Cleveland Browns: The Cleveland Browns were named after their first coach,
Paul Brown. Brown would later become the first coach of the
Cincinnati Bengals, which shared the same color scheme as the Browns in part due to Brown.
Rooney Rule: a
National Football League policy that requires league teams to interview ethnic-minority candidates for head coaching and senior football operation jobs. Named after
Dan Rooney, the former owner of the
Pittsburgh Steelers and chairman of the NFL's diversity committee when the policy was created in 2003.
Amanar (vault) – Yurchenko family vault, roundoff on and 21⁄2 twists off, after
Simona Amânar (Romania)
Araújo (balance beam (dismount)) – salto forward stretched with 2 twist, after
Heine Araújo (Brazil)
Belyavskiy (parallel bars) – double front salto dismount in piked position, after
David Belyavskiy (Russia)
Blanik (vault) – handspring forward on – double piked salto forward off, after Polish artistic gymnast
Leszek Blanik (Poland)
Borden (balance beam) – straddled piked jump from a side position or split jump done on balance beam with 1⁄2 or 3⁄4 turn, after
Amanda Borden (US)[1]
Bhardwaj (uneven bars) – a backward flip (Pak salto) on the high bar with full-twist and then catches the low bar, after
Mohini Bhardwaj (US)[2]
Bhavsar (still rings) – pull through momentary, front lever press to Maltese, after
Raj Bhavsar (US)
Bhavsar (parallel bars) – long hang swing forward, straddle cut backward, and regrasp with straight body at horizontal (Tippelt to long hang swing), after
Raj Bhavsar (US)
Biles (floor exercise) – double layout with 1⁄2 turn, after
Simone Biles (US)
Biles 2 (floor exercise) – triple-twisting double back tucked somersault, after
Simone Biles (US)
Biles (vault) — Yurchenko 1⁄2 on into laid-out salto with 2/1 twists off, after
Simone Biles (US)
Biles (balance beam (dismount)) – double-twisting double back tucked somersault, after
Simone Biles (US)
Biles 2 (vault) — Yurchenko on into double piked somersault off, originated at the 2021 U.S. Classic and successfully done at the 2023 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in
Antwerp, Belgium, after
Simone Biles (US)
Brause (uneven bars) – done from low bar facing away from high bar with a cast to front salto forward and catching bar, after
Doris Fuchs-Brause (US)
Bretschneider (horizontal bar) – release with double-twisting double back tucked over bar before regrasp, after
Andreas Bretschneider (Germany)
Bryan (pommel horse) – scissors with 1⁄2 turn to handstand, 1⁄2 pirouette and straddle back down, after
Casey Bryan (US)
Bulimar (floor exercise) – a Johnson leap (switch leap with 1⁄4 turn to side position) with additional full turn, after
Diana Bulimar (Romania)
Cassina (horizontal bar) – full-twisting double layout or straight Kolman somersault over bar, after
Igor Cassina (Italy)
Cheng (vault) – Yurchenko 1⁄2 on into 11⁄2 twists off, after
Cheng Fei (China)
Chow 2 (uneven bars) – Stalder to Shaposhnikova, after
Amy Chow (US)
Comaneci salto (uneven bars) – front support on high bar, cast with salto forward straddle to hang on high bar, after
Nadia Comăneci (Romania)
Daggett (pommel horse) – scissor backward with 1⁄2 counterturn, after
Tim Daggett (US)
Dalton (parallel bars) – roll backward with 1⁄2 turn tuck or Harada to hang, after
Jacob Dalton (US)
Dawes (uneven bars) – back giant with 11⁄2 turn in handstand, after
Dominique Dawes (US)
Derwael–Fenton (uneven bars) – backward stalder with counter straddle reverse hecht over the high bar with half (180-degree) turn to hang in mixed L-grip, after
Nina Derwael (BE) and
Georgia-Mae Fenton (UK)
Diomidov (parallel bars) – swing forward with a full turn on one arm to handstand, after
Sergei Diomidov (USSR)[1]
Dos Santos (floor exercise) – Arabian double pike (1⁄2 turn to double front somersault in piked position), after
Daiane dos Santos (Brazil)
Dos Santos 2 (floor exercise) – Arabian double layout (1⁄2 turn to double front somersault laid out position), after
Daiane dos Santos (Brazil)
Downie (Uneven bars) - stalder backward on high bar with counter pike – reverse hecht over high bar to hang, after
Rebecca Downie (Great Britain)
Drăgulescu (vault) – handspring double front tucked somersault with 1⁄2 turn, after
Marian Drăgulescu (Romania)
Drăgulescu piked (vault) – officially named the Ri Se Gwang 2 originated by
Ri Se Gwang of
North Korea; use of Drăgulescu piked when referring to this skill is often preferred in practice because of how well-known the regular Drăgulescu is; one of only five vaults with top official D-score of 6.0; variant of the Drăgulescu where only difference is saltos done in piked position, after
Marian Drăgulescu (România) and
Ri Se Gwang of
North Korea
Erceg (balance beam (mount)) – round off Arabian front tuck onto the end of the beam, after
Tina Erceg (Croatia)
Fan (uneven bars (dismount)) - from L-grip swing backwards, 1⁄2 (180 degree) turn to double salto
Fan Yilin (China)
Ferrari (floor exercise) – a ring tour jete with 1⁄2 turn and a landing on both feet, after
Vanessa Ferrari (Italy)
Fontaine (uneven bars dismount) – double somersaulting dismount is a back tuck with 1⁄2 twist into a front tuck, after
Larissa Fontaine (US)
Galante (balance beam) – 11⁄2 turns with leg held in split position, after
Paola Galante (Italy)
Garrison (floor exercise) – cat leap forward with bent legs and 11⁄2 turn, after
Kelly Garrison (US)
Garrison (balance beam) – free shoulder roll forward to stand or tuck stand without hand support, after
Kelly Garrison (US)
Garrison 2 (balance beam) – from an extended tuck sit, Valdez swing over backward through horizontal with one-arm support, after
Kelly Garrison (US)
Gatson (parallel bars) – a swing backward with full turn hop to handstand, after
Jason Gatson (US)
Gaylord (horizontal bar) – front giant into a 11⁄2-twisting front salto over the bar to regrasp – a front somersault in tucked, piked or straddled position over the bar, after
Mitch Gaylord (US)
Gaylord 2 (horizontal bar) – back giant into a layout Gienger (back salto 1⁄2 turn) over bar to regrasp – a back salto over bar, after
Mitch Gaylord (US)
Gebeshian (uneven bars) – 360° turn from low to high bar known as a full twisting jump Hecht mount (uneven bars), after
Houry Gebeshian (Armenia)[3]
Hayden (horizontal bar) – a double salto backwards in layout, with full twist over the bar, after
Daniel Hayden (US)
Henrich (balance beam) – a stag-split, split-leap or jump forward with 1⁄2 turn, landing on both feet or in a one-two step-out or a split jump in side position with bending of rear leg backward upward that starts from a cross stand, after
Christy Henrich (US)
Hindorff (uneven bars) – clear hip circle to immediate Tkatchev release, after
Sylvia Hindorff (East Germany)[1]
Huang (uneven bars) – a stalder forward in L-grip with full turn to handstand, initiated on one arm before handstand, after
Huang Qiushuang (China)
Humphrey (floor exercise) – switch split leap forward with a 1⁄4 turn to side split leap or straddle pike position, after
Terin Humphrey (US)
Humphrey (balance beam/floor exercise) – 21⁄2 turn (900°) on one leg, in tuck stand, with free leg optional, after
Terin Humphrey (US)
Hypolito (floor exercise) – Arabian double pike with a full twist, after
Diego Hypólito (Brazil)
Jäger salto (horizontal bar, uneven bars) – swing backwards and salto forwards to catch high bar again, after
Bernd Jäger (East Germany)[1]
Johnson (floor exercise) – a switch-split leap forward with leg change and 1⁄4 turn to side split leap or straddle pike position, after
Brandy Johnson (US)
Jones (floor exercise) - a triple turn with leg held at horizontal, after
Shilese Jones
Khorkina (uneven bars) – back uprise and straddle flight over high bar with 1⁄2 turn to hang, after
Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)
Khorkina 2 (uneven bars) – low bar inner front support, clear hip circle to handstand 1⁄2 turn in flight to high bar hang, after
Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)
Khorkina (balance beam) – gainer back-handspring with full twist before hand support, after
Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)
Khorkina 2 (balance beam (dismount)) – gainer 21⁄2-twisting back layout dismount to side or at the end of beam, after
Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)
Khorkina 3 (balance beam (dismount)) – gainer triple-twisting back layout dismount to side or at the end of beam, after
Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)
Khorkina (floor exercise) – hop with 11⁄2 turns to front lying support, after
Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)
Khorkina (vault) – round-off, back-handspring with 1⁄2 turn on, 1⁄2 turn into back pike off, after
Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)
Khorkina 2 (vault) – round-off, back-handspring with 1⁄2 turn on, 11⁄2-twisting front tuck off, after
Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)
Kolman (horizontal bar) – a full-twisting Kovacs with two back somersaults and one full twist over the bar, after
Alojz Kolman (Slovenia)[citation needed]
Komova (uneven bars) – clear pike circle backward through handstand with flight and 1⁄2 turn (180°) to hang on high bar, after
Viktoria Komova (Russia)
Komova 2 (uneven bars) – clear pike circle backwards through handstand with flight to hang on high bar, after
Viktoria Komova (Russia)
Kononenko (uneven bars) – counter straddle hecht with 1⁄2 turn to hang on high bar in mixed L-grip, after
Natalia Kononenko (Ukraine)
Kotchetkova (balance beam) – full-twisting back-handspring, after
Dina Kotchetkova (Russia)
Korbut flip (balance beam) – standing back somersault to swing down on beam, after
Olga Korbut (USSR)
Korbut flip (uneven bars) – standing on the high bar, does back flip, then catches the bar, after
Olga Korbut (USSR)
Kovacs (horizontal bar) – double back somersault over bar, after
Péter Kovács (Hungary)[1]
Liukin (floor exercise) – one of only 2 skills with D-score of H (0.8) (with the Shirai 3) on men's floor; triple back tucked salto, after
Valeri Liukin (USSR)
Liukin (horizontal bar) – Tkatchev with full-twisting layout, after
Valeri Liukin (USSR)
Liukin (balance beam) – salto front pike, take off from one leg to one foot landing to scale, hold for two seconds, after
Nastia Liukin (US)
Maloney (uneven bars) – a piked sole circle backward to handstand full turn after handstand phase to mixed-L or L-grip, after
Kristin Maloney (US)
Maloney (uneven bars) – begins from low bar inner front support and consists of piked sole circle backward through handstand with flight to high bar hang, after
Kristin Maloney (US)
McCool (balance beam) – beam mount approaches toward the end of the beam and is a flyspring forward with flight before and after the hand support on the beam and lands on both feet – approach at end of beam, after
Courtney McCool (US)
McNamara (uneven bars (mount)) – a jump to hang on high bar into free hip circle to handstand with 1⁄2 turn, after
Julianne McNamara (US)
Melissanidis (vault) – a round off entry onto vault table followed by a 21⁄2-twisting back tucked or piked somersault, after
Ioannis Melissanidis (Greece)
Memmel (floor exercise) – double turn with leg held in split position (double Y-turn), after
Chellsie Memmel (US)
Memmel (balance beam) – front flip with 1⁄2 turn (Barani) in piked position, after
Chellsie Memmel (US)
Mikulak (pommel horse) – full scissors from one end of the pommel horse to the other, after
Samuel Mikulak
Miller (uneven bars) – cast to handstand with 11⁄2 turn after handstand to mixed-L grip, after
Shannon Miller (US)
Mitchell (floor exercise, balance beam) – triple turn (1080°) in tuck stand on one leg - free leg optional, after
Lauren Mitchell (Australia)
Miyachi (horizontal bar) – officially the only skill with highest D-score of I in men's gymnastics; a variant of the Bretschneider where the skill is done in a layout position; the straight Bretschneider, double-twisting Cassina or straight double-twisting Kovac, after
Hidetaka Miyachi (Japan)
Mo salto (uneven bars) – Gaylord 2, front tuck over high bar, starting and ending in a mixed grip, after
Mo Huilan (China)[2]
Moors (uneven bars) – from underswing, with feet on bar, salto forward stretched with 1⁄2 turn, after
Victoria Moors (Canada)
Moors (floor exercise) – only skill with highest D-score of I in women's gymnastics, double-twisting double back layout, after
Victoria Moors (Canada)
Mostepanova (floor exercise) – front handspring with full twist before hand support, after
Olga Mostepanova (USSR)
Mukhina
salto (floor exercise) – double salto backwards tucked or piked, with full 360 twist – after
Elena Mukhina (USSR)
Mukhina (uneven bars) – Korbut flip with full twist – after
Elena Mukhina (USSR)
Mustafina (uneven bars (dismount)) – 11⁄2-twisting double back tuck dismount, after
Aliya Mustafina (Russia)
Mustafina 2 (uneven bars) – full-twisting Maloney (or Seitz) caught in a mixed grip, after
Aliya Mustafina (Russia)
Mustafina (floor) – triple Y-turn, after
Aliya Mustafina (Russia)
Mustafina (vault) – round-off, 1⁄2 turn on, full twisting front off (laid out), after
Aliya Mustafina (Russia)
Nabieva (uneven bars) – toe-on reverse Hecht (
Tkatchev) in the layout position, named after
Tatiana Nabieva (Russia)
Nguyen (parallel bars) – a free hip circle mount from the side of the bars with 3⁄4 turn to handstand position, after
Marcel Nguyen (Germany)
Nagornyy (floor) – Triple back pike, after
Nikita Nagornyy (Russia)
Okino (uneven bars (dismount)) – a free hip underswing with 1⁄2 twist to layout back salto, after
Betty Okino (US)
Okino (balance beam) – triple pirouette or triple turn, after
Betty Okino (US)
Omelianchik (balance beam) – back handspring with 3⁄4 turn dive to handstand, after
Oksana Omelianchik (USSR)
Omelianchik (vault) – round-off, 3⁄4 on, front pike off, after
Oksana Omelianchik (USSR)
O'Neill (still rings) – a stretched double feige backward to a hang, after
Paul O'Neill (US)
Onodi (balance beam) – back handspring with 1⁄2 turn, after
Henrietta Ónodi (Hungary)[1]
Pak salto (uneven bars) – does a backward flip on the high bar and then catches the low bar, after
Pak Gyong-sil (North Korea)[2]
Patterson (balance beam (dismount)) – an Arabian double front dismount, after
Carly Patterson (US)
Pegan (horizontal bar) – double front salto with 1⁄2 turn – 180°, after
Aljaž Pegan (Slovenia)
Phelps (vault) – 1⁄2 turn onto the vault (Tsukahara) to a layout backflip with 1⁄2 turn, after
Jaycie Phelps (US)
Phillps (balance beam) – a handstand straddle split, with a 90° backbend, originally performed on the balance beam and press to side handstand, front walkover to side stand on both legs, after
Kristie Phillips (US)
Preziosa (balance beam) – full turn with free leg held backwards with both hands, after
Elisabetta Preziosa (Italy)
Podkopayeva (vault) – round-off, 3⁄4 twist on, front piked somersault with 1⁄2 turn off, after
Lilia Podkopayeva (Ukraine)
Podkopayeva (floor) – double front somersault with a 1⁄2 twist, after
Lilia Podkopayeva (Ukraine)[1]
Popa (floor exercise) – straddle pike jump with full turn (360°), after
Celestina Popa (Romania)[1]
Produnova (vault) – one of only 2 skills with highest D-score of 6.4 in women's vault (other is the Biles or "half on—double full off"; first of only five women to have landed this in competition; front handspring on into double front somersault off, after
Elena Produnova (Russia)
Ray (uneven bars) – a Stalder backwards with release and counter movement forward to catch the high bar, after
Elise Ray (US)
Ray 2 (uneven bars) – a handstand on the high bar to a pike sole circle backward into a backward counter straddle-reverse hecht over the high bar and a rematch, after
Elise Ray (US)
Ray 3 (uneven bars (dismount)) – double-twisting double layout bars dismount, after
Elise Ray (US)
The Retton Flip (uneven bars) – a transition (front flip) from low to highbar, resulting in the gymnast perched or "sitting" on top of the high bar, after
Mary Lou Retton (US)
Ri Se Gwang (vault) – currently one of only five vaults with top official D-score of 6.0; full-twisting double Tsukahara, after
Ri Se Gwang (North Korea)
Ri Se Gwang 2 (vault) – currently one of only five vaults with highest official D-score of 6.0; front handspring double piked with 1⁄2 twist, or Drăgulescu piked in practice, after
Ri Se Gwang (North Korea)
Roth (pommel horse) – from cross support, rearways, reverse Stockli, wendeswing forward to reverse Stockli to cross support forward on other end, not touch pommel, after
Bill Roth (US)
Semenova (floor exercise) – a double spin with the leg in back attitude, after
Ksenia Semenova (Russia)
Semenova (balance beam) – full spin with leg in back attitude, after
Ksenia Semenova (Russia)
Seitz (uneven bars) – on low bar, pike sole circle through handstand full twist in flight with phase to hang on high bar, after
Elisabeth Seitz (Germany)
Shaham (horizontal bar) – 11⁄2-twisting double back somersault over bar, after
Noam Shaham (Israel)
Shirai 3 (floor exercise) – triple-twisting double layout backwards; one of only two skills with highest official D-score of H (0.8) (other is the Liukin) currently in men's floor, after
Kenzo Shirai (Japan)
Shirai or
Shirai-Kim (vault) – round-off, back-handspring into layout triple full, after
Kenzo Shirai (Japan) and
Kim Hee Hoon (South Korea)
Shirai 2 (vault) – round-off, back-handspring (Yurchenko) with 31⁄2-twisting layout; one of only 5 vaults with highest official D-score of 6.0, after
Kenzo Shirai (Japan, 1st time successfully completed in competition –
2016 Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro)
Shirai 3 (vault) – round-off, full-twisting back-handspring (aka Scherbo) on into double twist off, after
Kenzo Shirai (Japan)
Thomas salto (floor exercise) – salto backwards in a tucked or piked position with 11⁄2 twists, after
Kurt Thomas (US)
Thomas salto (floor exercise) – salto backwards in a layout (straight) position with 11⁄2 twists, after
Kurt Thomas (US)
Tkachev (uneven bars) – reverse hecht; can be performed in straddled, piked, tucked or laid out, after
Aleksandr Tkachyov (USSR)[2]
Tsukahara (vault) – involving a 1⁄4 or 1⁄2 turn onto the vault and back salto off, after
Mitsuo Tsukahara (Japan)[citation needed]
Tweddle (uneven bars) – sole circle backward to counter straddle hecht 1⁄2 turn to hang on high bar in mixed L-grip, after
Beth Tweddle (Great Britain)
Urzică (parallel bars) – salto forwards to full turn to upper arm hang rated, after
Marius Urzică (Romania)
van Leeuwen (uneven bars) – in the low bar, piked sole circle through handstand with flight to hang on high bar with 1⁄2 twist during flight phase, after
Laura van Leeuwen (Netherlands)
Wang Huiying (vault) – front handspring layout Barani, after
Wang Huiying (China)
Wells (parallel bars) – a giant swing backwards with in-locate forwards, after
Trent Wells (US)
Wevers turn (balance beam) – a double turn on beam with leg held horizontally, after
Sanne Wevers (Netherlands)
White (uneven bars) – a front Stalder into an L-grip to handstand with 1⁄2 turn in handstand, after
Morgan White (US)
Wong (balance beam) – salto forward tucked with 1⁄2 turn mount, after Hiu Ying Angel Wong (China – Hong Kong)
Yang Hak Seon (vault) – currently one of only five vaults with top official D-score of 6.0; front handspring triple twist, after
Yang Hak-Seon (South Korea)
Yang Hak Seon 2 (vault) – currently one of only five vaults with highest official D-score of 6.0; Tsukahara with 31⁄2 twists or Kasamatsu with 21⁄2 twists, after
Yang Hak-Seon (South Korea)
Yang Bo (balance beam) – from cross stand, jump to over split with body arched and head dropped backward, after
Yang Bo (China)
Yurchenko (vault) – round-off, back-handspring onto the vaulting table, after
Natalia Yurchenko (USSR)
Ewing Theory – an idea popularized by basketball analyst
Bill Simmons, referring to the phenomena in which teams perform better when their star player is not playing or is no longer with the team. The term was named after
New York Knicks legend
Patrick Ewing's
Achilles tendon injury kept him sidelined for a majority of the Knicks'
1999 NBA Finals run, including all but one game of the Eastern Conference Finals and the Finals themselves.
Hack-a-Shaq – the strategy of committing intentional fouls (originally a clock management strategy) to the purpose of lowering opponents' scoring. Named after
Dallas Mavericks coach
Don Nelson's use of the tactic against
Shaquille O'Neal, although the strategy was originally used against
Dennis Rodman.
The Shammgod – a style of crossover popularized by former NBA player
God Shammgod, widely considered one of the greatest ball-handlers of all time.
Dilscoop – after
Tillekaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka), A cricket batting stroke, also known as a "ramp shot", developed by Sri Lankan right-handed batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan during the ICC World Twenty20 held during June 2009 in England.
Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method – is generally accepted to be the most accurate method of setting a target score in a
limited overs cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstances. Originally the Duckworth–Lewis method, after
Frank Duckworth (England) and
Tony Lewis (Wales); after the two retired,
Steven Stern (Australia) became the custodian of the calculation, and his name was added to the title in 2014.
Nat-meg - after
Natalie Sciver. It is an inventive shot against yorkers.
Duffer tice – a tice positioned, usually a yard or so North, and a touch East, of Hoop 6, laid on the second turn of the game, named after the Irish croquet player Duff Mathews (Ireland)[7]
Peel – to send a ball other than the striker's ball through its target hoop, named after Walter Peel (England)[8][9]
Solomon grip – the grip used by and named after
John Solomon (England)[7]
The Datsyuk – after a particular move by
Pavel Datsyuk (Russia), where a player fakes a shot by holding the puck further back, and waits for the goaltender to be out of position before shooting.
The Forsberg - after a particular move by
Peter Forsberg where a player (after
deking,) holds their stick with one hand and taps the puck in on the far side of the net.
Lemieux cycle – after
Mario Lemieux (Canada), where a player gets five goals in five ways in the same game. (Even-Strength, Powerplay, Penalty kill, Penalty shot, Empty Net.)
Rob Ray Rule – after
Rob Ray (Canada) where players must keep their jersey tied down to their
pants. Ray would take off his jersey and shoulder pads in order to be more difficult to grab during a fight.
Savard spin-o-rama (or Savardian spin-o-rama) – originally named after
Serge Savard (Canada), but made famous by
Denis Savard (Canada), Where a player with the puck skating towards a defending player begins to turn one way, then quickly performs a 360° spin to trick the defender and continues forward.
The Brodeur Rule– due to his ability to play the puck outside of his crease, named after
Martin Brodeur. (Canada) A trapezoid behind the goal line where a goaltender is allowed to play the puck. Stopping goalies from playing pucks in the corners.
The Sean Avery Rule – after
Sean Avery (Canada), the rule makes it illegal for a player to stand in front of a goalie and wave his or her stick in the netminder's face in an unsportsman like way.
The Gretzky Rule - after
Wayne Gretzky (Canada), this rule implemented between 1985 and 1992 introduced offsetting penalties to prevent players like Gretzky from using the extra space on 4-on-4 plays to score more often.
Gretzky's office - the area behind the net, from where Wayne Gretzky would often set up goals.
Air Gait - a maneuver in which a player scores by jumping from behind the goal crease, dunking the ball over the top goal crossbar, and landing on the opposite side of the crease, after
Gary Gait (Canada)
Erne – A volley hit near the net by a player positioned outside the court or in the process of leaping outside the court. Named for Erne Perry, the first person known to have used the shot in mainstream competitive play.[11]
Joey – A return shot, after an opposing player hits an around-the-post (ATP) shot, that involves hitting the ball directly back at the player that made the initial ATP shot. Named for Joe Valenti[12]
Nasty Nelson – A serve that intentionally hits the non-receiving opposing player closest to the net, rewarding the point to the server. Named for Timothy Nelson.[13]
Zane Navratil serve – A serve that involves swiping the ball against the paddle, when tossing the ball in preparation for striking the ball, in order to impart spin on the ball. Also called the
chainsaw serve.
The Ralenkova – Rotation on the back, legs close, without support of the hand, after
Anelia Ralenkova (Bulgaria)
The Zaripova – Split leap with ring or with back bend of the trunk, take-off and landing on the same leg, after
Amina Zaripova (Russia)
The Kabaeva I – Ring leap with both legs, after
Alina Kabaeva (Russia)
The Kabaeva II – Backscale Pivots; Front split trunk bent back below horizontal from standing position or from the position on the floor, after
Alina Kabaeva (Russia)
The Kabaeva III – Balance with support on the chest, after
Alina Kabaeva (Russia)
The Kabaeva IV – Split with hand support; also with jump preparation, after
Alina Kabaeva (Russia)
The Cid Tostado – starting on one knee, leg forward, ball held with the foot. large roll of the ball on both legs, after
Almudena Cid Tostado (Spain)
The Tchachina I – Switch leap with changing legs, after
Irina Tchachina (Russia)
The Tchachina III – Split balance from standing to kneeling position without hand support on the free leg or trunk side at horizontal, after
Irina Tchachina (Russia)
The Utyasheva – backsplit to backscale to backsplit pivot with help, after
Lyasan Utiasheva (Russia)
The Gizikova I – Front split balance with support passing the free leg into back split balance with support, after
Zarina Gizikova (Russia)
The Gizikova II – Front split rotation with support with a passage of the free leg into back split with support or vice versa, after
Zarina Gizikova (Russia)
The Kanaeva I – Ring Pivots (ring pivot spiral also known as "Kanaeva Pivot", quadruple/triple ring turn, quadruple queen pivot) – after
Evgenia Kanaeva (Russia)
The Kanaeva II – Switch Turn, after
Evgenia Kanaeva (Russia)
The Kanaeva III – Rotation on the stomach, legs in split, without support of the hand, after
Evgenia Kanaeva (Russia)
The Zhukova – Cossack leap, straight leg to the side high up, whole foot higher than head with support and turn, after
Inna Zhukova (Belarus)
The Kondakova –
Pivot turn revolutions (pivot turn with forward free leg to half free leg position), after
Daria Kondakova (Russia)
The Dmitrieva – Pivot connecting turns (attitude turns + ring pivot turn with help) – after
Daria Dmitrieva (Russia)
The Raffaeli – Side split pivot without help, trunk side at horizontal on relevé with free leg bent – after
Sofia Raffaeli (Italy)
The Staniouta – cossack turn starting on floor + connecting penché turn, after
Melitina Staniouta (Belarus)
The Kudry I – back bend to roll over apparatus catch, after
Yana Kudryavtseva (Russia)
The Kudry II – Spinning ball on the tip of the finger while doing front walkover, after
Yana Kudryavtseva (Russia)
The Kudry III – Chaine turn wrapped in ribbon serpentine with one arm on the back, after
Yana Kudryavtseva (Russia)
The Kudry IV – Dive jump with asymmetric movements of the clubs: during the jump, a high bounce of the club from the floor and passing to the roll to catch this club. Large circle with the other club, after
Yana Kudryavtseva (Russia)
The Kudry V – Spinning ball on the tip of the thumb while doing a side split balance without support, after
Yana Kudryavtseva (Russia)
The Kramarenko – Backscale Pivots; free leg bent 30 degrees from standing position or from the position on the floor, after
Lala Kramarenko (Russia)
The Ashram – back-bend turn on floor with help, after
Linoy Ashram (Israel)
The Trubnikova – side split without support, trunk side at horizontal, passing to front split, trunk bent back below horizontal, after
Daria Trubnikova (Russia)
The Agiurgiuculese (Ag Jump) – turning split leap with ring of the back leg, take off and landing on the same leg (jete en tournant), after
Alexandra Agiurgiuculese (Italy)
The Bessonova – Stag Leap, take off from one or two feet with turn of the body with ring, also with back bent of the trunk, after
Anna Bessonova (Ukraine)
The Elkatib – Front split with or without help. Also trunk back at the horizontal position, after
Alia Yassin Elkatib (Egypt)
The Garayeva – From back split on flat foot, trunk bend forward passing to Backscale Pivots, after
Aliya Garayeva (Azerbaijan)
The Sakura Penché – body bent at the horizontal or below, rotation on flat foot with ring, after
Sakura Hayakawa (Japan)
Mamun's ball roll – From a sitting position, transit into a dynamic balance (arm stand), with ball rolling from trunk to feet and catch, after
Margarita Mamun (Russia)
Sonny-Billed – to have a hard driving tackle performed on someone, named after
Sonny Bill Williams (New Zealand) who consistently performed these tackles
To do a Bradbury – to win a contest or race as the one standing, after
Australian short track speed skater
Steven Bradbury (Australia) won his
1000m gold medal at the
2002 Winter Olympics when all other contestants crashed out on the final lap. Can apply to multiple sports or situations.
Cleveland Browns: The Cleveland Browns were named after their first coach,
Paul Brown. Brown would later become the first coach of the
Cincinnati Bengals, which shared the same color scheme as the Browns in part due to Brown.
Rooney Rule: a
National Football League policy that requires league teams to interview ethnic-minority candidates for head coaching and senior football operation jobs. Named after
Dan Rooney, the former owner of the
Pittsburgh Steelers and chairman of the NFL's diversity committee when the policy was created in 2003.
Amanar (vault) – Yurchenko family vault, roundoff on and 21⁄2 twists off, after
Simona Amânar (Romania)
Araújo (balance beam (dismount)) – salto forward stretched with 2 twist, after
Heine Araújo (Brazil)
Belyavskiy (parallel bars) – double front salto dismount in piked position, after
David Belyavskiy (Russia)
Blanik (vault) – handspring forward on – double piked salto forward off, after Polish artistic gymnast
Leszek Blanik (Poland)
Borden (balance beam) – straddled piked jump from a side position or split jump done on balance beam with 1⁄2 or 3⁄4 turn, after
Amanda Borden (US)[1]
Bhardwaj (uneven bars) – a backward flip (Pak salto) on the high bar with full-twist and then catches the low bar, after
Mohini Bhardwaj (US)[2]
Bhavsar (still rings) – pull through momentary, front lever press to Maltese, after
Raj Bhavsar (US)
Bhavsar (parallel bars) – long hang swing forward, straddle cut backward, and regrasp with straight body at horizontal (Tippelt to long hang swing), after
Raj Bhavsar (US)
Biles (floor exercise) – double layout with 1⁄2 turn, after
Simone Biles (US)
Biles 2 (floor exercise) – triple-twisting double back tucked somersault, after
Simone Biles (US)
Biles (vault) — Yurchenko 1⁄2 on into laid-out salto with 2/1 twists off, after
Simone Biles (US)
Biles (balance beam (dismount)) – double-twisting double back tucked somersault, after
Simone Biles (US)
Biles 2 (vault) — Yurchenko on into double piked somersault off, originated at the 2021 U.S. Classic and successfully done at the 2023 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in
Antwerp, Belgium, after
Simone Biles (US)
Brause (uneven bars) – done from low bar facing away from high bar with a cast to front salto forward and catching bar, after
Doris Fuchs-Brause (US)
Bretschneider (horizontal bar) – release with double-twisting double back tucked over bar before regrasp, after
Andreas Bretschneider (Germany)
Bryan (pommel horse) – scissors with 1⁄2 turn to handstand, 1⁄2 pirouette and straddle back down, after
Casey Bryan (US)
Bulimar (floor exercise) – a Johnson leap (switch leap with 1⁄4 turn to side position) with additional full turn, after
Diana Bulimar (Romania)
Cassina (horizontal bar) – full-twisting double layout or straight Kolman somersault over bar, after
Igor Cassina (Italy)
Cheng (vault) – Yurchenko 1⁄2 on into 11⁄2 twists off, after
Cheng Fei (China)
Chow 2 (uneven bars) – Stalder to Shaposhnikova, after
Amy Chow (US)
Comaneci salto (uneven bars) – front support on high bar, cast with salto forward straddle to hang on high bar, after
Nadia Comăneci (Romania)
Daggett (pommel horse) – scissor backward with 1⁄2 counterturn, after
Tim Daggett (US)
Dalton (parallel bars) – roll backward with 1⁄2 turn tuck or Harada to hang, after
Jacob Dalton (US)
Dawes (uneven bars) – back giant with 11⁄2 turn in handstand, after
Dominique Dawes (US)
Derwael–Fenton (uneven bars) – backward stalder with counter straddle reverse hecht over the high bar with half (180-degree) turn to hang in mixed L-grip, after
Nina Derwael (BE) and
Georgia-Mae Fenton (UK)
Diomidov (parallel bars) – swing forward with a full turn on one arm to handstand, after
Sergei Diomidov (USSR)[1]
Dos Santos (floor exercise) – Arabian double pike (1⁄2 turn to double front somersault in piked position), after
Daiane dos Santos (Brazil)
Dos Santos 2 (floor exercise) – Arabian double layout (1⁄2 turn to double front somersault laid out position), after
Daiane dos Santos (Brazil)
Downie (Uneven bars) - stalder backward on high bar with counter pike – reverse hecht over high bar to hang, after
Rebecca Downie (Great Britain)
Drăgulescu (vault) – handspring double front tucked somersault with 1⁄2 turn, after
Marian Drăgulescu (Romania)
Drăgulescu piked (vault) – officially named the Ri Se Gwang 2 originated by
Ri Se Gwang of
North Korea; use of Drăgulescu piked when referring to this skill is often preferred in practice because of how well-known the regular Drăgulescu is; one of only five vaults with top official D-score of 6.0; variant of the Drăgulescu where only difference is saltos done in piked position, after
Marian Drăgulescu (România) and
Ri Se Gwang of
North Korea
Erceg (balance beam (mount)) – round off Arabian front tuck onto the end of the beam, after
Tina Erceg (Croatia)
Fan (uneven bars (dismount)) - from L-grip swing backwards, 1⁄2 (180 degree) turn to double salto
Fan Yilin (China)
Ferrari (floor exercise) – a ring tour jete with 1⁄2 turn and a landing on both feet, after
Vanessa Ferrari (Italy)
Fontaine (uneven bars dismount) – double somersaulting dismount is a back tuck with 1⁄2 twist into a front tuck, after
Larissa Fontaine (US)
Galante (balance beam) – 11⁄2 turns with leg held in split position, after
Paola Galante (Italy)
Garrison (floor exercise) – cat leap forward with bent legs and 11⁄2 turn, after
Kelly Garrison (US)
Garrison (balance beam) – free shoulder roll forward to stand or tuck stand without hand support, after
Kelly Garrison (US)
Garrison 2 (balance beam) – from an extended tuck sit, Valdez swing over backward through horizontal with one-arm support, after
Kelly Garrison (US)
Gatson (parallel bars) – a swing backward with full turn hop to handstand, after
Jason Gatson (US)
Gaylord (horizontal bar) – front giant into a 11⁄2-twisting front salto over the bar to regrasp – a front somersault in tucked, piked or straddled position over the bar, after
Mitch Gaylord (US)
Gaylord 2 (horizontal bar) – back giant into a layout Gienger (back salto 1⁄2 turn) over bar to regrasp – a back salto over bar, after
Mitch Gaylord (US)
Gebeshian (uneven bars) – 360° turn from low to high bar known as a full twisting jump Hecht mount (uneven bars), after
Houry Gebeshian (Armenia)[3]
Hayden (horizontal bar) – a double salto backwards in layout, with full twist over the bar, after
Daniel Hayden (US)
Henrich (balance beam) – a stag-split, split-leap or jump forward with 1⁄2 turn, landing on both feet or in a one-two step-out or a split jump in side position with bending of rear leg backward upward that starts from a cross stand, after
Christy Henrich (US)
Hindorff (uneven bars) – clear hip circle to immediate Tkatchev release, after
Sylvia Hindorff (East Germany)[1]
Huang (uneven bars) – a stalder forward in L-grip with full turn to handstand, initiated on one arm before handstand, after
Huang Qiushuang (China)
Humphrey (floor exercise) – switch split leap forward with a 1⁄4 turn to side split leap or straddle pike position, after
Terin Humphrey (US)
Humphrey (balance beam/floor exercise) – 21⁄2 turn (900°) on one leg, in tuck stand, with free leg optional, after
Terin Humphrey (US)
Hypolito (floor exercise) – Arabian double pike with a full twist, after
Diego Hypólito (Brazil)
Jäger salto (horizontal bar, uneven bars) – swing backwards and salto forwards to catch high bar again, after
Bernd Jäger (East Germany)[1]
Johnson (floor exercise) – a switch-split leap forward with leg change and 1⁄4 turn to side split leap or straddle pike position, after
Brandy Johnson (US)
Jones (floor exercise) - a triple turn with leg held at horizontal, after
Shilese Jones
Khorkina (uneven bars) – back uprise and straddle flight over high bar with 1⁄2 turn to hang, after
Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)
Khorkina 2 (uneven bars) – low bar inner front support, clear hip circle to handstand 1⁄2 turn in flight to high bar hang, after
Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)
Khorkina (balance beam) – gainer back-handspring with full twist before hand support, after
Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)
Khorkina 2 (balance beam (dismount)) – gainer 21⁄2-twisting back layout dismount to side or at the end of beam, after
Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)
Khorkina 3 (balance beam (dismount)) – gainer triple-twisting back layout dismount to side or at the end of beam, after
Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)
Khorkina (floor exercise) – hop with 11⁄2 turns to front lying support, after
Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)
Khorkina (vault) – round-off, back-handspring with 1⁄2 turn on, 1⁄2 turn into back pike off, after
Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)
Khorkina 2 (vault) – round-off, back-handspring with 1⁄2 turn on, 11⁄2-twisting front tuck off, after
Svetlana Khorkina (Russia)
Kolman (horizontal bar) – a full-twisting Kovacs with two back somersaults and one full twist over the bar, after
Alojz Kolman (Slovenia)[citation needed]
Komova (uneven bars) – clear pike circle backward through handstand with flight and 1⁄2 turn (180°) to hang on high bar, after
Viktoria Komova (Russia)
Komova 2 (uneven bars) – clear pike circle backwards through handstand with flight to hang on high bar, after
Viktoria Komova (Russia)
Kononenko (uneven bars) – counter straddle hecht with 1⁄2 turn to hang on high bar in mixed L-grip, after
Natalia Kononenko (Ukraine)
Kotchetkova (balance beam) – full-twisting back-handspring, after
Dina Kotchetkova (Russia)
Korbut flip (balance beam) – standing back somersault to swing down on beam, after
Olga Korbut (USSR)
Korbut flip (uneven bars) – standing on the high bar, does back flip, then catches the bar, after
Olga Korbut (USSR)
Kovacs (horizontal bar) – double back somersault over bar, after
Péter Kovács (Hungary)[1]
Liukin (floor exercise) – one of only 2 skills with D-score of H (0.8) (with the Shirai 3) on men's floor; triple back tucked salto, after
Valeri Liukin (USSR)
Liukin (horizontal bar) – Tkatchev with full-twisting layout, after
Valeri Liukin (USSR)
Liukin (balance beam) – salto front pike, take off from one leg to one foot landing to scale, hold for two seconds, after
Nastia Liukin (US)
Maloney (uneven bars) – a piked sole circle backward to handstand full turn after handstand phase to mixed-L or L-grip, after
Kristin Maloney (US)
Maloney (uneven bars) – begins from low bar inner front support and consists of piked sole circle backward through handstand with flight to high bar hang, after
Kristin Maloney (US)
McCool (balance beam) – beam mount approaches toward the end of the beam and is a flyspring forward with flight before and after the hand support on the beam and lands on both feet – approach at end of beam, after
Courtney McCool (US)
McNamara (uneven bars (mount)) – a jump to hang on high bar into free hip circle to handstand with 1⁄2 turn, after
Julianne McNamara (US)
Melissanidis (vault) – a round off entry onto vault table followed by a 21⁄2-twisting back tucked or piked somersault, after
Ioannis Melissanidis (Greece)
Memmel (floor exercise) – double turn with leg held in split position (double Y-turn), after
Chellsie Memmel (US)
Memmel (balance beam) – front flip with 1⁄2 turn (Barani) in piked position, after
Chellsie Memmel (US)
Mikulak (pommel horse) – full scissors from one end of the pommel horse to the other, after
Samuel Mikulak
Miller (uneven bars) – cast to handstand with 11⁄2 turn after handstand to mixed-L grip, after
Shannon Miller (US)
Mitchell (floor exercise, balance beam) – triple turn (1080°) in tuck stand on one leg - free leg optional, after
Lauren Mitchell (Australia)
Miyachi (horizontal bar) – officially the only skill with highest D-score of I in men's gymnastics; a variant of the Bretschneider where the skill is done in a layout position; the straight Bretschneider, double-twisting Cassina or straight double-twisting Kovac, after
Hidetaka Miyachi (Japan)
Mo salto (uneven bars) – Gaylord 2, front tuck over high bar, starting and ending in a mixed grip, after
Mo Huilan (China)[2]
Moors (uneven bars) – from underswing, with feet on bar, salto forward stretched with 1⁄2 turn, after
Victoria Moors (Canada)
Moors (floor exercise) – only skill with highest D-score of I in women's gymnastics, double-twisting double back layout, after
Victoria Moors (Canada)
Mostepanova (floor exercise) – front handspring with full twist before hand support, after
Olga Mostepanova (USSR)
Mukhina
salto (floor exercise) – double salto backwards tucked or piked, with full 360 twist – after
Elena Mukhina (USSR)
Mukhina (uneven bars) – Korbut flip with full twist – after
Elena Mukhina (USSR)
Mustafina (uneven bars (dismount)) – 11⁄2-twisting double back tuck dismount, after
Aliya Mustafina (Russia)
Mustafina 2 (uneven bars) – full-twisting Maloney (or Seitz) caught in a mixed grip, after
Aliya Mustafina (Russia)
Mustafina (floor) – triple Y-turn, after
Aliya Mustafina (Russia)
Mustafina (vault) – round-off, 1⁄2 turn on, full twisting front off (laid out), after
Aliya Mustafina (Russia)
Nabieva (uneven bars) – toe-on reverse Hecht (
Tkatchev) in the layout position, named after
Tatiana Nabieva (Russia)
Nguyen (parallel bars) – a free hip circle mount from the side of the bars with 3⁄4 turn to handstand position, after
Marcel Nguyen (Germany)
Nagornyy (floor) – Triple back pike, after
Nikita Nagornyy (Russia)
Okino (uneven bars (dismount)) – a free hip underswing with 1⁄2 twist to layout back salto, after
Betty Okino (US)
Okino (balance beam) – triple pirouette or triple turn, after
Betty Okino (US)
Omelianchik (balance beam) – back handspring with 3⁄4 turn dive to handstand, after
Oksana Omelianchik (USSR)
Omelianchik (vault) – round-off, 3⁄4 on, front pike off, after
Oksana Omelianchik (USSR)
O'Neill (still rings) – a stretched double feige backward to a hang, after
Paul O'Neill (US)
Onodi (balance beam) – back handspring with 1⁄2 turn, after
Henrietta Ónodi (Hungary)[1]
Pak salto (uneven bars) – does a backward flip on the high bar and then catches the low bar, after
Pak Gyong-sil (North Korea)[2]
Patterson (balance beam (dismount)) – an Arabian double front dismount, after
Carly Patterson (US)
Pegan (horizontal bar) – double front salto with 1⁄2 turn – 180°, after
Aljaž Pegan (Slovenia)
Phelps (vault) – 1⁄2 turn onto the vault (Tsukahara) to a layout backflip with 1⁄2 turn, after
Jaycie Phelps (US)
Phillps (balance beam) – a handstand straddle split, with a 90° backbend, originally performed on the balance beam and press to side handstand, front walkover to side stand on both legs, after
Kristie Phillips (US)
Preziosa (balance beam) – full turn with free leg held backwards with both hands, after
Elisabetta Preziosa (Italy)
Podkopayeva (vault) – round-off, 3⁄4 twist on, front piked somersault with 1⁄2 turn off, after
Lilia Podkopayeva (Ukraine)
Podkopayeva (floor) – double front somersault with a 1⁄2 twist, after
Lilia Podkopayeva (Ukraine)[1]
Popa (floor exercise) – straddle pike jump with full turn (360°), after
Celestina Popa (Romania)[1]
Produnova (vault) – one of only 2 skills with highest D-score of 6.4 in women's vault (other is the Biles or "half on—double full off"; first of only five women to have landed this in competition; front handspring on into double front somersault off, after
Elena Produnova (Russia)
Ray (uneven bars) – a Stalder backwards with release and counter movement forward to catch the high bar, after
Elise Ray (US)
Ray 2 (uneven bars) – a handstand on the high bar to a pike sole circle backward into a backward counter straddle-reverse hecht over the high bar and a rematch, after
Elise Ray (US)
Ray 3 (uneven bars (dismount)) – double-twisting double layout bars dismount, after
Elise Ray (US)
The Retton Flip (uneven bars) – a transition (front flip) from low to highbar, resulting in the gymnast perched or "sitting" on top of the high bar, after
Mary Lou Retton (US)
Ri Se Gwang (vault) – currently one of only five vaults with top official D-score of 6.0; full-twisting double Tsukahara, after
Ri Se Gwang (North Korea)
Ri Se Gwang 2 (vault) – currently one of only five vaults with highest official D-score of 6.0; front handspring double piked with 1⁄2 twist, or Drăgulescu piked in practice, after
Ri Se Gwang (North Korea)
Roth (pommel horse) – from cross support, rearways, reverse Stockli, wendeswing forward to reverse Stockli to cross support forward on other end, not touch pommel, after
Bill Roth (US)
Semenova (floor exercise) – a double spin with the leg in back attitude, after
Ksenia Semenova (Russia)
Semenova (balance beam) – full spin with leg in back attitude, after
Ksenia Semenova (Russia)
Seitz (uneven bars) – on low bar, pike sole circle through handstand full twist in flight with phase to hang on high bar, after
Elisabeth Seitz (Germany)
Shaham (horizontal bar) – 11⁄2-twisting double back somersault over bar, after
Noam Shaham (Israel)
Shirai 3 (floor exercise) – triple-twisting double layout backwards; one of only two skills with highest official D-score of H (0.8) (other is the Liukin) currently in men's floor, after
Kenzo Shirai (Japan)
Shirai or
Shirai-Kim (vault) – round-off, back-handspring into layout triple full, after
Kenzo Shirai (Japan) and
Kim Hee Hoon (South Korea)
Shirai 2 (vault) – round-off, back-handspring (Yurchenko) with 31⁄2-twisting layout; one of only 5 vaults with highest official D-score of 6.0, after
Kenzo Shirai (Japan, 1st time successfully completed in competition –
2016 Olympics in
Rio de Janeiro)
Shirai 3 (vault) – round-off, full-twisting back-handspring (aka Scherbo) on into double twist off, after
Kenzo Shirai (Japan)
Thomas salto (floor exercise) – salto backwards in a tucked or piked position with 11⁄2 twists, after
Kurt Thomas (US)
Thomas salto (floor exercise) – salto backwards in a layout (straight) position with 11⁄2 twists, after
Kurt Thomas (US)
Tkachev (uneven bars) – reverse hecht; can be performed in straddled, piked, tucked or laid out, after
Aleksandr Tkachyov (USSR)[2]
Tsukahara (vault) – involving a 1⁄4 or 1⁄2 turn onto the vault and back salto off, after
Mitsuo Tsukahara (Japan)[citation needed]
Tweddle (uneven bars) – sole circle backward to counter straddle hecht 1⁄2 turn to hang on high bar in mixed L-grip, after
Beth Tweddle (Great Britain)
Urzică (parallel bars) – salto forwards to full turn to upper arm hang rated, after
Marius Urzică (Romania)
van Leeuwen (uneven bars) – in the low bar, piked sole circle through handstand with flight to hang on high bar with 1⁄2 twist during flight phase, after
Laura van Leeuwen (Netherlands)
Wang Huiying (vault) – front handspring layout Barani, after
Wang Huiying (China)
Wells (parallel bars) – a giant swing backwards with in-locate forwards, after
Trent Wells (US)
Wevers turn (balance beam) – a double turn on beam with leg held horizontally, after
Sanne Wevers (Netherlands)
White (uneven bars) – a front Stalder into an L-grip to handstand with 1⁄2 turn in handstand, after
Morgan White (US)
Wong (balance beam) – salto forward tucked with 1⁄2 turn mount, after Hiu Ying Angel Wong (China – Hong Kong)
Yang Hak Seon (vault) – currently one of only five vaults with top official D-score of 6.0; front handspring triple twist, after
Yang Hak-Seon (South Korea)
Yang Hak Seon 2 (vault) – currently one of only five vaults with highest official D-score of 6.0; Tsukahara with 31⁄2 twists or Kasamatsu with 21⁄2 twists, after
Yang Hak-Seon (South Korea)
Yang Bo (balance beam) – from cross stand, jump to over split with body arched and head dropped backward, after
Yang Bo (China)
Yurchenko (vault) – round-off, back-handspring onto the vaulting table, after
Natalia Yurchenko (USSR)
Ewing Theory – an idea popularized by basketball analyst
Bill Simmons, referring to the phenomena in which teams perform better when their star player is not playing or is no longer with the team. The term was named after
New York Knicks legend
Patrick Ewing's
Achilles tendon injury kept him sidelined for a majority of the Knicks'
1999 NBA Finals run, including all but one game of the Eastern Conference Finals and the Finals themselves.
Hack-a-Shaq – the strategy of committing intentional fouls (originally a clock management strategy) to the purpose of lowering opponents' scoring. Named after
Dallas Mavericks coach
Don Nelson's use of the tactic against
Shaquille O'Neal, although the strategy was originally used against
Dennis Rodman.
The Shammgod – a style of crossover popularized by former NBA player
God Shammgod, widely considered one of the greatest ball-handlers of all time.
Dilscoop – after
Tillekaratne Dilshan (Sri Lanka), A cricket batting stroke, also known as a "ramp shot", developed by Sri Lankan right-handed batsman Tillakaratne Dilshan during the ICC World Twenty20 held during June 2009 in England.
Duckworth–Lewis–Stern method – is generally accepted to be the most accurate method of setting a target score in a
limited overs cricket match interrupted by weather or other circumstances. Originally the Duckworth–Lewis method, after
Frank Duckworth (England) and
Tony Lewis (Wales); after the two retired,
Steven Stern (Australia) became the custodian of the calculation, and his name was added to the title in 2014.
Nat-meg - after
Natalie Sciver. It is an inventive shot against yorkers.
Duffer tice – a tice positioned, usually a yard or so North, and a touch East, of Hoop 6, laid on the second turn of the game, named after the Irish croquet player Duff Mathews (Ireland)[7]
Peel – to send a ball other than the striker's ball through its target hoop, named after Walter Peel (England)[8][9]
Solomon grip – the grip used by and named after
John Solomon (England)[7]
The Datsyuk – after a particular move by
Pavel Datsyuk (Russia), where a player fakes a shot by holding the puck further back, and waits for the goaltender to be out of position before shooting.
The Forsberg - after a particular move by
Peter Forsberg where a player (after
deking,) holds their stick with one hand and taps the puck in on the far side of the net.
Lemieux cycle – after
Mario Lemieux (Canada), where a player gets five goals in five ways in the same game. (Even-Strength, Powerplay, Penalty kill, Penalty shot, Empty Net.)
Rob Ray Rule – after
Rob Ray (Canada) where players must keep their jersey tied down to their
pants. Ray would take off his jersey and shoulder pads in order to be more difficult to grab during a fight.
Savard spin-o-rama (or Savardian spin-o-rama) – originally named after
Serge Savard (Canada), but made famous by
Denis Savard (Canada), Where a player with the puck skating towards a defending player begins to turn one way, then quickly performs a 360° spin to trick the defender and continues forward.
The Brodeur Rule– due to his ability to play the puck outside of his crease, named after
Martin Brodeur. (Canada) A trapezoid behind the goal line where a goaltender is allowed to play the puck. Stopping goalies from playing pucks in the corners.
The Sean Avery Rule – after
Sean Avery (Canada), the rule makes it illegal for a player to stand in front of a goalie and wave his or her stick in the netminder's face in an unsportsman like way.
The Gretzky Rule - after
Wayne Gretzky (Canada), this rule implemented between 1985 and 1992 introduced offsetting penalties to prevent players like Gretzky from using the extra space on 4-on-4 plays to score more often.
Gretzky's office - the area behind the net, from where Wayne Gretzky would often set up goals.
Air Gait - a maneuver in which a player scores by jumping from behind the goal crease, dunking the ball over the top goal crossbar, and landing on the opposite side of the crease, after
Gary Gait (Canada)
Erne – A volley hit near the net by a player positioned outside the court or in the process of leaping outside the court. Named for Erne Perry, the first person known to have used the shot in mainstream competitive play.[11]
Joey – A return shot, after an opposing player hits an around-the-post (ATP) shot, that involves hitting the ball directly back at the player that made the initial ATP shot. Named for Joe Valenti[12]
Nasty Nelson – A serve that intentionally hits the non-receiving opposing player closest to the net, rewarding the point to the server. Named for Timothy Nelson.[13]
Zane Navratil serve – A serve that involves swiping the ball against the paddle, when tossing the ball in preparation for striking the ball, in order to impart spin on the ball. Also called the
chainsaw serve.
The Ralenkova – Rotation on the back, legs close, without support of the hand, after
Anelia Ralenkova (Bulgaria)
The Zaripova – Split leap with ring or with back bend of the trunk, take-off and landing on the same leg, after
Amina Zaripova (Russia)
The Kabaeva I – Ring leap with both legs, after
Alina Kabaeva (Russia)
The Kabaeva II – Backscale Pivots; Front split trunk bent back below horizontal from standing position or from the position on the floor, after
Alina Kabaeva (Russia)
The Kabaeva III – Balance with support on the chest, after
Alina Kabaeva (Russia)
The Kabaeva IV – Split with hand support; also with jump preparation, after
Alina Kabaeva (Russia)
The Cid Tostado – starting on one knee, leg forward, ball held with the foot. large roll of the ball on both legs, after
Almudena Cid Tostado (Spain)
The Tchachina I – Switch leap with changing legs, after
Irina Tchachina (Russia)
The Tchachina III – Split balance from standing to kneeling position without hand support on the free leg or trunk side at horizontal, after
Irina Tchachina (Russia)
The Utyasheva – backsplit to backscale to backsplit pivot with help, after
Lyasan Utiasheva (Russia)
The Gizikova I – Front split balance with support passing the free leg into back split balance with support, after
Zarina Gizikova (Russia)
The Gizikova II – Front split rotation with support with a passage of the free leg into back split with support or vice versa, after
Zarina Gizikova (Russia)
The Kanaeva I – Ring Pivots (ring pivot spiral also known as "Kanaeva Pivot", quadruple/triple ring turn, quadruple queen pivot) – after
Evgenia Kanaeva (Russia)
The Kanaeva II – Switch Turn, after
Evgenia Kanaeva (Russia)
The Kanaeva III – Rotation on the stomach, legs in split, without support of the hand, after
Evgenia Kanaeva (Russia)
The Zhukova – Cossack leap, straight leg to the side high up, whole foot higher than head with support and turn, after
Inna Zhukova (Belarus)
The Kondakova –
Pivot turn revolutions (pivot turn with forward free leg to half free leg position), after
Daria Kondakova (Russia)
The Dmitrieva – Pivot connecting turns (attitude turns + ring pivot turn with help) – after
Daria Dmitrieva (Russia)
The Raffaeli – Side split pivot without help, trunk side at horizontal on relevé with free leg bent – after
Sofia Raffaeli (Italy)
The Staniouta – cossack turn starting on floor + connecting penché turn, after
Melitina Staniouta (Belarus)
The Kudry I – back bend to roll over apparatus catch, after
Yana Kudryavtseva (Russia)
The Kudry II – Spinning ball on the tip of the finger while doing front walkover, after
Yana Kudryavtseva (Russia)
The Kudry III – Chaine turn wrapped in ribbon serpentine with one arm on the back, after
Yana Kudryavtseva (Russia)
The Kudry IV – Dive jump with asymmetric movements of the clubs: during the jump, a high bounce of the club from the floor and passing to the roll to catch this club. Large circle with the other club, after
Yana Kudryavtseva (Russia)
The Kudry V – Spinning ball on the tip of the thumb while doing a side split balance without support, after
Yana Kudryavtseva (Russia)
The Kramarenko – Backscale Pivots; free leg bent 30 degrees from standing position or from the position on the floor, after
Lala Kramarenko (Russia)
The Ashram – back-bend turn on floor with help, after
Linoy Ashram (Israel)
The Trubnikova – side split without support, trunk side at horizontal, passing to front split, trunk bent back below horizontal, after
Daria Trubnikova (Russia)
The Agiurgiuculese (Ag Jump) – turning split leap with ring of the back leg, take off and landing on the same leg (jete en tournant), after
Alexandra Agiurgiuculese (Italy)
The Bessonova – Stag Leap, take off from one or two feet with turn of the body with ring, also with back bent of the trunk, after
Anna Bessonova (Ukraine)
The Elkatib – Front split with or without help. Also trunk back at the horizontal position, after
Alia Yassin Elkatib (Egypt)
The Garayeva – From back split on flat foot, trunk bend forward passing to Backscale Pivots, after
Aliya Garayeva (Azerbaijan)
The Sakura Penché – body bent at the horizontal or below, rotation on flat foot with ring, after
Sakura Hayakawa (Japan)
Mamun's ball roll – From a sitting position, transit into a dynamic balance (arm stand), with ball rolling from trunk to feet and catch, after
Margarita Mamun (Russia)
Sonny-Billed – to have a hard driving tackle performed on someone, named after
Sonny Bill Williams (New Zealand) who consistently performed these tackles
To do a Bradbury – to win a contest or race as the one standing, after
Australian short track speed skater
Steven Bradbury (Australia) won his
1000m gold medal at the
2002 Winter Olympics when all other contestants crashed out on the final lap. Can apply to multiple sports or situations.