Gymnastics classes progress through skills in a logical way, building on the basics as strength, endurance and flexibility improve. Skill progression from beginner to intermediate to advanced classes is clearly defined for each event, including...
Useful drills and skills can help any gymnast blossom into a pro with tumbling on floor routines and on the uneven bars, parallel bars and pommel horse. Whether you're ready to start your first gymnastics class or are gearing up for a serious...
When watching a gymnastics routine, you likely will hear a number of terms that apply specifically to the sport. Every apparatus event involves mounts and dismounts, while other events incorporate high-flying moves like twists and flips. You also...
Gymnasts train their bodies to perform feats of twisting, turning and flipping that seem impossibly difficult. Gymnastic competitions feature both male and female competitors performing routines on a series of apparatuses, such as the vault,...
Men's artistic gymnastics is a sport demanding explosive power and acrobatic agility. It shares only two events with the women's competition, the floor exercise and vault. The horizontal bar offers many of the same challenges as the uneven bars on...
To be a successful gymnast, you'll need a regular conditioning routine that builds flexibility, balance and strength. Whereas aerobic exercise is the recommended bedrock of many general exercise regimens, gymnastics requires significant anaerobic...
Whether a gymnast plans to eventually compete on a team or wants only to participate in the sport recreationally, all gymnasts in the USA Gymnastics program must master the required skills in Level 1 before advancing to the next level. Girls learn...
Balance beam is a key event in girls' and women's competitive gymnastics. Girls in gymnastics classes learn beam skills and drills from beginning classes through competitive practice to improve their strength, coordination and balance. Beam skills...
Tumbling skills are mastered on floor but can be used on other apparatus as well. Each tumbling skill you learn is a building block to another more difficult skill. Perfecting your form in basic skills will help you progress to harder ones more...
It can seem that many gymnastics skills are too complex to break down to learn at a safe a manageable pace. Where do you start if you are trying to learn how to do a backflip? In reality, all gymnastics skills are taught and learned through the...
Gymnasts utilize strength, flexibility and skill to achieve feats with their body that are admired the world over. To achieve the gold medal goals of a gymnast requires a daily commitment to physical health. Regular attention to skills and drills...
Each level in girls gymnastics includes a set of skills and requirements to be mastered before advancing to the next level. Vault, floor, uneven bars and balance beam each have a set of skills for level 5 gymnasts. Levels 1 to 4 are preparatory...
Men's gymnastics often is one of the most overlooked sporting events until the Summer Olympics are held every four years. When the world's spotlight is on the gymnasts, there is a collective national gasp when sports fans realize the tremendous...
Gymnastics takes guts and commitment. You're not competing on just one playing field, but performing on up to six pieces of equipment, called apparatuses. While each apparatus is different, you need the same three key skills -- strength,...
Gymnastics has been shown to boost the development of neurological pathways, increase communication skills and improve self-esteem in young children. For older children, teens and adults, gymnastics reduces the risk of serious ailments and...
The uneven bars is an event done by females during a gymnastics competition, as men compete in the horizontal bar. At one time, the gymnasts would merely swing around the bars and transition from one to the other, but the event has evolved and now...
A newcomer to the sport is getting a late start at 13 years old, at least compared to the world-class performers in artistic gymnastics. But a good athlete can learn the basics fairly quickly. "You don't need any particular skills before you start...
In gymnastics the choreography of the floor routine gives the gymnast a personal style at competitions. It is standard at gymnastics competitions for the floor routine to be performed to music without lyrics. The perfect routine of music and...
Artistic gymnastics is one of the most fascinating sports to watch. The ease with which gymnasts execute skills attracts so many children into the sport. Artistic gymnastics takes a lot of dedication and practice on every single event. Sometimes,...
A crab, or bridge, position in gymnastics requires a lot of flexibility in your back and shoulders. Moving from a handstand into a crab position is a required skill in gymnastics competitions, showcasing your control and flexibility during floor...
Gymnastics is one of the most fascinating sports to watch, especially for young kids. They see their idols at the Olympics and other competitions perform with seemingly zero effort. Balance beam routines are one of the most exciting, yet...
Competitive gymnasts should always work to improve their skills. Not only do drills and practice improve your performance in meets, they help you avoid injury when performing difficult skills. Women's gymnastics requires proficiency on four...
Basic gymnastics focuses on beginning gymnastics skills and teaching the proper way to execute these skills. If you're considering gymnastics for yourself or your child, follow Olympic medalist Shannon Miller's advice from her book "Winning Every...
The handstand into a bridge is an important basic gymnastics skill that prepares you for front limbers, front walkovers and front handsprings. Before attempting to transition directly from a handstand to a bridge, you must be able to perform a...
Gymnastics requires strength, flexibility and body awareness. It is a complex sport that is best learned under the guidance of a trained professional in a properly-equipped facility. If you’re new to gymnastics and want to learn the basics...
Many people conjure Olympic images when thinking about gymnastics: Mary Lou Retton's perfect 10 in the 1984 Games in Los Angeles; Kerri Strug's valiant performance through pain in 1996 in Atlanta; Bart Conner's dominance of American men's...
The front flip is one of the first acrobatic skill gymnasts learn with "no hands." This can make the skill intimidating, but it's an important building block in gymnastics. More commonly called a front tuck, and sometimes called a front...
Developing flexibility in the hips and hamstrings can help gymnasts to do a full split. A daily stretching regime can help loosen your muscles and develop the elasticity and suppleness you need to perform a full split. Your muscles will take time...
The uneven parallel bars in women's gymnastics and the horizontal bar in men's gymnastics are all about strength and timing for handstands, grip changes, giant releases and spectacular twisting dismounts. Before elite gymnasts learn these...
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