

This move looks quite elegant and it is rated a level E skill bar transition that starts with the gymnast in a handstand position on the high bar while facing away from the low bar. The gymnast then swings forward and down in a toe-on circle position.Īs she gets near the end of the circle her legs straighten back out again to help keep her momentum going and she releases the low bar, going over it backwards in order to grab the high bar on which she usually swings backwards into some form on a backward circle. It starts off with the gymnast in a handstand position on the low bar and facing the high bar. This low bar to high bar change with flight looks amazing and is rated a level D skill. Toe-On Release With Flight Backwards To High Bar For this move her legs should seem to keep going as she pushes herself up and away from the high bar while her body straightens into a handstand position in which position she should grab the low bar facing away from the high bar. The gymnast’s legs then go up and in between her arms and the bar as her head comes down. This starts with the gymnast hanging or at the bottom part of a circle for which her legs are in the pike position and with the gymnast facing away from the low bar. This gymnastics move is a high bar to low bar transition that is rated as a D level skill. Stoop Through With Backwards Flight To Handstand As she comes back down, she has to reach back behind herself in order to regrasp the high bar. This starts off with the gymnast on the high bar and doing a backwards swing down and then away from the low bar.Īs she comes up on the tail end of the swing, she lets go of the bar and pulls her knees in so that she is in a tucked position, using the momentum of the swing so that she keeps going up and over the high bar. This move is a same-bar move that involves releasing the bar for a salto only to re-grab the same bar, and it is so difficult this release-regrasp is rated a G skill. Backwards Swing With Forward Salto Tucked Over High Bar Then, as the gymnast grabs the bar again they let go of the bar with the other hand to put it on the other side of the hand that they just put back down. The way this works is that one arm is raised and 1 complete turn is done while only on one arm grips the bar. Once the gymnast completes the circle and they get into a handstand position on the bars again the turn comes in. For this reason, this gymnastics move is rated an E difficulty.Īs you can guess from the name, this move starts off with a forward giant using the L grip on the bars.

However, by adding a turn to it – and a 1 ½ turn at that – it becomes that much more difficult. Forward Giant In L Grip With 1 ½ Turn On One ArmĪ giant, and even a forward giant, is a move that can be somewhat challenging all on its own without anything else added to it.

During the Arabian salto she goes over the low bar as she turns to face the high bar which she then grabs to begin her bar routine. The round-off that the gymnast does ends with her feet on the springboard as she faces away from the bars. This mount requires the use of a springboard and the gymnast starts some distance away. In fact, this move is so difficult that it is even rated a G difficulty level, and so it is worth a lot of points if done in Elite gymnastics which is where you are most likely to see it if it is done at all. While this move is fairly simple to explain, it is anything but simple to do. Round-Off Arabian Salto Over Low Bar To Grab High Bar Mount These top 10 gymnastics moves for bars are ones that definitely have that wow factor and which only the most experienced of gymnasts try to do.

There are so many different gymnastics moves that it can be hard to tell some of them apart, but then there are the ones that just “wow” those of us who could never hope to attempt them.
