Basic concepts of gymnastics

Basic form: simple body positions and completed, unidirectional movements which involve one joint or one axis of rotation.

Simple exercise: two basic forms are joined.

Complex exercise: three or more basic forms are joined.

Group of exercises: spontaneous, irregular sequence of exercises, which are not linked together functionally or in their desired effect.

Series of exercises: various exercises are joined by the beat, their succession.

Sequence of exercises: a series of exercises where the final position of the previous exercise is the same as the starting position of the next exercise.