (aerial) walkover fwd with 1/1 twist (360°); Free (aerial) cartwheel with ½ twist (180°)

Salto fwd stretched, also with ½ twist (180°); Salto fwd tucked with 1/1 twist (360°)

Jump bwd, with ½ twist (180°), salto fwd tucked or piked (Arabian salto)

Salto bwd tucked or stretched with 1/1 twist (360°)

Gainer salto tucked or stretched with 1/1 twist (360°) to side of beam

Gainer salto tucked or piked at end of beam

Free (aerial) walkover fwd with 1½ twist (540°)

Salto fwd stretched with 1/1 twist (360°) or 1½ twist (540°)

Stretched jump fwd with 1/1 twist (360°) and salto fwd tucked or piked

Salto bwd tucked or stretched with 1½ twist (540°); Salto bwd tucked or stretched with 2/1 twist (720°)

Gainer salto bwd tucked or stretched with 1½ twist (540˚) 2/1 twist (720°) to side of beam

Gainer salto stretched with legs together at end of beam; Gainer salto tucked with 1/1 twist (360°) at end of beam

Salto fwd stretched with 2/1 twist (720°)

Stretched jump fwd with 1/1 twist (360°) and salto fwd stretched

Salto bwd stretched with 2½ twist (900°)

Double salto bwd tucked

Gainer salto bwd stretched with 2½ twist (900°) to side of beam

Gainer salto stretched with 1/1 twist (360°) at end of beam; Gainer salto tucked with 1½ twist (540°) at end of beam

Free (aerial) cartwheel into salto bwd tucked

Double salto bwd piked

Gainer salto stretched with 2/1 twist (720°) at end of beam

Double salto fwd tucked

Salto bwd stretched with 3/1 twist (1080°)

Gainer salto bwd stretched with 3/1 twist (1080°) to side of beam

Arabian double salto fwd tucked

Double salto bwd tucked or piked with 1/1 twist (360°)

Double salto bwd tucked with 2/1 twist (720°)