handspring
Gymnast's floor move
A handspring is an acrobatic move where you launch forward or backward, land briefly on your hands, and push off to land on your feet.
A front handspring goes forward; a back handspring (or backflip) goes backward.
It's a fundamental gymnastics and cheerleading skill: She did a handspring across the mat.
Acrobatic rolling and flipping
- cartwheelLateral body rotation
- roundoffNumerical simplification technique
- vaultSecure storage chamber
- somersaultFull-body forward rotation
backflip · frontflip · aerial · floor · routine · dismount · tuck · pike
Forward-facing side
- backReverse side; support
- roundoffNumerical simplification technique
- tuckFold into concealment
- layoutSpatial arrangement of elements
pike · twist · rotation · liftoff · push · momentum · extension · landing
Lateral body rotation
- somersaultFull-body forward rotation
- tumblingAcrobatic rolling and flipping
- aerialElevated, or signal-catcher
- backflipRearward aerial tumble
frontflip · stunt · circus · acrobat · performance · contortionist · capoeira · parkour
tumbling
Acrobatic rolling and flipping
somersault · backflip · frontflip · aerial · floor · routine · dismount · tuck · pike · layout
front
Forward-facing side
layout · pike · twist · rotation · liftoff · push · momentum · extension · landing · form
cartwheel
Lateral body rotation
- somersaultFull-body forward rotation
- tumblingAcrobatic rolling and flipping
- aerialElevated, or signal-catcher
backflip · frontflip · stunt · circus · acrobat · performance · contortionist · capoeira · parkour · trampoline
finisher
One who completes tasks
- flippingTurning over rapidly
- signatureHandwritten name for verification
- luchaMexican professional wrestling
highflyer · turnbuckle · top-rope · aerial · maneuver · ring · momentum · counter · reversal
- vaultingsafety vault, vaulting horse, landing, takeoff, preflight
- acrobaticsacrobat, tumbling, somersault, cartwheel, backflip
- physical featsbackflip, somersault, cartwheel, splits, front flip
- Pole Danceinvert, inversion, shoulder mount, climb, Ayesha
- Olympic scoringartistic impression, free skate, short program
- Parkourparkour, freerunning, vault, wall run, cat leap
handspringaerial
Elevated, or signal-catcher
somersault · backflip · front flip · standing still · tuck jump
handspringback tuck
Tucked backward somersault
back flip · front tuck · handstand · standing position · layout