Glossary of Gymnastics Terms - M

M

Manna

A strength move pressing with the hands where the legs and hips are raised until the hips are above the shoulders and the legs are parallel to the floor.

Master of Sport

The term used to refer to a gymnast competing at the highest level of the sport in the USSR. Still used in Russia and other former Soviet republics.

Mat

Safety equipment used in gymnastics to break falls.

Meet

A commonly used term for a gymnastics competition.

Middle

In acrobatic gymnastics, the role in group competition that requires a combination of strength, balance, flexibility and power.

Mount

The act of getting onto an apparatus and the skill used to do it.