Hannah Giray PE 1 NOTES PRELIMS 1997.
FIG raised the age
History of Gymnastics requirement for gymnasts to compete at
senior-level gymnastics events from 15 to
16.
1793. JOHAN CHRISTOPH 2000. Trampoline made its
FRIENDRICH GUTSMUTH, considered to be Olympic debut at the 200 Olympics.
the great grand father of gymnastics,
published the first gymnastics textbook. 2001. Due to safety concerns
The Vault table replaced the vault horse
1811. The first gymnasium was (basically a pommel horse with no handles)
opened by Freidrich Ludwig Jahn, the in gymnastics competition.
father of gymnastics.
2002. United States Sports
1881. The Bureau of European Acrobatics (USSA) merged with USA
Gymnastics Federation, which would later Gymnastics making Acro the fifth
become the International Gymnastics gymnastics discipline.
Federation (FIG) was formed.
2004. Crly Patterson becomes
the first American woman to win the
1896- The first summer Olympic Olympic all-around title in a non- boycotted
was held in Athens and gymnastics events Olympics.
were part of the competition.
2006. FIG introduced a new
1928. Women were allowed to scoring system for women’s artistic
compete artistic gymnastics at the 1928 gymnastics.
Summer Olympic held in Amsterdam.
2012. The Fierce Five win the
1963. United State Gymnastics US’s second ever gold medal in women’s
Federation now known as USA Gymnastics, team.
was formed.
2013. The gymnastics level
1976. Nadia Comaneci received changed from 6 compulsory level and 4
the first perfect score at the 1976 Olympic. optional levels and 4 optional levels, to 5
compulsory levels and 5 optional levels.
1984. Rhythmic gymnastics was
added to the Olympic. Also Mary Lou 2016. The Final Five win the
Retton became the first American woman gold medal in the women’s team
to win the Olympic all-around title. competition to defend their titles and
Simone Biles wins the All around and was
1996. The magnificent Seven, the only American to qualify for all 4 event
The 1996 USA Olympic women’s finals.
gymnastics team, win the US’s first gold
medal in the womens team competition. 2019. Simone Biles makes
The seven members were Shannon Miller, history again as she wins the World
Dominique Moceanu, Dominiquen Dawes, championship in Stuttgart, Germany and
Kerri Strug,Amy Chow, Amanda Borden and becomes the first female gymnast to win 21
Jaycie Phelps. medals in total (beating out Svetlana
Khorkina who was the previous record
holder with 20 world medals
2020. The International Olympic Gymnastics requires an incredible amount of
Committee makes the decision to postpone strength.
the 2020 Tokyo Olympic in response to the
coronavirus pandemic that affected the You can build muscle and become more
entire world. powerful through conditioning and other
strength-training exercises
Phases of Gymnastics
For example, you perform a series of crunches,
Warm up jumps and V-ups. You can also use dumbbels
and barbells, although you should focus more
Every gymnastics training program should begin on repetitions than weight.
with a warm-up to avoid injuries during
practice. Younger gymnasts should only lift weight under
supervision to prevent accidents.
The gymnasts in any of association, for
example, jump rope or jump up and down on
the floor for about five minutes to start their
workout. Skills
Then, they perform head and wrist rolls, After working on strength and flexibility,
shoulder circles, arm swing, trunk twists, foot gymnasts finally start practicing their
stretches and different running exercises. competitive skills.
All of these moves prepare the athlete’s bodies Women train on the vault, uneven bars, balance
to work on more difficult skills. beam and floor exercise, parallel bars,
horizontal bar, pommel horse and still rings.
Additionally, both can also tumble on the
Flexibility trampoline, tumbling track or flip into the foam
pit, especially when learning new, difficult skills.
After adequately warming up, gymnasts must
work on their flexibility.
You should never stretch cold muscles, since Dance
you could risk an injury.
Many female gymnasts also devote part of their
During this phase of practice, you should training program to dance.
practice your side splits, center split and back
bridge. This is because routines on the balance beam
and floor exercise must incorporate dance
You must also stretch your hamstring, groin, movements.
quads, shoulders, calves, and wrists.
Dance will improve your body alignment and
All of this will enable you to move your body teach you to have more control over every part
with ease as you perform your gymnastics of your body, which will then better you form
routines. and reduce the risk of injuries.
Strength Training
