Answer:
A series of body movements in which a person leaps into the air and then rotates one or more times while airborne is referred to as a flip.
When an athlete flips and lands on the beam, to increase his or her balance, he or she must spread out their hands-on either sides.
In doing this, they redistribute their forces (centre of gravity) to gain equilibrium create inertia to dampen the kinetic energy during the flip.
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