Here are some basic terms and short definitions :

• Asymmetrical - Having each side different.
• Bridge - An arched position with the feet and hands on the floor and the abdomen up.
• Cartwheel - Hand, hand, foot, foot in a sideways motion
• Cast - Thrusting the legs backwards and upwards while maintaining a support position with extended arms.
• Chasse' - A fancy name for a gallop. Can be done with arms extended to the sides or with hands on hips.
• Dynamic balance - Balance while moving
• Dismount - Getting off a piece of equipment
• Front Scale - Upper body is lowered while the back leg is raised, balancing on one foot.
• Inversion - upsidedown position in which the head is lower than the trunk
• Knee Scale - A balance on 2 hands and 1 knee, with head up and one leg extended straight back
• Layout - Body is straight and completely extended.
• Leap - One foot takeoff and opposite foot landing
• Locomotor skill - An element of movement; movement from place to place, such as walking, running, hopping, jumping, leaping, skipping, climbing, galloping, rolling, and sliding.
• Mount - Getting on a piece of equipment
• Non-locomotor skill - An element of movement; movement that does not involve locomotion, such as bending, curling, holding, lifting, pulling, pushing, stretching, swinging, twisting, and turning.
• Pike - Legs together, hips flexed at the waist forming an "L" shape
• Rebound- landing on the mat so that immediately upon touching the mat you bounce upward again
• Roundoff - Started like a cartwheel, but legs are snapped together overhead and body is rotated 1/4 turn to end up facing the direction you started
• Side Scale - One leg is raised to the side while lowering the upper body to the opposite side
• Space awareness - An element of movement; being aware of personal and general space, directions, pathways, levels, and planes.
• Static Balance - Stationary balance
• Straddle - legs apart
• Symmetrical - Having each side the same.
• Tripod - Head and hands in a triangular shape with the knees on the elbows
• Tuck - Body is curled with the hips flexed and the knees pulled up to the chest
• V-Seat - Balance on the bottom with legs extended up forming the letter "V". Arms can be extended or used to help balance.

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