Gymnastics

Hand on Hips – place the hands on hips, thumb pointing back and fingers pointing front

Hands on Waist – Stand up straight, place the hands on waist finger pointing front,
thumbs pointing backward

Hands on Shoulders – blend both arms from the elbow the finger tips touching the shoulder
elbow in the shoulder line, rip cage lifted

Hands on chest - both palms facing down thumbs touching the chest or place in front of the chest

Hands on Neck – blend both arms from the elbow, place the hand behind the neck

Standing position – Standing, also referred to a human position in which the body is held in an upright position and
supported only by the feet. .

Sitting position – also known as "standing on one's knees" Sitting kneel: where the thighs are near horizontal and the
buttocks sit back on the heels with the upper body vertical
Kneeling position – kneeling position, place the hands on the floor, elbows straight, toes pointed, the knees and hands are
the base of support
Lying position –
Arms support position – Lie on your stomach with your arms by your ears. Lift your heels while keeping your legs straight, and lift your
arms while keeping your arms straight
Four base position –

History-The term gymnastics, derived from a Greek word meaning “to exercise naked,” applied in ancient Greece to all exercises
practiced in the gymnasium, the place where male athletes did indeed exercise unclothed. Many of these exercises came to be included
in the Olympic Games
Father of gymnastics  Friedrich Ludwig Jahn.
 Objectives
 Helping members to develop physical confidence.
 Helping members to develop mentally.
 Promoting balance and co-ordination.
 Developing strength, improving flexibility.
 Improving body posture.
 Developing social skills.

movement of gymnastics
The movement content of gymnastics can be divided into four parts: rotation, balance and locomotor/non locomotor movement. The
spatial, effort and relationship aspects of the movement framework should be used to modify what the body does during gymnastics
lessons. Rotation is an important part of gymnastics.

 Benefits - Disease Prevention. ...

 Increased Flexibility. ...
 Improves Motor Skill Development and Accelerates Learning. ...
 Improves Concentration. ...
 Discipline. ...
 Improves Strength. ...
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 Pregnancy Benefits.

Meaning
Gymnastics is a type of sport that involves exercising, agility, flexibility and balancing your body.
Before you engage into this sport your body should be ready. It should be well prepared, as this
sport is not easy. You need to work out according to this sport so that your body will not be
surprised by this sport. You need to discipline yourself when it comes to this activity. Balance is
the most important thing when it comes to gymnastics, because with every move you still need
to see the body posture. Gymnastics is for both men and women so this activity is good. The
female has four events and the male has six events. Gymnastics is a popular sport or activity
because it is compete abroad. So while the children are young it is better to join them
immediately in this activity. For when they were young, they knew how to discipline themselves
and learn basic skills immediately. As a teenager they know more about proper gymnastics
movements.

History of Gymnastics
The term gymnastics, derived from a Greek word meaning “to exercise naked,” applied in ancient
Greece to all exercises practiced in the gymnasium, the place where male athletes did indeed exercise
unclothed. Many of these exercises came to be included in the Olympic Games, until the abandonment
of the Games in 393 ce. Gymnastics is thought to have begun in ancient Greece about 2500 years ago,
where it was used in training to keep fit for sporting activities. Gymnastics tournaments were held in the
Greek city of Athens, including stumbling, rope climbing and other similar activities. The gymnasium was
the center of cultural activity. In 1793, Johann Gutsmuths published the first book of gymnastics. The
first gymnasium for gymnastics is opened in the year 1811 by Friedrich Jahn. Then later the International
Gymnastics Federation was formed. As years passed by, many exercises and equipment were formed
until gymnastics were included in the Olympic Games. Until now, gymnastics is constantly evolving.

General Objectives
To help and develop the agility, balance, coordination, flexibility, endurance and strength of the person.
Helping members build physical trust. Helping members develop mentally. Promoting balance and
coordination. Developing strength and improving flexibility. Improved posture of the body. The
development of social skills.

Terminologies
Arial
—A stunt in which the gymnast turns completely in the air without touching the apparatus with his or
her hands.
All-round
— A category of gymnastics that includes all the events. The event’s all-around champion has the
highest overall score of all events combined.
Amplitude
—The height or degree of execution of the motion. In general, the higher the salto or the higher the
breathtaking. The more breathtaking the movement, the better the amplitude and the better the score.
Apparatus
—One of the various pieces of equipment used for gymnastics competitions.
Arch Position
—The body is bent backwards.
Back-In and Full-Out
—A double saloon with a full twist (the complete twist performed during the second salto).
Deductions
—Points have taken the gymnast’s score for errors. Most deductions are pre-determined, such as a 0.8
deduction for a fall.
Dismount
—Leave the apparatus at the end of a routine; usually done with a difficult twist or with a salto.
Execution
—Performance on a routine. The form, style and technique used to complete the skills constitute the
level of performance of the exercise. Bent knees, poor toe point and arched or loose body position.
Flexibility
—The range of motion through which the body part can move without feeling any pain.

Flic-Flac
—Also known as a flip-flop or a back spring. Take off on one or two feet, jump back on your hands, and
land on your feet. This element is used for most of the tumbling passes on the floor exercise. It’s also
used a lot on the balancing beam.
Full-In, Back-Out
—A double saloon with a full twist (the complete twist performed during the first salto).
Pike Position
—Body bent more than 90 degrees forward at the hips while the legs remain straight.
Pirouettes’
—Changing direction or moving in a circular motion by twisting the position of the handstand.
Release
—Leaving the bar to make a move before re-grasping it.
Round-Out
—Dynamic rotating motion, with a push-off on one leg, while swinging the legs upward in a fast
cartwheel movement in a 90-degree turn. The lead-off to a number of abilities.
Routine
—A combination of stunts displaying a full range of skills on a single device.
Salto
—Flip or somersault, with the legs coming up over the head and the body rotating around the axis of the
waist.
Scissors
—A combination requirement in a competitive routine for an apple horse, which combines cuts and
undercuts. It begins with a step-by-step support and ends with an opposite step support.
Sequence
—Two or more positions or skills that are taken together to create a different skill or activity.
“Stuck” Landing

—Slang term used when a gymnast lands with the correct technique and does not move.
Tuck
—The position in which the knees and hips are bent and drawn to the chest; the body is folded to the
waist.
Twist
—Not to be confused with a salto, a twist occurs when the gymnast rotates around the longitudinal axis
of the body, defined by the spine.
Virtuosity
—The artistry, or the degree of rhythm and harmony, is displayed while the movement is executed. In
general, the more fluid and seamless a series of skills appears to be, the higher the virtuosity and the
higher the score.
Yurchenko Vault
—Round-off entrance to the board, flic-flac to the vaulting table, and salto to the vaulting table. The
gymnast may be twisted on the way out.

Direction Movements in Gymnastics

Forward Roll
—From a standing position, the forward roll begins and then the gymnast crouches down,
positions his hands wide apart from the shoulder and hands facing forward. ... The gymnast
then presses his feet to the floor to rise up and whips his arms forward.
Cartwheel
—A cartwheel is a sideways rotary rotation of the body. It is carried out one at a time by
lowering the hands to the floor as the body inverts. When one or both hands are on the floor,
the legs fly over the body trunk, and then the feet return one at a time to the floor, ending with
the athlete standing upright.
Backward Roll
—Like the forward roll, the backward roll is identical, except in reverse. In a standing stance,
the gymnast begins and bends to a squat/sitting position with his arms in front. ... They then
continue with this momentum and roll onto their shoulders over their back.

Handstand
—One of the most important techniques in gymnastics is the handstand. Not only is it one of
the fundamentals on the field, the position of the straight-body handstand is everywhere in
other skills. The handstand posture is on bars in a giant, on vault in a front handspring, and on
both beam and floor in handsprings (back and front). So, it’s important that you both practice
and master how to do a proper handstand.
Bridge
—A gymnastics bridge generally refers to a rigid posture where in hyperextension the athlete
swings the back, shoulders and hip, while weight is borne by the hands and feet. Centered on

the location of the majority of the spine in hyperextension, there are numerous types of back-
bends in performance.

Back Bend
—A backbend is a movement in gymnastics, contortion, dance and ice hockey where the spine
is twisted backward and the hands catch themselves. Throughout the pass, the abdominal
muscles, obliques, and legs are used to steady the actor when curving backwards.
Basic Position in Gymnastics
Standing Position
— is a human posture, often referred to as orthostasis, where the body is placed in an upright
(‘orthostatic’) position and supported only by the feet. ... The classic military posture of
standing with legs slightly apart, not in a stance as formal or regimented as standing at
attention, refers to ease.

Sitting Position
—Sitting in a split with your left leg in front and your right leg in front; sitting in a split with your left leg
in front. Similarly, you’re sitting in a split right leg front when you bring the right leg forward and the left
back.
Kneeling Position—The kneeling posture, the hands on the floor, the elbows straight, the toes pointed,
the support base is the knees and hands. 1. Arms Forward Raise arms forward, facing each other with
hands. Slightly bent elbows, hands in line with the shoulders.

Lying Position
—Front or Prone Lying Posture The body is well expanded and in contact with the floor in front of the
body. Toes pointing, forward weapons. 3. With the body well spread, the side of the body is in contact
with the floor, one hand on the top of the floor and the other hand bent near to the palms of the chest
on the floor.
Arm Support Position
—Arms overhead vertically, elbows straight, palms facing one another. Movements: sideways-upward
or forward-upward arm raising or flinging; upward arm stretching; overhead hand positioning.
Back support for the shoulder
— Raise the body with Straight Arms Support from a long lying position. ...

Supporting the front arm

—Raise the body to the help of the front arms from a front lying position; body, legs and toes well
extended and in one straight line.

Hand Position
—A handstand is the act of supporting the body in a stable, inverted vertical position by balancing on
the hands. In a simple handstand, the body is held straight with arms and legs fully extended, with hands
spread roughly shoulder-width apart and the legs together.

Arch
—Now, raise your chest off the ground while holding your head tucked, as there is a rope at the base of
your neck pushing you upward as far as possible as you stretch your fingers forward. Raise your legs
slightly higher so that your knees are off the ground, your legs are straight, your toes are pointing.

Pike
—A Vertical Jump with the body folding into a pike, raising both legs horizontally from the floor. The legs
are parallel to or higher than the floor, displaying an angle between the trunk and the legs, arms, and
hands reaching towards the toes of not more than 60 °.
Tuck —For each of the cases, you see the tuck form. You do tuck jumps as a novice gymnast, and then
tuck jumps on both the floor and beam with a turn. You’ll learn the front tuck as you advance. On bars,
as you progress to flyaways, you can use the tuck form and either twist or double tuck flyaways.
Straddle
—Straddle stretching in gymnastics refers to sitting with legs straddled on the floor and stretching the
upper body forward and on either side.

Hollow
—The arms stretched straight overhead, squeezing the ears and legs extended directly out with toes
pointing and heels hovering inches off the floor, requires a full hollow body posture. A hollow body
means a hollow torso, actually. Between the shoulders and pelvis, magic exists.
Lunge
—A lunge is how most of the acro skills on floor and beam are completed. You will land in a lunge out of
a handstand, cartwheel, front walkover, back walkover, and more. It’s necessary to be straight with your
front leg bent in a lunge for your back leg, and to squeeze your bottom

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