Balance Beam Leaps and Jumps Guide

Guide to leaps and jumps on the beam using the 2009 Code of Points (February Edition)

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[unevercalled]

im well confused lol theres 2 split jumps with a full turn 1 is c difficulty and 1 is d :S lol which 1 is it

[MostepanovaFan]

@unevercalled One of them is a split leap with a full turn and one of them is a split jump with a full turn, they are not the same element.

[21najafast]

does anybody know when the Sheep Jump was first performed? I mean, nowadays (let's say since the 2000s) you see them quite often but does anybody know a gymnast who performed it in the 90s or even earlier?

[MostepanovaFan]

@21najafast The earliest one I have ever seen was Yuka Arai of Japan at the 1994 Worlds, I don't know if anyone performed it before her though

[cleicsioluek]

At 0:51 who is Liu Juan? Did you mean Liu Xuan?

[MostepanovaFan]

No, they are different people. Liu Juan was competing around 2005 but I think she has retired now

[toomuchgoingon]

i wish more people competed yang bo's jump

[itstheapocalypse]

Eesh. What is with the hate?

[LaVoix555]

Pavlova's switch ring has been one of the best leaps ever performed

[krell88]

the leap/jump at 0:27 was technically a tour jete half

[happyari13]

@ParanoidAndroidDA a leap has running or skipping etc. before the leap, a jump is from standing.

[NedSCUBAyah]

@javito1229 Yes, I wish they had uploaded the last jump in slow motion from the BBC footage of the Beijing Olympics. Such a beautiful jump when done to perfection.

[ParanoidAndroidDA]

@meganvb21493 It's named after Brandy Johnson I think.

What's the difference between a leap and a jump e.g split jump v. split leap?

[HunterJumperChick19]

at 2:13, i believe it can also be called a travelling russian? I'm not positive, but that's just what it's called in dance (I've been in dance for 12 years). I could be wrong, but it looks like a travelling russian

[megtan16]

@Undermedveten, a split jump is a horizontal line, a sissone is when the back leg is higher and the front leg is lower.

[ShawnVikaKomova2012]

We see a somewhat similar version of a switch wolf at 3:24 by Olaru. And Deng Linlin does it on floor, I believe. I wonder if we'll ever see a switch sheep. Maybe on floor. Probably a C or a D on floor. Basically a ring leap but the front leg comes back to join the back leg? It seems possibly. I wish we'd see more butterflies. Just gorgeous.

[javito1229]

the last leap is amazing, in Pavlova is so much beatiful