performing her floor routine during a gymnastics competition. The white lines indicate the bounds of the floor. ;
Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique: The international sports governing body for gymnastics. Its name is commonly abbreviated as "FIG". ;
Fitkid: consists of gymnastics, (acrobatics) aerobics, (aerobic jumps, power elements) rhythmic gymnastics (gymnastic jumps, relaxation elements) and dance, but different from each of them. This gives the sport a completely unique character. ; Flight series: On
balance beam, a series of acrobatic skills performed in combination from one end of the beam to the other. ;
Flip: A move where the gymnast will jump from a handstand;forwards or backward landing facing the same direction. ;
Floor: A gymnastics apparatus used in artistic gymnastics. The event performed upon this apparatus is known as Floor Exercise. ;
Floor exercise: The event performed on the floor apparatus. Gymnasts perform choreographed routines that include tumbling and acrobatic skills. ;
Freestyle gymnastics: A fusion of traditional gymnastic and acrobatic tricks, with kicks and leaps inspired by
martial arts,
parkour and
free running. It captures the power and explosive nature of freestyle activities in sport and brings them indoors, performed on a range of purpose-built equipment with associated training techniques. ;
Front handspring: A gymnastics move in which the gymnast takes a running start, then places their hands as if a handstand. They kick one leg over, push off the ground, and come back up. ;
Front tuck: The act of running, jumping off of two feet, turning in mid air, and landing on the ground on two feet. ;
FX: The scoring abbreviation for floor exercise. ;Full: A flip that turns fully in mid air. == G ==