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I see your point and I agree that dance turns and gymnastics turns is a lot different. Dance turns tend to be more graceful whereas gymnastics turns are more powerful (and for a logical reasons - no shoes, the floor mat etc). :) But I still think it looks like (some) artistic gymnasts spot...

Hey, I found a gymnast that's actually spotting (quad turn)! 07:18 But I have to agree on it being very unusual, seeing gymnasts spot in pirouettes. I don't understand how they can keep their balance without spotting though, I always try to spot and if I don't, either I don't make it all way...

Just one thing (lol I feel that I'm the only one writing in this thread) - if this is what you mean with tumbling track, that's not what the tumbling in the videos are done on. We use a "tumble floor", as we call it. It's not nearly as bouncy as the tumbling track in the video below, but still a...

Oh OK. It's a pity it's such a small sport in the US, maybe it will grow bigger soon :) I'm hoping to see it in the Olympics some time - right now the biggest meet is the Europeans.

Here in Europe/Scandinavia the floor routine actually isn't done on a spring floor - usually you do it right on the ground (or in some championships, like in the videos in my last post, on thin but not springy mats). Like this: Interesting that there's a pretty big difference between teamgym...

Interesting - so in America you have a regular spring floor?

I'm apologizing for my English, it's not my native language and therefore not the best! :) I've done teamgym for the last three years (before I did WAG) and I love it! I miss the beam very much though, but trampette, floor and tumbling (the three events in temagym) is really fun to! Also, since...