GYMNASTICS

THE WORD GYMNASTIC IS

DERIVED FROM THE WORD
GYMNASIUM, AT ONE AT A
TIME IT INCLUDED ALL
ACTIVITIES IN A GYMNASIUM.
 GYMNASTICS
COMPETITIVE SPORT THAT
TESTS AN ATHLETE'S
STRENGTH, RHYTHM, BALANCE,
FLEXIBILITY, AND AGILITY.
 GYMNASTICS
THERE ARE THREE MAJOR FORMS
OF COMPETITIVE GYMNASTICS
 RHYTHMIC
 ARTISTIC
 TRAMPOLINE.
 GYMNASTICS
 RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS IS OPEN
ONLY TO FEMALES.
 ARTISTIC AND TRAMPOLINE
GYMNASTICS ARE PART OF MALE
AND FEMALE COMPETITIONS.
 BRIEF HISTORY OF
GYMNASTICS

THE EARLIEST RECORDED

ACTIVITIES IN GYMNASTICS WERE
SOME EXERCISES, STUNTS AND
TUMBLING RESEMBLING
GYMNASTICS.
 BRIEF HISTORY OF
GYMNASTICS

THE EARLY CIVILIZATION, HANGING,

CLIMBING WITH ROPE, SWINGING,
BALANCING ON STONE AND LOG
FLIPPING AND TURNING WERE AMONG
OF THEIR COMMON ACTIVITIES.
1. KUNG FU OR MEDICAL GYMNASTICS
-CHINESE EXERCISE

2. YOGA-INDIA

3. NAKED ART-GREEKS

4. BALANANG-EGYPTIANS

5. MONSTIG AND DIMONSTIG

-ROMANS
IN ANCIENT GREECE, THREE
DISTINCT PROGRAMS OF
GYMNASTIC EXERCISE WERE
DEVELOPED
 maintenance of good
physical condition
 for military training
 part of the conditioning
regimen for athletes
 JOHANN BASEDOW
 HE WAS THE FIRST TO
CONDUCT GYMNASTICS AS
PART OF EDUCATION IN
SCHOOL CURRICULUM.
 JOHANN BASEDOW
• HE WAS THE FIRST
MODERN WRITER AND
TEACHER OF ORGANIZED
GYMNASTICS FOR WHOM
RECORDS SURVIVE.
 JOHANN GUTS MUTH
THE GREAT GRANDFATHER OF
GYMNASTICS

 HE WROTE MANY INFLUENTIAL

BOOKS INCLUDING CAREFULLY
CHOSEN GYMNASTICS EXERCISES FOR
GIRLS IN 1818.
 HE WROTE GYMNASTICS FOR YOUTH,
THE FIRST BOOK ON MODERN
GYMNASTICS IN 1793.
 JOHANN GUTS MUTH
THE GREAT GRANDFATHER OF
GYMNASTICS

 HE DESCRIBES THE USE OF

SLOPING BEAMS, CLIMBING POLE,
LADDERS AND ROPES ALONG
WITH THE BALANCING AND THE
SWINGING BEAM.
 FRANZ NACHTEGALL
 HE FORMED A GYMNASTICS CLUB,
OPENED A PRIVATE GYMNASIUM
AND THROUGH HIS SUCCESS
ENCOURAGES THE GOVERNMENT
TO INCORPORATE TRAINING INTO
ITS CURRICULUM.
 FRANZ NACHTEGALL
 HIS GYMNASTICS PROGRAM
IN DENMARK EMPHASIZED
MASS CALISTHENICS, MASS
VAULTING AND DRILLS USING
DUMBBELLS AND BALLS.
 FRANZ NACHTEGALL
 FOUNDED THE DANISH SYSTEM OF
GYMNASTICS, WHICH WAS
CONSIDERED USEFUL FOR MILITARY
TRAINING, AND IN 1804 HE WAS
APPOINTED THE FIRST DIRECTOR OF
DENMARK’S INFLUENTIAL MILITARY
GYMNASTIC INSTITUTE.
 GERHARD VIETH
 PUBLISHED A BOOK OF EXERCISES. HE
ALSO DESCRIBE THE BALANCE BEAM,
JUMPING ROPES, CLIMBING ROPES
AND POLES, THE HORSE, THE TABLE
AND THE BUCK. HE WROTE OF
VAULTING OVER HORIZONTAL POLES
AT DIFFERENT HEIGHTS.
 PER HENRIK LING
FATHER OF SWEDISH
GYMNASTICS

 HE INVENTED THE STALL

BARS AND VAULTING BOX.
 JOHANN PESTALOW
 THE FOUNDER OF FREE
EXERCISE AND
CALISTHENICS.
 ADOLPH SPIESS
THE FATHER OF SCHOOL GYMNASTICS

 HE TAUGHT GYMNASTICS TO
HIS CLASSES IN SWITZERLAND
AND ADDED MARCHING AND
INTRODUCED THE FREE HAND
EXERCISES WITH THE MUSIC.
 FRIEDRICH LUDWIG JAHN
THE FATHER OF GYMNASTICS

 HE WAS A GERMAN EDUCATOR

KNOWN TO HAVE STARTED
GYMNASTICS CLUBS AND
GYMNASTICS MOVEMENTS FOR
COMPETITIVE PURPOSE.
 FRIEDRICH LUDWIG JAHN
THE FATHER OF GYMNASTICS

 HE DESIGNED EXERCISES TO BE
PERFORMED ON STATIONARY
PIECES OF EQUIPMENT, AND EVEN
INVENTED MUCH OF THE
APPARATUS USED IN HIS
TRAINING.
DR. DUDLEY SARGENT
 HE WAS THE FIRST AMERICAN
CONTRIBUTOR TO
GYMNASTICS BECAUSE HE
WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN
INCLUDING GYMNASTICS IN
THE SCHOOL CURRICULUM.
 DIRECTOR CANDIDATO
BARTOLOME AND
FRANCISCA AQUINO

 STARTED GYMNASTICS IN
THE PHILIPPINES AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF THE
PHILIPPINES.
 OBJECTIVES OF GYMNASTICS
1. TO DEVELOP COORDINATION AND VIGOR
2. TO PROVIDE STUDENTS WITH ACTIVITIES
THAT WILL ASSIST TO CORRECT MINOR
POSTURAL DEFECT.
3. TO MAINTAIN NORMAL FUNCTIONING OF
THE ORGANIC SYSTEM OF THE BODY.
 OBJECTIVES OF GYMNASTICS
4. TO IMPROVE AND MAINTAIN AGILITY
AND SUPPLENESS.
5. TO INCREASE MUSCULAR STRENGTH.
6. TO LEARN EXERCISES THAT WILL BE
USEFUL THROUGHOUT LIFE AS
CONDITIONING OR “KEEPING FIT”
EXERCISE.
 SYSTEMATIC FORM OF
PHYSICAL EXERCISE

1. EDUCATIONAL GYMNASTICS
2. THERAPEUTIC OR REMEDIAL
GYMNASTICS
3. COMPETETIVE GYMNASTICS
 TYPES OF GYMNASTICS
1. ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
Exercises that was perform on
heavy apparatus.
Examples:
Balance Beam
Horizontal Bars
Parallel Bars
Vaulting
Side Horse
BALANCE BEAM
HORIZONTAL BARS
PARALLEL BARS
VAULTING
SIDE HORSE
 TYPES OF GYMNASTICS
2. RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS
Exercises perform with the light
apparatus.
Examples:
Ribbon
Ball
Hoop
Rope
RIBBON
BALL
HOOP
ROPE
TERMS INGYMNASTICS
ARCH – is a position
where the body is curved
like an arc of a circle,
with the hip forward and
the head and truck bent
backward.
TYPES OF GYMNASTICS

 BASE – a partner who

supports the other
performer above him.
TYPES OF GYMNASTICS

TUCK – is position
where the head and
the knees are in
contact and the trunk
is curved.
TYPES OF GYMNASTICS

 MOUNT – are stunts

performed by a
performer to go up
on an apparatus
TYPES OF GYMNASTICS

DISMOUNT – is a stunt
used by a performer to
get off an apparatus.
TYPES OF GYMNASTICS

 SPOTTER – is a person
who person who helps
a performer to go
about a skill for the
first time.
TYPES OF GYMNASTICS

 SPOTTING – is the act

of helping a person to
go about a skill for the
first time.
TYPES OF GYMNASTICS
 ROUTINE/EXERCISE –
planned series of dance
skills, locomotors skills,
gymnastics skills and
tumbling skills performed
with or without music.
TYPES OF GYMNASTICS

 STATIC POSITION – these

are positions held for 2
or more seconds.
TYPES OF GYMNASTICS

 PRONE – lying face

down with the body
straight.
TYPES OF GYMNASTICS

 SUPINE – lying flat on

the back, with the body
straight.
TYPES OF GYMNASTICS

 SCALE – is a support on
one leg with the other
leg raised at the back
and the body arch.
TYPES OF GYMNASTICS

 STRADDLE – the legs are

extended sideways.
TYPES OF GYMNASTICS

 TOP – the partner who is

supported by the base
TYPES OF GYMNASTICS
 SPLIT – is a position
where the legs are
extended forward and
backward in a straight
position.
TYPES OF GYMNASTICS
 PIKE- the upper body is
bent forward at the hips
to an angle equal to or
less than 90 degrees
while the legs remain
straight.
TUMBLING SKILLS
 FORWARD ROLL
 BACKWARD ROLL
 CARTWHEEL
 HANDSTAND
 FRONT WALKOVER
 BACK WALKOVER