RULES, EQUIPMENT AND KEY ROUTINE TIPS - Gymnastics Rules, Equipment and Key Routine Tips

Sep 28, 2026

Gymnastics introduction and overview of the sport’s core activities, describing running, jumping, and flipping and how clubs help build strength, flexibility, and balance. Includes a quote from Gabby Douglas about feeling like a superhero while performing high-flying flips. Presents the main categories of gymnastics—artistic gymnastics and trampoline/tumbling—summarizing their Olympic history and the typical events and movements covered for women and men, plus trampoline-related disciplines.

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INTRODUCTION

Gymnastics fun

Types of gymnastics

Artistic Gymnastics

Trampoline and Tumbling

2GYMNASCSRULES,EQUIPMENT AND KEY ROUTINE TIPSND KEY ROUTNE TPS Digitized by the Internet Archivein 2020 with funding fromKahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/gymnasticsrulese0000maur LANCASHIRE COUNTY LIBRARY # MNAS RULES,EQUIPMENT ANDKEY ROUTINE TIPS by Tracy Nelson Maurerraintreea Capstone company-publishers for children Raintree is an imprint of Capstone Global Library Limited,a company incorporated in England and Waleshaving its registered office at 264 Banbury Road,Oxford,OX27DY-Registered company number:6695582 www.raintree.co.ukmyorders@raintree.co.uk Text Capstone Global Library Limited 2018The moral rights of the proprietor have been asserted. All rights reserved.No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form or by any means(including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transientlyor incidentally to some other use of this publication)without the written permission of the copyrightowner,except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright,Designs and Patents Act 1988 orunder the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency,Saffron House,6-10 Kirby Street,London EC1N 8TS(www.cla.co.uk).Applications for the copyright owner's written permission should beaddressed to the publisher. Edited by Bradley Cole | Lancashire Library Services | | | --- | --- | | 30118134900624 | | | PETERS | J796MAU | | 11.99 | 31-Aug-2017 | | SCG | | Designed by Sarah Bennett and Katy LaVignePicture research by Eric GohlProduction by Kathy McColley Originated by Capstone Global Library LimitedPrinted and bound in China ISBN 978-1-4747-4281-8 2120191817 10987654321 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A full catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library. Acknowledgements We would like to thank the following for permission to reproduce photographs:Alamy Stock Photo:Aflo Co.,Ltd.,17;Dreamstime:Saltcityphotography,cover;iStockphoto:Tassii,15;Newscom:EFE/JavierEtxezarreta,6(right);Shutterstock:4Max,1(background,top right),Air Images,4,ITALO,1,11(left),Leonard Zhukovsky,5,19,21,Lilyana Vynogradova,6(left),11(right),Luigi Fardella,13,MitrofanovAlexander,7(right),roibu,cover(background),1(background,top left &middle),Sasha Samardzija,9,testing,7(left) Design Elements Shutterstock We would like to thank Paige Roth for her invaluable help in the preparation of this book. Every effort has been made to contact copyright holders of any material reproduced in this book.Anyomissions will be rectified in subsequent printings if notice is given to the publisher. All the Internet addresses(URLs)given in this book were valid at the time of going to press.However,dueto the dynamic nature of the Internet,some addresses may have changed,or sites may have changed orceased to exist since publication.While the author and publisher regret any inconvenience this may causereaders,no responsibility for any such changes can be accepted by either the author or the publisher. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION Gymnastics fun …… CHAPTER 1 Geared up ………… CHAPTER ·2 Form and routines CHAPTER 3 Rules of the sport……… CHAPTER 4 Performance tips Glossary…………… Read more.. Websites # INTRODUCTIONGymnastics fun Running!Jumping!Flipping!Gymnastics isfull of action.Girls and boys around the worldjoin gymnastics clubs.They build strength andlearn about flexibility and balance.Many havedreams of winning an Olympic gold medalone day.Do you dream of being a gymnast? "I kind of do think of myself as asuperhero and just flying high,anddoing these crazy flips.”-Gabby Douglas,US Olympic gold medalist # Types of gymnastics ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS Artistic gymnastics has been part of theOlympics since the first competition in 1896.Women's events include the vault,unevenbars,balance beam and floor exercise.Men's events are the vault,floor exercise,pommel horse,still rings,parallel bars andhorizontal ba

FAQs

What is covered in the gymnastics introduction?

The introduction describes gymnastics as full of action, highlights key physical skills like strength, flexibility, and balance, and discusses dreams of competing at the Olympic level.

What events are included in women’s artistic gymnastics?

Women’s events include the vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise.

What are trampoline and tumbling in gymnastics?

They involve basic tumbling moves such as the somersault, with options to advance to trampoline, power tumbling, synchronized trampoline, and double mini-trampoline events.

Sep 28, 2026

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