Women What is this called?

[cbifoja]

Cast to handstand, then one leg pikes down, followed quickly by the other. The gymnast does a toe circle but lets go toward the bottom and then somehow....the movement seems to defy the laws of motion and gravity....the gymnast opens up and catches the high bar.

What is the name of the release part?

 

[AmandaLynn]

Cast to handstand is on the low bar?

 

[Gymishome]

There's a few other names for it but it can be called a hiccup or a chinese sit up

 

[coach.e]

Toe Hecht, Chinese sit-up, a hiccup..there are a few nicknames for it. In our gym we call it a Chinese sit-up but I've heard all 3. And I'm sure there are probably more!

 

[Jenny]

The step down with one foot before the other is often seen in Canada.

 

[gymgal]

dd calls it a toe-catch. no idea if that's just her term or a real term

 

[cbifoja]

Cast to handstand is on the low bar?

Oh....yes. Sorry. I guess that is relevant information.

 

[Gymmonkeymomma]

DD's gym calls it toe-shoot but I've heard all those other names above.

 

[gracyomalley]

toe shoot here - we have a L8 who struggled with her pirouette but has a nice toe-shoot and got by with that instead at states. That's the only one I've seen competed here.

 

[cbifoja]

Thanks guys! I knew I could count on you all.

 

[Sparky]

We have romanian coaches and we (they) call it a mo-mo.

 

[Ponyshine]

I've always called it a 'mo'

 

[NutterButter]

DD calls it a toe shoot. Interesting all the different names...I wonder if these are regional differences. Chinese sit-up sounds a little, um, not very PC.

 

[Deleted member D3987]

Toe Hecht, Chinese sit-up, a hiccup..there are a few nicknames for it. In our gym we call it a Chinese sit-up but I've heard all 3. And I'm sure there are probably more!

yes. also, "that thing between the bars".

 

[2gymmies]

We call it "toe hecht" but we just heard it called a "toe up" recently at regionals!

 

[cbifoja]

yes. also, "that thing between the bars".

Now THAT sounds like something that needs to be mopped up......

 

[gymgal]

We call it "toe hecht"

this might be where where dd got "toe catch" from. She may have just heard it wrong.

 

[AmandaLynn]

Yep. This skill has a million names. Most of the ones that I have heard used have already been mentioned above. Lol

 

[Hayleigh]

At my gym, most people refer to this as a toe-on piked-mo. But some call it a toe-on sole circle to catch. At my gym my coach refers to a straddle undershoot with late release on the low bar to catch the high bar as a mo.

 

[stxrdusty]

We call it a toe hect or a toe up.