Banned gymnastics skills

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Banned gymnastic skills are gymnastics moves which 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 

Following elements are prohibited for performance:

  • VT – vaults with sideward take-off or landing.
  • UB – salto & DMT with take-off from two feet.
  • BB – dance elements with cross sit landing on BB.
  • FX – acro elements with sideward take off and/or landing into roll.

The following gymnastics skills are banned by at least some gymnastics associations :

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 done:

  • salto in the first flight phase[6]: 103 
  • straddled legs in the second flight phase[6]: 103 

Juniors[edit]

A series of skills are also prohibited for juniors 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). Retrieved 2021-08-26.
  • "2022–2024 Code of Points: Men's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). Retrieved 2021-08-26.

References[edit]

  1. ^ International Gymnastics Federation. "2022–2024 Code of Points: Women's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-05-12.
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ a b c "10 Gymnastics Skills From The Past That Aren't Performed Anymore - FloGymnastics". www.flogymnastics.com. Retrieved 2021-05-09.
  4. ^ Armour, Nancy. "Opinion: Simone Biles penalized for having skills other gymnasts can't pull off". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2021-05-17.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ 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.
  7. ^ Grandi, Bruno; Gueisbuhler, André F.; Kunze, Horst (2017-11-01). "Tumbling". FIG Code of Points - Trampoline Gymnastics (PDF). Vol. 2017–2020. p. 19.
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