Gymnastics is a sport that requires strength, flexibility, dedication, and determination. However, gymnastics also requires the ability to be graceful and delicate. For many years people have been dedicating themselves to this sport, training for either artistic or rhythmic gymnastics. The sport of gymnastics has been around for many years. Originating around 2,500 years ago makes it one of the oldest sports. People believe that the first "apparatus" used was actually a bull. Men would grab
“Ouch, Mom!” I exclaimed as my mother pulled the strands of hair she was holding even tighter. She criss-crossed the strands to make two, neat French braids on the top of my head for my first gymnastics meet. The thought of this special event filled me with familiar nervousness and excitement. The butterflies were raging war inside my stomach and my knees felt as if they were about to crumble into a million pieces from the weight of my own body. Excitement kept the nervousness from taking over the
First of all, Rhythmic Gymnastics is a women-only event, and it is requires high levels of flexibility, agility, and coordination. The athletes will perform the combination which is integrating the amazing gymnastic and dancing movement to coordinating the background music. Also, the athletes will use the props to make the movement more powerful and stunning. Therefore, in this essay, i would like to compare the changes of the pass and modern rhythmic gymnastic in the Olympic Game. 1.1 The history
What is Gymnastics? Have you ever watched the Olympics and been in awe by the males and females that do flips on the floor, or watch people tumble on sliver of wood. That awesome sport is called gymnastics. Let’s first take it back to when gymnastics really started. Gymnastics is the world's oldest sport. It was developed in Australia. The first national competition was in the 1950’s for the Olympics. It has been a competitive sport for more than 100 years. Gymnastics is an active sport in which
In gymnastics, both men and women compete in the vault. This is an event where a gymnast runs full speed towards a springboard on the ground, is then propelled through the air onto a table (sometimes referred to as a horse), and then through the air again before landing on a mat. The vault is one of the most difficult events in gymnastics because it requires a great deal of force created by the gymnasts in a short period of time. In this paper, I will be analyzing the physics behind the vault. I
Everything we Need to Know About the Balance Beam The balance beam, usually referred to simply as beam, is a women’s gymnastics event. In Olympic order, the balance beam is the third of four events completed during competition. A traditional competition beam is raised about 4 feet off the ground, measures 4 inches wide, and is 16 ½ feet long from end to end. The top of a beam is padded, but still feels hard to the touch. Most balance beams are also created to deliver a little spring. For many gymnasts
bar, from high bar to low bar, or from releasing one bar. Gymnastics has many events that are not
Gymnastics is considered by most to be one of the top 3 hardest sports in existence. There are aspects of the sport of gymnastics that exceed all other sports. The strength, flexibility, speed, power, and the intense training and competition all play factors in what make gymnastics so difficult. This sport requires as much or more than most other collegiate athletes while the teams receive much less money than that of a football team. The first point will introduce the massive benefits of gymnastics
Elite artistic gymnastics is one of the most competitive sports in the world. The sport is judged out of several categories and among the most important are artistry, difficulty, execution and consistency. What makes a successful elite gymnast is mastering all of those elements. One of the most prominent aspects in gymnastics is artistry. Contrary to popular belief, having an artistic routine is not the same as having an elegant routine. To many people, the typical ballet style artistry is the
to draw. With a state of the art microscope he had attained as a gift from the University of Madrid for achieving his masters and a new technique for staining random nerve cells, Santiago was the first person ever to observe and record – with his artistic abilities – the cellular level of not only the human body but many species under the kingdom animalia that were just too small for cameras at that time. (scholarpedia.org) Throughout his career Santiago made many astounding discoveries and resolutions