Gymnastics Different kinds How many kinds of gymnastics

Gymnastics

Different kinds • How many kinds of gymnastics are there? • There are many kinds. – – – Women's Men's Rhythmic Tumbling Acrobatic

Women’s Gymnastics • Women compete in: – – Vault Bars Beam Floor

Men’s Gymnastics • Floor, pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars and high bar.

Vault • Gymnasts sprint down a runway, jump onto a springboard, land momentarily, on the vaulting horse or vaulting table, then land on a two footed landing. • In 2001, the traditional vaulting horse was replaced with a new apparatus, sometimes known as a tongue or table.

A typical performance will involve swinging skills in a support position (on the hands), a hanging position, and an upper arm position Parallel bars

Bars • On the uneven bars (also known as asymmetric bars, UK), the gymnast uses two horizontal bars set at different heights. Gymnasts often mount the Uneven Bars using a springboard.

Balance beam • The gymnast performs a choreographed routine from 60 to 80 seconds in length consisting of leaps, acrobatic skills, somersaults, turns and dance elements on a padded sprung beam. • The event requires in particular, balance, flexibility and strength that gymnastics pursues.

Floor • The floor is a carpeted 12 m × 12 m square, usually layered with hard foam over a layer of plywood, which is supported by springs or foam blocks generally called a "sprung" floor. • Female gymnasts perform a choreographed routine 70 to 90 seconds long. • The routines of a gymnasts consist of tumbling passes, series of jumps, dance elements, acrobatic skills, and turns. A gymnast usually performs three or four tumbling passes that include three or more skills or "tricks".

• The ancient Greeks believed that perfecting the human body was important in the development and education of young people. • In ancient Greece all Greek cities had a gymnasium, a courtyard for running, jumping, and wrestling. • Greek gymnastics gave way to military training. The Romans, for example, introduced the wooden horse. • Slowly the practice of strength, endurance, and flexibility spread across the globe. • German Friedrich Ludwig Jahn created Modern gymnastics. • Gymnastics was introduced to the Olympics in 1896 for men and 1936 for women. History

Men's Gymnastics Lets watch!!! Women's gymnastics

Equestrian Vaulting • Single person vaulting • Multiple person vaulting

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