GYMNASTICS

 

GYMNASTICS

 

 

 

 

 

Sri. G. Prabakaran

Sports Trainer

Faculty of General & Adapted Physical Education and Yoga,

Ramakrishna Mission Vivekananda Educational and Research Institute,

SRKV Post, Periyanaickenpalayam, Coimbatore – 641 020.

Email: drsskgapey@gmail.com

UNITS	CONTENTS	PAGE NO
Unit-I	History and Introduction Gymnastics
	Gymnastics: Meaning and Definition
	History of gymnastics
	Classification of gymnastics
Unit-II	Artistic gymnastics
	Men and Women apparatus
	Podium – Specifications
	Rules & regulation of Floor exercise
	Rules & regulation of Parallel bar
	Rules & regulation of Pommel horse
	Rules & regulation of Vaulting
Unit-III	Rhythmic Gymnastics
	Events and Rules & Regulation
	Specifications, Rules & regulation of Rope exercise
	Specifications, Rules & regulation of Clubs exercise
	Specifications, Rules & regulation of Hoop exercise
	Specifications, Rules & regulation of Ribbon exercise
	Specifications, Rules & regulation of Ball exercise
Unit-IV	Rights And Duties
	Rights and duties of gymnasts
	Rights and duties of judges
	Rights and duties of coaches
Unit-V	Officiating Evaluation Procedures
	Organization of judging panel
	Compulsory and optional events
	Evaluation of exercises
	Degree of difficulty, Exercise presentation Boners

 

Unit-I

Gymnastics

Gymnastics is an attractive, fascinating and popular sport. The word ‘Gymnastics’ is derived from the Greek Word Gymnus, which means ‘Naked body’. The exercise performed by hunk body is called gymnastics. These exercises used to be done for the health of the body. Gymnastics

Meaning 

Gymnastics means exercises developing or displaying physical agility and coordination. The modern sport of gymnastics typically involves exercises on bars, beam, floor, and vaulting horse.

Gymnastics Definition 

Gymnastics is relating to physical exercises that develop and demonstrate strength, balance, and agility, especially such exercises performed mostly on special equipment.  Gymnastics is a sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shoulders, back, chest, and abdominal muscle groups. Alertness, precision, daring, self-confidence, and self-discipline are mental traits that can also be developed through gymnastics evolved from exercises used by the ancient Greeks that included skills for mounting and dismounting a horse and from circus performance skills.

History of Gymnastics

Gymnastics is an ancient and basic sport. Gymnastics can be traced to exercise in ancient Greece – in Sparta and Athens. That exercise for that time was documented by Philo stratus, work Gymnastics. Exercise in the gymnasium in later periods prepared men for war. The original term for the practice of gymnastics is from the related Greek verb (gumnázō), which translates as "to train naked or nude" because young men exercising trained without clothing. In ancient Greece, physical fitness was a highly valued attribute in both men and women. It was not until after the Romans conquered Greece in 146BC that gymnastics became more formalized and used to train men in warfare.  International Gymnastic Federation was formed in in year of 1881. The first competition of gymnastics was held in Germany in 1884.ü  It was included for men in the first modern Olympic Games which were held in Athens in 1896.  Gymnastics for women was included in the Olympic Games in 1928.ü  In year of 1954, Olympic Games apparatus and events for both men and women had been standardized in modern format, and uniform grading structures (including a point system from 1 to 15) had been agreed upon.  Gymnastics was included in Asian Games in 1974 in Teheran Asian Games.  The first World Cup of Gymnastics was introduced in 1975.ü

Unit-II

Classification of Gymnastics

Types Artistic Gymnastics (Men & Women) Rhythmic Gymnastics Trampoline Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, The “father of gymnastics" Tumbling Acrobatic Gymnastics Artistic Gymnastics The most popular and widely-practiced form, artistic gymnastics is divided into women’s and men’s gymnastics.

      Women compete on four events: Vault, Uneven Bars, Balance Beam and Floor Exercise, while men compete on six events: Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse, Still Rings, Vault, Parallel Bars, and High Bar.

The sport consists mainly of the use of various gymnastic apparatus, as well as the use of the floor for different exercises.

Men Events:

1) Floor exercise

2) Pommel horse

3) Still rings

4) Vault

5) Parallel bars

6) Horizontal bar

 

 

Women Events:

1) Vault

2) Uneven bars

3) Balance beam

4) Floor exercise