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Gymnastics Games |
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
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At one time rope climb was an
Olympic Gymnastic event |
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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.
Gymnastics
