Women's Artistic Gymnastics — Balance Beam (BB)
43 matching elements
1. MOUNTS

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
2. GYMNASTIC LEAPS, JUMPS AND HOPS

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
3. GYMNASTIC TURNS

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
4. HOLDS AND ACROBATIC NON-FLIGHT

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
Garrison5. ACROBATIC FLIGHT

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