A 'kickout' double salto backward tucked dismount from the horizontal bar performed by elite gymnasts

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 411-425

  Takei, Yoshiaki ^a   Dunn, J Hubert ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Double salto backward; Elite gymnasts; Horizontal bar; Judge's evaluation; Kickout; National championships

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BODY POSITION; CAMERA; HEIGHT; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; JAPAN; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE; SAFETY; TIME; UNITED STATES;

BIOMECHANICS; FEMALE; GYMNASTICS; HUMANS; MALE; POSTURE; REFERENCE VALUES; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 0030930313     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/026404197367209     Document Type: Article

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