A breakdown of the skills and techniques used in gymnastics, including tumbling, vaulting, swinging, and balance.
Types of Gymnastics: Understanding the different types of gymnastics such as artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, trampoline gymnastics, and acrobatic gymnastics.
Basic movements: Learning the fundamental movements of gymnastics such as jumping, tumbling, rolling, balance, strength, and flexibility.
Gymnastics equipment: Identifying the different types of gymnastics equipment such as balance beams, vaults, bars, floor mats, and rings.
Anatomy and Physiology: Understanding the body mechanics and how it relates to gymnastics, learning about the key muscle groups and how to develop them.
Conditioning: Strength and cardio exercises designed to help develop the muscles used in gymnastics.
Safety: Learning the proper techniques for injury prevention and how to spot someone performing a skill.
Skill progressions: Identifying the various progressions designed to help beginners learn the basic skills.
Break falls: Learning how to safely fall and get back up while performing a movement or skill.
Progressions for skill development: Understanding the progression of skills from basic to advanced.
Body positioning: Learning how to hold the correct body positioning while performing a skill.
Timing and rhythm: Learning how to time and execute the skills with the proper rhythm.
Visualization: Mentally preparing for a skill by visualizing its execution.
Flexibility: Developing flexibility through stretching and conditioning exercises.
Strength: Developing strength through conditioning exercises.
Goal-setting: Setting short- and long-term goals for skill development and progress.
Specialized training: Learning about specialized training programs such as cross-training, weight-training, and Pilates.
Nutrition: Understanding how nutrition affects performance and reviewing a healthy eating plan.
Injury prevention: Learning about common gymnastics injuries and how to prevent them.
Recovery and rehabilitation: Understanding how to properly recover from injuries as well as rehabilitation exercises.
Competition: Learning how gymnastics competitions are scored, and what to expect in competitions.
Vaulting skills: These skills involve running towards the vaulting apparatus, using it to launch oneself into the air, and performing various acrobatic movements. Examples include handstands, flips, twists, etc.
Floor exercise skills: This category of skills refers to the activities performed on the floor mat. It involves acrobatic movements, dance routines, and sequences, including cartwheels, backflips, splits, leaps, and more.
Balance Beam skills: These skills involve performing acrobatic elements, dance sequences, and footwork on a raised beam that is only 10 cm wide. Examples include back handsprings, leaps, full turns, and more.
Uneven Bars skills: This category of skills involves transitioning from one bar to another, performing swings, pirouettes, release moves, and more.
Parallel Bars skills: This category of skills includes movements such as giant swings, handstands, and other acrobatic and strength-based elements.
Pommel Horse skills: This category of skills focuses on acrobatic movements performed on a single horse, including swings, flairs, and circles.
Rings skills: This category of skills involves acrobatic elements and strength-based activities performed on two rings suspended from the ceiling, including iron crosses, inverted hangs, and dislocates.