List of gymnastics flips

This is a list of flips found in gymnastics. Gymnastics flips are acrobatic moves in which a person rotates one or more times while airborne, with hips passing over the head and without hands touching the floor. They are performed in both men's and women's gymnastics, on various apparatus including the balance beam, vault, and floor.

Classifications

Four body forms are commonly employed in gymnastics flips:

Many flips are descriptively named based on the direction of rotation and the body position that is assumed during execution. In general, the body rotates in a face-first direction in a front flip and in the opposite direction in a back flip. For example, in a front pike the body rotates face first while in pike form, and in a back tuck will rotate in the opposite direction while held in tuck form.

List of flips

Aerials

Layouts

Tucks

Pikes

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