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Tuck Position

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What Is The Definition Of Tuck Position In Gymnastics?

What Is A Tuck Position In Gymnastics? Definition & Meaning | SportsLingo

1. A tuck is a type of position in gymnastics in which the knees are brought up to the chest. This requires bending at the knees and hips. The gymnast typically uses their hands to hold their knees to their chest while in this position.

What Is The Purpose Of The Tuck Position In Gymnastics?

Often, the tuck position helps to accelerate the speed of a flip, allowing a gymnast to rotate faster than if they were in a layout position.

What Is A Back Tuck?

A back tuck is a backflip in which the gymnast is in a tucked position (the knees are brought to the chest while rotating in the air). When done from a stationary position, it is called a standing back tuck.

What Is A Front Tuck?

For a front tuck, the gymnast keeps a tucked position during a front flip (the knees are brought to the chest while rotating in the air). When done from a stationary position, it is called a standing front tuck.

What Other Types Of Gymnastics Tucks Are There?

Tucks may also be classified by the number of rotations completed in the air:

  • Tuck: One flip in a tucked position
  • Double tuck: Two flips in a tucked position
  • Triple tuck: Three flips in a tucked position

Example Of How Tuck Is Used In Commentary

1. In her balance beam routine, Viktoria Komova incorporated a number of deftly executed front tucks.

Sport The Term Is Used In

1. Gymnastics

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