Which balance beam is best? For many gymnasts, only having access to balance beams at the gym can make it difficult to practice their skills and routines as much as they’d like. An at-home balance ...

The Red & Black is a 501c3 nonprofit. Please consider a one-time gift or become a monthly supporter. Cancel anytime. Acro, or acrobatic skills, are the tumbling and flipping elements done on beam.

Simone Biles may be the G.O.A.T. of women's gymnastics, but she is not done mastering new skills. The Olympic gold medalist shared that she learned a new move while practicing for her upcoming ...

Shawn Johnson East Nails the Perfect Balance on Jenga Stack—in Sky-High Heels originally appeared on Parade. In a “don’t try this at home” moment, Olympic gold medalist Shawn Johnson East is proving ...

Of all the playing surfaces in sports, none is more unforgiving than the balance beam. It measures 10 centimeters wide — barely wider than a hockey puck — 5 meters long and stands 1.2 meters above the ...

As a farm girl, I never had the opportunity to take a gymnastics class. However, we had a location near our yard where I could practice my balance beam skills. My narrow balance beam was actually the ...

Want to follow the women’s gymnastics competition in Tokyo, but don’t understand the skills or how they’re scored? Here’s a guide. By Maggie Astor Women’s gymnastics is a marquee sport at the Summer ...

Simone Biles heads into her third Olympics in Paris as not only the most decorated gymnast on the planet but the only one with five skills named after her. The official International Gymnastics ...