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

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
2. GYMNASTIC LEAPS, JUMPS AND HOPS

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
3. GYMNASTIC TURNS

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
4. HOLDS AND ACROBATIC NON-FLIGHT

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
5. ACROBATIC FLIGHT

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
6. DISMOUNTS

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