front handspring
Forward tumbling move
A front handspring is an acrobatic move where the body rotates forward through a handstand position and back to standing.
The gymnast springs forward, plants both hands on the ground, kicks the legs overhead, and pushes off to land upright: She nailed the front handspring on her first try.
Common in gymnastics, cheerleading, and tumbling.
- tumbleUncontrolled rolling descent
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- flipQuick turning motion
- gymnasticsAthletic discipline of controlled movement
- floor exerciseApparatus-free gymnastics event
running start · landing · stuck landing · momentum · cartwheel · backflip · roundoff · aerial · mat · pike · tuck · lunge · rebound · somersault · dismount · floor · rotation · push
- gymnasticsgymnastics, balance beam, floor exercise, handstand, parallel bars
- Gymnastics Skillscartwheel, back walkover, back tuck, handstand, round-off
- cheerleadingcheerleader, cheerleaders, cheer squad, spirit squad, pom-poms
- vaultingsafety vault, vaulting horse, landing, takeoff, preflight
direction of movement
front handspringback handspring
Backward aerial tumble
back flip · back walkover · back tuck · back somersault · backward roll
front, hand, spring, fronts, frontal, frontage, frontier, fronted, fronting