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Selasa, 12 Agustus 2014

Information On Gymnastics In Delaware

By Annabelle Holman


Gymnastics is a form of sport currently practiced for different reasons. People engage in this sport in order to compete in local and international competitions and to take part in special military operations. Some individuals engage in it as a hobby during their leisure time while others endeavor to achieve body fitness and maintain physical, mental, and psychological health. Gymnastics in Delaware is highly developed because gymnasts are trained by qualified coaches. This makes them among the best in the world.

The origin of the term gymnastics is the Greek language. When translated in English the word means to exercise naked. In the old Greece culture, exercises that were practiced in gymnasiums went by this term. Gymnasiums were the places of practice where men practiced with no clothes on. Exercises in gymnasiums were later included in Olympic Games. Most of the exercises fall in different fields today.

As a sport, a lot of physical strength, coordination, agility, power, flexibility, and body balance are required. There is an international body that sets and enforces standards in gymnastics although every state may have its own governing body. The local governing body normally has affiliations to the worldwide authority. Artistic gymnastics is the most well known category of this sport.

The sport has different levels of training with each requiring different levels of expertise. In the US, the lowest sanctioned competitive level is level 5. The other lower levels are considered non-competitive and participants do not compete at such levels except level 4. Some gyms require their students to pass this level before proceeding to the competitive level and hence may hold competitions among members and teams in the same level. Level 4 is meant to train kids, familiarize, and make them used to being in competitions.

Artistic gymnastics comprise of both masculine and feminine events. Balance beams, uneven bars, vault, and floor exercise are some of the feminine events. On the contrary, high bar, parallel bar, vault, floor exercises, pommel horse, and still rings are the masculine events. The events can be executed by individuals, teams, or both. These events are developed and improved from exercise in Ancient Greece.

The sport of gymnastic has several disciplines in which participants can take part. Some of the most common disciplines are trampolining, tumbling, acrobatic and aerobatic gymnastics, team gym, and rhythmic events. Participants into the sport can be as young as two years. The level of difficulty rises with age and individual abilities. The routines normally last a short period but are physically exhausting. Participants have their endurance, flexibility, strength, and awareness of limits tested.

Some of the disciplines named above such as rhythmic events are only meant for women hence men cannot engage in them at competitive levels. This sport generally gives a lot of freedom to participants. Individual performances are restricted to a few compulsory exercises but most of the moves made are self-selected. One can do any move they feel comfortable with during a performance.

Previously, scores awarded to athletes were limited to 10 points. However, with the introduction of a new scoring scheme, one can earn points without being limited by anything. Factors that influence points earned include difficulty, accuracy, and completeness of exercised performed.




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