balance beam
noun
1
: a narrow wooden beam supported in a horizontal position approximately four feet above the floor and used for balancing feats in gymnastics
2
: an event in gymnastics competition in which the balance beam is used
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No surprise there – Lee is widely regarded for her incredible connection work on bars and balance beam.
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Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
And the challenge itself was a very physical one, forcing contestants to swim out from the beach and race over a series of outrigger canoes, floating platforms, and balance beams, and then dive down and retrieve three flags that then needed to be brought all the way back one at a time.
—EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Other random objects that people have made work as balance beams while participating in the trend include a container of Spam, a children's car race track set, and one user went as far as to surf in her heels.
—Tabitha Parent, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Kerr kept that volunteer job — coaching balance beam and helping Oklahoma win three NCAA titles — for about six years before the NCAA changed rules to allow volunteer assistant positions to be converted into full-time, paid positions.
—Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
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Caroline Price, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
And the challenge itself was a very physical one, forcing contestants to swim out from the beach and race over a series of outrigger canoes, floating platforms, and balance beams, and then dive down and retrieve three flags that then needed to be brought all the way back one at a time.
—EW.com, 13 Aug. 2025
Other random objects that people have made work as balance beams while participating in the trend include a container of Spam, a children's car race track set, and one user went as far as to surf in her heels.
—Tabitha Parent, People.com, 5 Aug. 2025
Kerr kept that volunteer job — coaching balance beam and helping Oklahoma win three NCAA titles — for about six years before the NCAA changed rules to allow volunteer assistant positions to be converted into full-time, paid positions.
—Tim Reynolds, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2025
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“Balance beam.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/balance%20beam. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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