Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport that involves the performance of sequences of physical movements. It requires physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness like handsprings, handstands, forward rolls, and tucks. In Olympics and other international competitions, different types of gymnastics are performed, such as artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, and more. DO YOU KNOW At one time rope climb was an Olympic Gymnastic event It was removed from it after the 1932 Games. In the United States, competitive rope climbing persisted until the early 1960s. HISTORY OF GYMNASTICS Gymnastics was developed from fitness and beauty practices used by the ancient Greeks, which also included skills for mounting and dismounting a horse, and circus performance skills. Then, the term implied exercise taken by men in a gymnasium, a venue for intellectual and physical education. TYPES OF GYMNASTICS Artistic gymnastics Divided into Men's Gymnastics (MAG) and Women's Gymnastics (WAG), each group does different events. The men competes on Vault, Parallel Bars, the Pommel Horse, the Rings, the High Bar, and on the Floor. The women competes on Vault, Uneven Bars, Beam, and Floor Exercise. General gymnastics Sometimes it is also called group projects. It enables people of all ages and abilities to participate in performance troupes of 6 to more than 150 athletes. The athletes, all one gender or mixed, perform synchronized, choreographed routines. Rhythmic gymnastics It is only competed by women and involves the performance of five separate routines with the use of five apparatus - ball, ribbon, hoop, clubs, rope - on a floor area, with a much greater emphasis on the aesthetic rather than the acrobatic. The scores are out of a possible 20 points. Sports aerobics It involves the performance of routines by individuals or pairs, emphasizing strength, flexibility, and aerobic fitness rather than acrobatic or balance skills.

Trampolining It consists of 4 events, individual, synchronized, double mini and trampoline. In individual routines the gymnast jumps repeatedly to achieve height, followed by a sequence of ten leaps without pauses during which the gymnast performs a sequence of aerial tumbling skills. Synchronized trampoline is similar except that the two competitors must perform the routine together and marks are awarded for synchronicity as well as the form of the moves. Double mini trampoline involves a smaller trampoline with a run-up. In this, two moves are performed and the scores marked in a similar manner to individual trampoline. The Rope Climb Now removed from Olympic Gymnastic, it is sport where competitors climbed either a 20' or an 8 meter, 1.5" diameter natural fiber rope for speed, starting from a seated position on the floor and using only the hands and arms. However, kicking the legs in a kind of "stride" is also permitted.