GYMNASTIC

GYMNASTIC

Gymnastics is a sport that involves the realization of exercises requiring physical strength, agility, ability and coordination. The modern form of gymnastics typically involves exercises on uneven bars, balance beam, floor exercise, and rings.

The gymnastics has its origin in the classic Greece, where it was an educational method of the body that included the hygiene, the exercises, the feeding and the sacrifice spirit. Quite later, in the first half of the XIX century, the German Fiedrich Ludwig Jahn included the gymnastics how a method of physical formation thinking that was fundamental in the integral development of the youths.

However, in that time in this sport were not competitions, but rather manifestations or gymnastic shows with big concentrations of gymnasts that made surprising exercises to please the public. But then, when they began to be compared, the gymnastics competitions arose.

TYPES OF GYMNASTICS

• Artistic or sport gymnastics

It is the oldest and it is based on turns, balances and jumps in the floor or in apparatuses. The official competition is made in the floor, rings, pony with arches, and bars.

• Rhythmic gymnastics

It is fundamental the rhythm, for that reason takes that name, and it is that all the exercises are made with music. It is made in the floor with maces, rope, hoop, ball or tape.

• Elastic bed

It implies a great corporal domain because movements are made in the space, without more support than the air. It is to make different jumps of considerable height and to make the most incredible twirls.

Comment:

I like the gymnastics a lot because I wanted to be a gymnast. When I was in the high school I integrated to the cheerleaders group where I learned some things about gymnastics.

One of my favorite gymnasts is Nadia Comaneci. Nadia was the best gymnast in her time.