# Gymnastics officially now has a "Dick move" **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 3, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gymnastics-officially-now-has-a-dick-move/745072 "2016-02-03T18:12:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Shoeless](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/shoeless/32/7099_2.png) [@Shoeless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shoeless)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gymnastics-officially-now-has-a-dick-move/745072/1 "2016-02-03T18:12:27Z")
Gymnast Marisa Dick of Trinidad-Tobago has perfected a new move in gymnastics, which has been added to the official scoring rules. > [@](#): > > Marisa Dick catapults off the springboard and leaps into the air. > > In the splits, she lands on the balance beam, legs extended, toes pointed, arms stretched to the ceiling, perched in perfect balance. > > It’s the St. Albert’s gymnast’s signature move, and when she debuted it last fall at the world gymnastics competition in Glasgow, Scotland, it had never been done before. > > The one-of-a-kind mount now bears her name in the official Code of Points, a rulebook that defines the scoring system for each level of competition in gymnastics. > **[New balance beam move named after St. Albert gymnast | CBC News](https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/st-albert-gymnast-creates-new-move-lands-spot-in-the-history-books-1.3401751)** > > Marisa Dick runs, catapults off the springboard and leaps into the air. In the splits, she lands on the balance beam. I’m just waiting for the first time the phrase “Dick move” gets used in this year’s Olympics. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gymnastics-officially-now-has-a-dick-move/745072/2 "2016-02-03T18:17:39Z")
And no male gymnast will ever do the “Dick move”. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gymnastics-officially-now-has-a-dick-move/745072/3 "2016-02-03T19:41:17Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > And no male gymnast will ever do the “Dick move”. Men don’t compete on the beam anyway. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gymnastics-officially-now-has-a-dick-move/745072/4 "2016-02-03T19:45:43Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > Men don’t compete on the beam anyway. I know. Take a look at the picture. ---
**Author:** ![lisiate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/f05b48/32.png) [@lisiate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lisiate)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gymnastics-officially-now-has-a-dick-move/745072/5 "2016-02-03T20:05:52Z")
The gif had me wincing even more. ---
**Author:** ![Dogzilla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e480ec/32.png) [@Dogzilla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dogzilla)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gymnastics-officially-now-has-a-dick-move/745072/6 "2016-02-03T20:10:36Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > I know. Take a look at the picture. I saw the picture. You think male gymnasts don’t rack themselves on the regular when they’re doing pommel horse? ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gymnastics-officially-now-has-a-dick-move/745072/7 "2016-02-03T20:28:33Z")
Here’s a video of “The Dick”. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/QtlA6Yh-c6s/maxresdefault.jpg "DICK Marisa (TTO) - 2015 Artistic Worlds - Qualifications Balance Beam") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QtlA6Yh-c6s) ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 10:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gymnastics-officially-now-has-a-dick-move/745072/8 "2016-02-03T22:28:27Z")
I bet announcers will Fronkensteen the pronunciation of her name to get around the awkwardness. I suggest “dee-kay” or “dee-skuh” (with the ‘c’ in its alternate ‘s’ sound). Og forbid gymnastics competitions ever get held on Uranus. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [February 3, 2016, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gymnastics-officially-now-has-a-dick-move/745072/9 "2016-02-03T22:36:59Z")
> [@Dogzilla](#): > > I saw the picture. You think male gymnasts don’t rack themselves on the regular when they’re doing pommel horse? Deliberately, as a specific move? ---
**Author:** ![iamthewalrus\_3](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/258eb7/32.png) [@iamthewalrus\_3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamthewalrus_3)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gymnastics-officially-now-has-a-dick-move/745072/10 "2016-02-04T22:14:50Z")
This move, done correctly, wouldn’t smash the package either. You land on your upper thighs, not directly on your crotch. Of course, training for it would be quite painful. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [February 4, 2016, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gymnastics-officially-now-has-a-dick-move/745072/11 "2016-02-04T22:16:47Z")
And the caption for the first picture: “Dick mounting…”