Definition: A flyaway is a basic gymnastics skill performed as a dismount from the high bar, uneven bars, and rings. In a flyaway, the gymnast swings forward, releases, and performs a back flip off of the bar or rings.
Elite gymnasts perform very difficult variations of the flyaway dismount with multiple flips and twists.
Elite gymnasts perform very difficult variations of the flyaway dismount with multiple flips and twists.
Examples:
A layout flyawayShawn Johnson performs a double twisting double layout flyaway
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