balance beam![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Women’s gymnastics apparatus made up of a long horizontal bar, on which the gymnast performs static and dynamic balance exercises.
beam ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Rectangular wooden or steel bar; it is 16 ft long, 6 in wide, 4 ft above the floor and covered with a nonskid surface.
height adjustment ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Crank for raising and lowering the uprights to adjust the beam’s height.
upright ![click to hear](/images/speaker.jpg)
Adjustable post supporting the beam.