Event
Balance beam

Skill type
Hold

Value
B

Known as
V-sit
Clear pike support
Clear pike sit

About
This element mostly exists in the code of points so that women’s gymnasts can say, “I could do rings. You think I couldn’t do rings, but I could do rings. V-sit, etc.”

At a B (0.2) value, it’s not worth enough to encourage gymnasts to add it into their routines, especially because it’s a hold, which does not lend itself to be included in the ever-important mixed series. Poor holds. They’re really the ugly attic sister of the beam code. But with one musical makeover montage, we could really have something.