Skills Named For U.S. Men

Men’s FIG “Code of Points” Skills
These are skills named after U.S. athletes that are still included in the current FIG Code of Points.

Floor exercise
Thomas tuck and pike (Kurt Thomas) – One and a half back flips with one and a half twists, lands in a forward roll.
Thomas stretched (Kurt Thomas) – Thomas stretched.

Pommel horse
Bryan (Casey Bryan) – Scissor half-turn to handstand, half-pirouette and straddle down.
Roth (Bill Roth) – Listed in code as: Russian wende swing with 360 degree turn and 3/3 travel.
Thomas (Kurt Thomas) – All flairs.
Sohn (Mark Sohn) – Kehr with full turn on one pommel.

Still rings
Bhavsar (Raj Bhavsar) – Pull through momentary front lever press to Maltese.
O’Neill (Paul O’Neil) – Stretched double feige backward to hang.

Parallel bars
Gatson (Jason Gatson) – Swing backward with hop on one arm and full turn to handstand.
Gatson II (Jason Gatson) – Gatson with half-turn to handstand on one rail and a quarter-turn to handstand on two rails.
Wells (Trent Wells) – Giant swing backward showing inlocation (looks like shoulders turn inside out).

Horizontal bar
Gaylord (Mitch Gaylord) – Salto forward, tuck, pike or straddled over the bar and regrasp.
Gaylord 2 (Mitch Gaylord) – Gienger (back flip with half turn) over the bar and regrasp.
Hayden (Daniel Hayden) – Double salto backward, stretched, with full twist over the bar.


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