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GYMNASTICS
History of Gymnastics
Gymnastics, as an activity sport, has been around for over 2000 years but as an competitive sportit is a little more than 100 years old. Mass and individual exhibitions were conducted by variousclubs and ethnic groups such as the Turnvereins and Sokols.While it was slow-growing in the club area, it was fast-growing sport in the Turnvereins andSokols. In 1830s, the sport of gymnastics was introduced to United States and its school systems by such immigrants as Charles Beck, Charles Follen and Francis Libber.In 1881 the International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) was formed, later was renamed to Bureauof the European Gymnastics Federation. This organization pioneered the internationalcompetition. The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) was formed in United States in 1883. Alongwith other amateur sports in United States, this organization took over the control of thegymnastics in U.S. Various "championships" started to develop by various clubs andorganizations at about the same time during 1880s. As an organized and truly competitive sport,gymnastics has existed for a little more than a century. It was introduced in the mid 1800s to theUnited States, where it inexorably gained in popularity within school systems.The first large-scale competition was the 1896 Olympics in Athens, Greece. There Germanyhave been the dominant team by almost sweeping every medal. Five countries have participatedin this event. Men's competitions included horizontal bar, parallel bars, pommel horse, rings, andvault.The first international event following 1896 Olympics was held in 1903 in Antwerp, Belgium.There competed gymnasts from such places as Belgium, France, Luxembourg and the Netherlands. This event is now considered the first World Championship. The first men's teamcompetition was added and held in 1904 Olympics at St. Louis. The first women’s Olympicgymnastics events were held in 1928. After the Olympics began to officially host gymnastics, theWorld Championship gymnastics meet emerged in the early 1900s, and it is still held to this veryday.By ninth World Championship in 1930 at Luxembourg, the gymnastic competition includedtrack and field events such as pole vault, broad jump, shot put, rope climb, and 100-meter dash.Following that, track and field events started to disappear from gymnastics events, such as WorldChampionships. They fully disappeared from the sport of gymnastics by 1954 WorldChampionships.During 1924 Olympics in France marked the beginning of what they are today. In gymnastics,men started to compete for individual Olympic titles in each gymnastic event. The first women'sgymnastic team debuted during the 1928 Olympics. The first women's event during 1928Olympics was the team combined exercise, where it was dominated by Netherlands. The firstU.S. women's gymnastic team competed in the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany.
 
In 1962, rhythmic gymnastics were recognized as a sport by the International GymnasticsFederation (FIG). In 1963 in Budapest, Hungary, the first Rhythmic World Championship took  place. It included 28 athletes from 10 countries. In 1973, the United States joined the sport of rhythmic gymnastics during the Rhythmic World Championships. During the 1984 Olympics inLos Angeles, the rhythmic individual all-around competition was held for the first time. At theCentennial Olympics this year in Atlanta, the rhythmic group event will be a medal-sport for thefirst time.In 1970, the United States Gymnastics Federation, now formally known as USA Gymnastics,was organized and became the governing body on this sport in the U.S. It is still exist today.Gymnastics does not encourage violence in the same way contact sports do -- indeed, when oneis part of a gymnastics team, one has to work in synchronicity with and have a certain trust for the other members, a valuable lesson in this individualism-driven social environment. This cancertainly help in any future employment, especially if your child is interested in professions thatinvolve lots of interpersonal communication.Beyond practice, gymnastics also requires physical discipline. For instance, if you do not movein the way that you are taught to move when on parallel bars, you will have falls anddisappointment--and then, of course, you learn from the mistake, pick up, and try it again.Playing at gymnastics braces a person for the future in that way: it prepares them for theinevitable necessity of determination and endurance in any of life’s endeavors, whether in business or in education. In conjunction with school study habits, practice for gymnastics canindeed lead a young person into a level and graceful confidence. In fact, for as physically drivenas gymnastics happens to be, it is also an extremely intellectual sport: every motion requiresforethought, for in the game, if you do not think of what you are going to do before you do it,you’ll end up on the mat.
 
Phases of Gymnastics
Gymnastics may seem to be nothing more than a competition for many people. This is becauseUS people have the exposure of gymnastics is restricted to the Championships meets that areaired via Television or the Olympics. But, the truth is something else. Gymnastics is indeed a“gateway” sport. Confidence and body awareness are great attributes to Gymnastics, whichenable a person to participate in lot of other activities.Another attribute of Gymnastics is an increased awareness of your body. If you undergo trainingin Gymnastics, you will be able to accomplish easier recovery from falls and strategic changes inyour body position. Now let us know what the phases of Gymnastics that actually help you to quickly recover fromfalls and changes in your body position are.
 
The three phases in gymnastics are:
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takeoff phase
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the skill performance
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landing phase.Though the
takeoff phase and the skill performance
phase are enjoyable, the real enjoyment inthe sport lies in the
landing phase.
To complete performing the skill, you have to land safely andto land safely, you need a lot of practice. The gymnastic coach helps you to accomplish the task and trains you to achieve ultimate success in your performance.The whole set up makes it interesting to undergo training in gymnastics. When you areintroduced to a skill, you will have the advantage of plenty of mats, soft foam-filled pits, and aninstructor to physically guide (spot) you through the proper performance of the skill.You will ultimately perform the skill without the aid from an instructor or training devices because in the phase of training, you will develop enough confidence and competence.
Areas/ Forms of Gymnastics
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Artistic Gymnastics
Artistic gymnastics is usually divided into Men's and Women's Gymnastics. Each group doesdifferent events; Men compete on Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse, Still Rings, Vault, ParallelBars, and High Bar, while women compete on Vault, Uneven Bars, Beam, and Floor Exercise. Insome countries, women at one time competed on the rings, high bar, and parallel bars (for example, in the 1950s in theUSSR ). Though routines performed on each event may be short,they are physically exhausting and push the gymnast's strength, flexibility, endurance andawareness to the limit.Traditionally, at the international level, competitions on the various apparatus consisted of twodifferent performance categories: compulsory and optional. For the compulsory event, eachgymnast performing on a specific apparatus executed the same required routine. At the optionallevel, the gymnast performed routines that he or she choreographed. Nowadays, each countrymay use compulsory and optional routines at their discretion in the training of young gymnasts.
Women's events
Vault
In the vaulting events gymnasts: sprint down a 25 meter (about 82 feet) runway, jumponto a beatboard - a kind of springboard, (run/ take-off segment), land momentarily,generally inverted on the hands, on the vaulting horse or vaulting table, (pre flightsegment), then spring or block off of this platform to a two footed landing (post flightsegment). The post flight segment may include one or more multiple saltos or somersaults, and or twisting movements.
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