International Terminology of Acrobatic Gymnastics

II. Balance

4. Base Positions

• Base Position is the position of a base during the performance of an element, e.g. while holding the top in a static hold, including the particular bases of support. Due to the plethora of possible positions it is difficult to categorise them.
• Base positions in pairs are differed in the ToD more or less in these categories:
  1. Balance on two bent arms or on the head + one arm
  2. Balance on feet
  3. Balance on two straight arms
  4. Balance on one bent arm
  5. Balance on two straight arms, knotted hands
  6. Balance on the head only
  7. Balance on one arm
  8. Balance on one foot
  9. ….
• Base positions in trios (women’s groups) are …

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