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The quadruple Lutz is an elite figure skating jump requiring four complete rotations before landing. It utilizes a backward takeoff similar to the basic Lutz. Brandon Mroz achieved the first confirmed international landing in 2011. This complex maneuver is typically attempted by advanced male and fe...

The Triple Lutz is an elite figure skating jump involving a backward takeoff followed by three complete rotations before landing. It’s notable for being one of the most challenging and frequently performed triple jumps in competition. Primarily executed by advanced male and female figure skaters com...

The double back somersault is an advanced acrobatic maneuver involving two full backward rotations performed while airborne. It’s notable for its complexity and requires significant strength, coordination, and spatial awareness. This skill is typically mastered by elite athletes in gymnastics, tramp...

A Randolph, often shortened to Randi, is a forward somersault with two and a half twists. The term is used in trampoline and has also entered the vocabulary of diving, freestyle skiing aerials, and related acrobatic sports, although naming conventions can vary between disciplines. It extends the twi...

A back tuck on beam is a backward somersault performed with the hips and knees drawn into a tucked position on the balance beam in women's artistic gymnastics. The gymnast must generate enough height and rotation while remaining aligned over an apparatus only 10 centimeters wide, then land securely...

A gainer is an acrobatic skill in which a performer travels forward at takeoff while rotating backward through a somersault. It is commonly initiated from one foot after a run or step, distinguishing it from a conventional standing back somersault, although variations may use different entries and b...

A standing back tuck is an acrobatic skill performed in gymnastics, cheerleading, and trampolining. In this move, an athlete leaps vertically into the air from a standing position and executes a backward somersault in a tucked body position before landing upright. It requires significant lower-body...

The back dive is a fundamental technique in competitive diving where an athlete begins by standing backward on the edge of a springboard or platform before executing a backward rotation into the water. Divers are judged on their takeoff, aerial somersaults, body position, and the amount of splash cr...

The Rudi, sometimes spelled Rudy, is an acrobatic element utilized in trampolining, tumbling, and freestyle aerial skiing. The maneuver consists of a forward layout somersault performed with one and a half twists, resulting in a 540-degree horizontal rotation. It is named after a mid-20th-century tr...

The back somersault on beam is a gymnastics acrobatic element performed on the balance beam, where the athlete executes a complete backward rotation. It is a foundational skill in women's artistic gymnastics, often incorporated into balance beam routines to demonstrate aerial control and precision....

A back giant on the high bar is a backward, continuous circle around the bar performed with the gymnast's body extended and the hands maintaining the grip. The gymnast passes through positions including handstand and the lower part of the swing while preserving a long body line and generating angula...

The Lutz is a figure-skating jump named after Austrian skater Alois Lutz, who is credited with performing it in the early twentieth century. It is a toe-pick-assisted jump that takes off from a back outside edge and lands on the back outside edge of the opposite foot. Skaters may perform single, dou...

The flip is one of the six standard jumps in competitive figure skating. It is a toe-assisted jump that takes off from a backward inside edge and lands on the backward outside edge of the opposite foot. Skaters perform single, double, triple, and quadruple versions, and judges assess the takeoff edg...

The loop jump is a figure-skating jump that takes off from a backward outside edge and lands on the same type of edge, without a toe-pick assist. The skater rotates in the air while maintaining the edge-based entry and exit, which distinguishes the jump from toe-assisted jumps such as the toe loop....

The Salchow is an edge jump in figure skating, named after Swedish skater Ulrich Salchow, who is credited with introducing it in the early twentieth century. A skater approaches backward, takes off from the back inside edge of one foot, rotates in the air, and lands on the back outside edge of the o...

The reverse vault is a parkour vault in which the practitioner uses one or both hands to support a backward rotation over an obstacle. The movement changes the practitioner's orientation so that the landing is typically made facing the direction from which the approach began. It is distinguished fro...

A layout half is an acrobatic skill in which the athlete completes a straight-body salto while adding a half twist, or a 180-degree rotation around the body's lengthwise axis. The layout shape keeps the hips and knees extended during the salto, unlike a tucked or piked position. The skill appears in...

The Toe Loop is a figure skating jump taken off from a back outside edge with a toe-pick assist and landed on the same edge, considered one of the easier jumps and often performed as the second jump in combinations.

A basic gymnastics movement in which the gymnast bends backward from standing through a bridge position and returns to standing, serving as a foundational drill for developing spinal mobility and back flexibility.

Salto mortal is a European circus term for an airborne somersault, performed either forward or backward. It is an acrobatic movement in which the performer rotates without continuous contact with the ground or an apparatus. The term is associated with circus tumbling, aerial acts, and other performa...

A back pike is an acrobatic backward somersault performed with the body folded at the hips while the legs remain straight. The pike position distinguishes the skill from a tucked salto, in which the knees are drawn toward the chest. Back pikes are used in gymnastics and related acrobatic disciplines...

A back layout is a backward somersault performed with the body held in a straight, extended position rather than tucked or piked. The gymnast takes off, rotates once around the transverse axis, and lands on the feet; a twist can be added to create a different skill. Back layouts appear in floor exer...