CHAPTER 11: TYPES OF GYMNASTICS

WOMEN ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS

MEN’S ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS
RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS
TRAMPOLINE
TUMBLING
ACROBATIC
GROUP GYMNASTICS
HEALTH BENEFITS IN GYMNASTICS
• 1. Women's Artistic Gymnastics
• often shortened to just "women's gymnastics" attracts the
most participants and is generally the most well-known type of
gymnastics. It's also one of the first tickets to sell out at the
Olympic Games.
• The events: In women’s artistic gymnastics, athletes compete
on four apparatus (vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor
exercise).
• Competition: The Olympic competition consists of:
• Team: Five athletes are on a team. (In the future, that will
change to just four.) In preliminaries, four athletes compete on
each event and three scores count. In finals, three athletes
compete on each event and every score counts towards the
team total.
• Individual all-around: An athlete competes in all four events
and the total score is added up.
• Individual events: An event champion is named on each
apparatus.
• Watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fH-
VYYl9elA&list=PLJBt-Bl-
D7nb8aNnKpgPmdlvypVH0aAA2&index=133
• 2. Men’s Artistic Gymnastics
• This is the second most popular type of gymnastics in the
United States and the oldest form of gymnastics.
• The events: Men compete on six apparatus: floor
exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars and
horizontal bar (usually called high bar).
• Competition: Olympic competition is held in the same
format as women’s artistic gymnastics, with a team, all-
around and individual events competition. The only
difference is that the men compete in their six events,
whereas the women compete across their four events.
• Watch
it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6DU7z7yhyR8&index
=134&list=PLJBt-Bl-D7nb8aNnKpgPmdlvypVH0aAA2
• 3. Rhythmic Gymnastics
• In rhythmic gymnastics, gymnasts perform jumps, tosses, leaps and
other moves with different types of apparatus. This is currently a
female-only sport in the Olympics.
• The events: Athletes compete with five different types of apparatus:
rope, hoop, ball, clubs, and ribbon. Floor exercise is also an event in
the lower levels of competition.
• Competition: At the Olympics, rhythmic gymnasts compete in: -
Individual all-around: An athlete competes on four of the five events
(every two years, one apparatus is rotated out) and the total score is
added.
• - Individual events: A gymnast is named the champion on each of the
four apparatus currently in rotation.
• - Group competition: Five gymnasts compete in two different
routines. In one routine, all of the athletes use the same apparatus. In
the second routine, the gymnasts use two different pieces of
equipment (for example, three gymnasts will use the ball and two
gymnasts will use the hoop).
• Watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oIz_gI650cI
• 4. Trampoline
• In trampoline gymnastics, gymnasts perform high-flying flips and
twists on every bounce. This became an Olympic discipline for the
2000 Olympics.
• To add trampolinists to the quota allotted for gymnastics, artistic
teams were reduced from seven team members to six.
• The events: A compulsory and a voluntary routine are performed in
the Olympic competitions. Each consists of ten skills and is done on
the same type of trampoline.
• Double mini (gymnasts use a smaller, two-level trampoline) and
synchronized (two athletes perform at the same time on different
trampolines) are competitive events in the U.S., but not in the
Olympics.
• Competition: Trampoline gymnastics includes an individual event
for women and for men. There is a qualifying event to reach the
medal round but the scores do not carry over.
• Watch
it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S_Nns4CRknY&feature=you
tu.be
• 5. Tumbling
• Power tumbling is performed on a spring runway much
bouncier than the floor exercise mat used in artistic
gymnastics. Because of its spring, athletes are able to
perform very complicated flips and twists in
succession.
• The events: All tumbling is done on the same strip. The
gymnast performs two passes in each stage of the
competition, with eight elements in each pass.
• Competition: Tumbling is not an Olympic event, but is
part of the Junior Olympic program in the United
States and is competed internationally as well.
• Watch it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5lr3-
8hCEw
• 6. Acrobatic Gymnastics
• In acrobatic gymnastics, the athletes are the
equipment. A two- to four-gymnast team performs all
types of teammates.
• The events: Acrobatics is always performed on the
same floor exercise mat.
• The events competed are men’s pairs, women’s pairs,
mixed pairs, women’s groups (three gymnasts) and
men’s groups (four gymnasts).
• Competition: Acrobatic gymnastics is not an Olympic
event, but it is also part of the U.S. Junior Olympic
program and is competed internationally.
• Watch
it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7v4VAB1NoY
&feature=youtu.be
• 7. Group Gymnastics
• Group gymnastics in the United States is usually
performed competitively under the name Team Gym.
In Team Gym, athletes compete together in a group of
six to 16 gymnasts. The group may be all-female, all-
male or mixed.
• The events: In the U.S., participants in TeamGym
compete in the group jump event (performances in
tumbling, vault, and mini-trampoline) and the group
floor exercise.
• Competition: Team Gym is not an Olympic event, but is
competed in the United States and abroad in
invitational meets, as well as local, regional, national
and international competitions.
• Watch
it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3IWJVKfnMSY
HEALTH BENEFITS OF
GYMNASTICS
1. Increased Flexibility
• As you engage in gymnastics, you condition your muscles to be more flexible. Not only can this benefit you while you do gymnastics
itself, but also limbers you up so that you can help reduce the risk of injury. It also gives you more control over your body during your
routines. It is the primary factor of gymnastics.
2. Bone Health
• Weight-bearing exercise benefits your bones because it helps them stay in shape and prevents brittleness. Women in particular
experience a loss of bone mass as they get older, so engaging in weight-bearing moves from a young age can help preserve bone
density and keep women from developing the bone disorders that sometimes come with age.
3. Burn Calories and Work your Muscles
• Gymnastics helps you burn calories as you go through your routines and also tones and build muscles. This is because you are getting
your heart rate going and engaging the muscles in your arms, legs, back, shoulder, and abs and back. Gymnasts have the potential to
be very lean and slim when they stick with a regular routine.
4. Disease Prevention
• Gymnastics helps promote a healthy body, adding it to your routine can help ward off a range of diseases. Experts say that this
includes heart disease, cancer, obesity and diabetes. A regular and consistent routine is the best way to reap the rewards that
gymnastics has to offer.it can help to maintain a healthy body.
5. Build Personal Discipline
• By. Nature, an activity like gymnastics requires a lot of self- discipline because it isn’t always an easy endeavor. You will have to be
diligent about getting to class and practicing and sometimes working through pain and discomfort. This will increase the longer you
practice gymnastics. It must have the self-control to make corrections when an instructors ask to them.
6. Get Stronger
• Because you have to use your muscles to such a large degree while doing gymnastics, the sport will definitely make you stronger. You
will notice that your muscles begin to gain more definition and tone and that you find it easier and easier to do moves that were hard
when you were just starting out. This strength benefits other parts of your life as it makes you strong enough to carry large bags of
groceries, and other heavy things.
7. Gain Greater Coordination
• Gymnastics requires a certain amount of coordination to help you perform the moves properly and without risk of injury. As you
continue with gymnastics, you will likely notice that your natural coordination improves as you learn new skills and techniques.
8. Social skills
• Gymnastics provides an opportunity to develop social skills. The older kids learn how to set a good example for the people who look
up to them and become role models at a young age.
9. Increased cognitive Functioning.
• Participation in gymnastics does not only offer physical gains; it is beneficial for improving concentration and mental focus - an
important aspect of anyone’s life. Gymnastics allows children the chance to think for themselves, to stimulate their imaginations and to
solve problems safely.
10. It’s Fun
• It’s more fun to learn how to do something new each lesson and achieving things with your body that you wouldn’t have even dreamed
before.