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The portico is an element in Artistic Gymnastics and Rhythmic Gymnastics. Terminologically right of the archway is called depending on the direction of movement as a slow handspring backwards or forwards. The element is gymnastics on the floor or on the balance beam.

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Movement

Archway backwards

When archway backwards the gymnast performs the swing leg from the one-legged stand above the horizontal. Your arms are doing in holding high. As he lifts the swing leg to a vertical position, the gymnast pulls the arms back to the hands can be placed under the body on the floor. Coinciding with the hand attachment, the Turner pushes off with the leg from the ground. Thereafter, the gymnast performs the addition, the swing leg over the vertical and stretches the upper body. The legs are spread to the balancing act. Then, the swing leg is lowered slowly. After placing the first foot the Turner focused on and performs the arms back above head.

Archway forward

When archway forward the gymnast performs the arms above head first and goes into a deep lunge. During Turner lowers the upper body forward, he leads the swing leg over the horizontal. With the placement of the hands, the swing leg should be located almost in the vertical. The mainstay of the Turner pulls himself as he leads the swing leg beyond the perpendicular. The legs are spread to the balancing act. Then, the swing leg is lowered to the ground. While he holds the other leg to the horizontal, is the Turner on the swing leg. The hands loose from the floor. Finally, the Turner draws held on the horizontal leg down and thus the upper body upwards. It ends at a standstill The arms are back in hold-up.

Design variations

A possible design variation is the archway backwards from the long sitting, also called seat archway. In the Code of Points also, among others, the sequential execution of a portico forward is listed directly followed archway backwards as Tic -Tac. This does not leave the hands of the ground. In addition, the portico can be combined in both directions with different Angängen on the beam, or with other elements such as handstand spins.

Requirements

In order to compete in the clean archway, a handstand must be safely controlled. In addition, a sufficient shoulder mobility must exist, since otherwise there is a risk that the archway presentation is performed largely by a hollow back. Therefore, the portico is also not part of the compulsory exercises of the German Gymnastics Federation.

Sources and further information

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• Ilona E.Gerling: Gymnastics advanced. Volume 1: Floor and Balance Beam. Meyer & Meyer Verlag, Aachen 2002, ISBN 3-89124-656-0.
• Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique: 2009 Code of Points - Women's Artistic Gymnastics. Of: February 2009