Educational Gymnastic

booklet

Written by: Sungayi Annoliah

Candidate number: 19.18.177

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Table of Contents

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT.............................................3

DEDICATION...............................................................4

Introduction....................................................................5

Body shapes...................................................................6

Rolls in gymnastics......................................................10

Somersaults..................................................................13

Balance beam...............................................................14

Balances.......................................................................16

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

My sincere gratitude and appreciation goes to all the people who made my study a success.

My special gratitude is extended to my PE teachers Mr Mikado and Mrs Umpire who also

tirelessly supervised my study in a very humble and supportive way. Without their assistance

this work would not have bee possible. I also extend my acknowledgement to my family who

stood by me giving adequate support despite the numerous setbacks. I would like to give my

sincere gratitude to the members of the staff and school learners for their co-operation that

led to the success of my study. Finally, I would like to thank my brother for the financial and

moral support.

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 DEDICATION

This booklet is dedicated to my family who missed love, care and support during the time the

study being carried out.

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 Introduction
Gymnastics is a great way to improve motor skills, balance, and coordination. Gymnastics
offers learners a variety of skills.
Self-Belief

The way a child’s mind works is very flexible, meaning that it can quickly move from one
thing to another. This means they can easily adapt and learn new skills as long as they are
presented logically. It also helps develop their confidence by seeing each task completed with
success, which translates into other areas of life where they will see more opportunities for
growth and achievement.
The most important part about teaching children any skill is progressively presenting them
because the thought process is different from the adults. A child has the innate capability of
adapting or learning anything if taught logically; therefore, you teach something like
sportsmanship through incremental steps such as defining what it consists of before
progressing onto things.

Ethical Work Practices

Gymnastics is a demanding sport that requires immense amounts of repetition and effort.
Although there are no tangible rewards, seeing the hard work pay off in little increments can
be rewarding enough for some athletes to keep coming back day after day.

Discipline
Gymnastics is a sport that requires discipline. Gymnasts must possess the self-control to
make necessary modifications when asked by their coach and have enough self-discipline. In
contrast, others are being coached or practicing alongside them. Hard work should never be
underestimated; it’s something most people need to achieve success and appreciation from
those around them for what they do day after day, so hard work on the mat can’t be neglected
either!

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 Body shapes

There are some basic shapes and body positions that get repeated over and over in gymnastics

skills. Learning them and mastering them is a great way to practice improve gymnastics.

Headstand

I recommend maintaining visual orientation at the hands on the handstand rather than

ducking the head in as shown in the best of the two handstand. This is an area often

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misunderstood in coaching at all levels. Visual orientation can affect body shaping during

360 degree rotations and should be taught correctly very early in the developmental stages. In

the static handstand position the head is kept as neutral as possible but the eyes should be

fixed at the hands. Kids will have a difficult time if taught to hold a handstand with the eyes

not directed at the hands.

Back Handspring:

A back handspring is an important gymnastics skill to master because it is the basic skill used

in back tumbling on floor and beam. It will be hard for you to connect upper level skills (like

layouts, full-twists, back tucks and double backs) to a roundoff back handspring if you can’t

do a proper back handspring. The roundoff and the back handspring are both crucial for

providing power to whatever comes after it. For more help with a back handspring head over

here to How to Do a Back Handspring: The Steps to Learning and Mastering One.

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Round-off:

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A roundoff is just as important as a back handspring to master for tumbling on floor. The

roundoff gives power just like the back handspring does to the tumbling pass. Learn how to

do a perfect, powerful roundoff.

Tap Swing on Bars

Tap swings on bars, along with casts, are a building block of bar routines in all gymnastics

levels. A tap swing is a swing on bars, but at the back of the swing you should “regrip.” This

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means you should come off the bar briefly and re-grab. At the back of the bar your body

should be in a hollow position, underneath the bar you should move to a slight arch position

as you “tap” your feet higher in the front of the bar. This just means that your feet will come

forward to create a slight hollow in your body again.

Rolls in gymnastics
A roll is the most basic and fundamental skills in a gymnastic class. There are many various

in the skill

Forward rolls

A forward roll is one of the most basic element in gymnastics and one of the first to be

learnt. The forward roll is started from a standing position and them the gymnast crouches

down, places their hands shoulder wider apart and hands facing down. They tuck their chin

down, places their hands on the floor. The then push on the floor with their legs rotate over

their head and back onto their back. The gymnast then presses their feet onto the floor and

whips the arms forward to stand up

Backward roll

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The backward roll is similar to forward roll but in reserve/ the gymnast starts in a standing

position and bends to a squat or sitting position with their arms in front. They then lower and

lean back slightly until their reaches the floor. They then continue this momentum and roll

over their back onto their shoulder. They then place their hands next to their shoulder and

tuck their head into the chin. The hands then push the floor strongly and straighten their arms

and continue to rotate their bodies over their head.

Tucked sideway roll

A tucked sideway roll begin with the gymnast

Handstand

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The handstand is arguably the single most important skill and position in the sport of

gymnastics. It’s the building block for essential skills on each of the four events. Being able

to do a perfect handstand is one skill you should learn to master. The handstand is used in

most tumbling skills — walkovers and handsprings. The handstand is important on bars —

cast to handstands and giants are in the handstand position. Handsprings on vault pass

through the handstand position. One of the keys to nailing the back extension roll in the level

6 floor routine is to hit a perfect handstand in the middle of the roll.

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 Somersaults
Somersaults can be performed in piked, tucked or layout (straight position). Tucked is the

easiest and layout is usually the hardest for most gymnastic.

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 Balance beam

The balance beam is an apparatus that is five metres long and 0.1 metres wide. The suede

covered, padded wood beam sits roughly one metre off the ground. A gymnast performs a

routine that lasts up to 90 seconds that involves a mount, leaps, jumps, flips, turns, and a

dismount. The beam event incorporates strength, balance and coordination, as well as an

awareness of body position.

Novice gymnasts start by learning basic walks and turns. The gymnast walk arms extended

out of the side , head will be forward and the chin out.

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 before gradually progressing to jumps,. The gymnast must be able to jump along the beam

keeping in control and the rhythm at the same time. The gymnast must be able to land on

manv different skills. A good landing position will have head forward and arms extended

leaps and handstands. They then learn various tumbling skills on the beam before being

deemed ready to compete.

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 Balances

Balances can be performed buy a single person or in doubles. Two people can construct

different shapes to portray a different theme.

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Balances can also be performed in groups. Groups of ten to thirty can perform balances.

Various structures can e build with group body balances

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