Banned gymnastics skills
Banned gymnastic skills are gymnastics moves which gymnasts are prohibited to perform, mostly due to safety concerns for the performing athletes.
Artistic gymnastics
[edit]Women
[edit]Official regulation from the International Gymnastics Federation states in its Code of Points for Women, Section 14 Table of elements:[1]: 182
The following elements are prohibited:
- Vault – vaults with sideward take-off or landing.
- Uneven bars – salto & dismount with take-off from two feet.
- Balance beam – dance elements with cross sit landing on balance beam.
- Floor exercise – acro elements with sideward take off and/or landing into roll.
The following gymnastics skills are banned by at least some gymnastics associations:
- Korbut flip[2][3]
- Thomas salto[3]
- Roll-out[3]
The following gymnastics skills have reduced score due to safety concerns:
Men
[edit]For males, the 2022-24 Code of Points Men's Artistic Gymnastics[6] states the vault is invalid if the following moves are performed:
Juniors
[edit]A series of skills are also prohibited for junior athletes.[6]
Tumbling
[edit]Quadruple tumbling, for youth athletes[7]: 23
See also
[edit]Sources
[edit]- "2022–2024 Code of Points: Women's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-05-12. Retrieved 2021-08-26.
- "2022–2024 Code of Points: Men's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). Retrieved 2021-08-26.
References
[edit]- ^ International Gymnastics Federation. "2022–2024 Code of Points: Women's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-05-12.
- ^ Walsh, Michael. "The Korbut Flip: The dangerous move today's Olympic gymnasts aren't even allowed to attempt it". nydailynews.com. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ a b c "10 Gymnastics Skills From The Past That Aren't Performed Anymore - FloGymnastics". www.flogymnastics.com. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
- ^ Armour, Nancy. "Opinion: Simone Biles penalized for having skills other gymnasts can't pull off". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
- ^ Macur, Juliet (2021-05-24). "Simone Biles Dials Up the Difficulty, 'Because I Can'". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-01-13.
- ^ a b c d International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). "2022–2024 Code of Points: Men's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-05-12.
- ^ Grandi, Bruno; Gueisbuhler, André F.; Kunze, Horst (2017-11-01). "Tumbling". FIG Code of Points - Trampoline Gymnastics (PDF). Vol. 2017–2020. p. 19.