Banned gymnastics skills explained

Banned gymnastic skills are gymnastics moves which gymnasts are prohibited to perform, mostly due to safety concerns for the performing athletes.

Artistic gymnastics

Women

Official regulation from the International Gymnastics Federation states in its Code of Points for Women, Section 14 Table of elements:^[1]

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
• Roll-out

The following gymnastics skills have reduced score due to safety concerns:

• the Biles (BB dismount)^[4]
• Yurchenko double pike^[5]

Men

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
• straddled legs in the second flight phase

Juniors

A series of skills are also prohibited for juniors athletes.

Tumbling

Quadruple tumbling, for youth athletes^[7]

See also

• Code of Points (artistic gymnastics)

Sources

• Web site: 2022–2024 Code of Points: Women's Artistic Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). 2021-08-26. 2021-05-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20210512092714/https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_WAG%20CoP%202022-2024.pdf. dead.
• Web site: 2022–2024 Code of Points: Men's Artistic Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) . 2021-08-26.

References

1. Web site: International Gymnastics Federation. 2022–2024 Code of Points: Women's Artistic Gymnastics. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210512092714/https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_WAG%20CoP%202022-2024.pdf . 2021-05-12 .
2. Web site: Walsh. Michael. The Korbut Flip: The dangerous move today's Olympic gymnasts aren't even allowed to attempt it. 2021-05-09. nydailynews.com.
3. Web site: 10 Gymnastics Skills From The Past That Aren't Performed Anymore - FloGymnastics. 2021-05-09. www.flogymnastics.com. 4 December 2018 . en.
4. Web site: Armour. Nancy. Opinion: Simone Biles penalized for having skills other gymnasts can't pull off. 2021-05-17. USA TODAY. en-US.
5. News: Macur. Juliet. 2021-05-24. Simone Biles Dials Up the Difficulty, 'Because I Can'. en-US. The New York Times. 2022-01-13. 0362-4331.
6. Web site: International Gymnastics Federation (FIG). 2022–2024 Code of Points: Men's Artistic Gymnastics. live. https://web.archive.org/web/20210512094652/https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_MAG%20CoP%202022-2024.pdf . 2021-05-12 .
7. Book: Grandi. Bruno. FIG Code of Points - Trampoline Gymnastics. Gueisbuhler. André F.. Kunze. Horst. 2017—2020. 2017-11-01. 19. Tumbling.