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Gym Terms - C
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Cartwheel:
A move where the gymnast rotates his or her body sideways through the inverted position of the hands onto the feet.

Chalk:
Carbonite of magnesia, used by gymnasts on their hands, feet, and placed on the apparatus to make the surface of the equipment less slippery.

Chalk Bin:
A small tub placed next to the apparatus filled with chalk for the gymnast to use.

Code of Points:
The official FIG rulebook for judging gymnastics skills.

Compulsories:
Pre-designed routines of specific movements gymnasts are required to perform. Until 1997, these exercises counted for 50 percent of a gymnast's total score in the team and all around final score.

Composition:
The structure, or arangement of movements, of a gymnastics routine.

Connections:
Movements linking together individual elements of a routine.

Connection Value:
The amount of tenths which is awarded when specific skills or skill types are executed successfully in succession. Women can earn connection values for the balance beam, uneven bars, and floor exercise. Men can earn connection values for floor exercise, still rings, and horizontal bar. Each connection value is either 0.1 or 0.2 points.

Crash pad:
Thick mat used to cushion a gymnast's falls.

Cross:
A move on the rings where a gymnast holds his arms fully extended to each side while his body is vertical. Also called an 'iron cross' or a 'crucifix'
Example: Jonathan Horton performing an iron cross on the still rings.

Crossgrip:
One hand in undergrasp, one hand in overgrasp. Also called a mixed grp.

Croup:
The part of the horse nearest a vaulter or to the right when facing the pommel.