Gymnastics

the balance beam is actually 4 inches wide

I am going to assume you are referring to the straps used to keep gymnasts from falling off the bars while learning difficult skills. All of the straps I've seen are made of nylon webbing that is the same type used in rock climbing and mountaineering. It is extremely strong and able to hold up the extreme forces and heavy use in gymnastics. The straps are made in a variety of sizes to accommodate gymnasts of different ages and sizes.

• Do everything your teacher says and put a lot of EFFORT into it. You do not have to be really good at Gymnastics you just have to put a lot of EFFORT into it.

In New Zealand level 2 we have cartwheel, backwards roll, stand up, go back into bridge and stand up, present, chasee hop with your leg in front of you but bent and your knee to the side twice, step together present, up on your toes with your arms by your ears- half turn, handstand forward roll into pike sit, touch your toes, sit up, candle stick stand up and straight away straight jump half turn jump, land present, kick forwards then backwards on to your knees, put your arms in a circle then pose!

Synchronized swimming is for women only in the Olympics because there have never been more than a few strong male synchronized swimmers.

I think the middle if you are good enough you will be able to land in the same spot on the trampoline, if not go from the side and practise staying in the same spot (try moving backwards a bit while doing your front flip so you land almost in the same spot).

PS i am a profesional trampolinist!

Yes, But male gymnasts typically wear shorts over their leotard

It is when you sit with your legs apart in a v-motion. For a proper straddle it needs to be at least 90 degrees.

Well, for the same reason that women do not perform on the pommel horse, or rings. Their bodies are built differently. Men gain more muscles easier than women which makes it easier to do skills on the rings and pommel. Women have a better sense of balance therefore making it easier for them to perform on the balance beam as opposed to men.

Gabby Douglas began gymnastics at the age of six, starting her training in 2002. She quickly progressed through the ranks and gained national recognition, making her senior debut in 2011. This means she has been involved in gymnastics for over two decades.

it started out from the Greeks with their training for warriors and it got so popular after that. people noticed how much strength this sport has and agility they finally made it an official olympic sport, since then its one of the most popular sports out there.

aerial skills include front, back, and side aerials. I also include side summis and baranis.

A front aerial is similar to a front walkover without hands and a side aerial is like a cartwheel without hands. A back aerial is like a back handspring without hands.

Well, Rhythmic gymnasts are not just naturally flexible they stretch and stretch and stretch. Some rhythmic gymnasts are more flexible in their legs and to be able to to those amazing split leaps they stretch a lot! And others are way more flexible on their backs. There are also people who are just good at both leg and back flexibility. But remember rhythmic gymnasts have VERY strong core muscles which helps them balance, turn, hold their flexibility skills and jump.

The highest and lowest scores in a gymnastics competition are thrown out so that the average scores are what is counted across the board. This both helps and harms the gymnast if they have an extreme score either way.

Parallel bars are a piece of mens gymnastics apparatus parallel bars are two raised wooden bars that run parallel to each other

There were eight events at the first Olympic gymnastics competition at the 1896 Games in Athens: Horizontal Bar: Hermann Weingartner - Germany

Parallel Bars: Alfred Flatow - Germany

Pommel Horse: Louis Zutter - Switzerland

Rings: Ioannis Mitropoulos - Greece

Rope Climbing: Nikolaos Andriakopoulos - Greece

Vault: Carl Schuhmann - Germany

Team Parallel Bars: Germany

Team Horizontal Bar: Germany Germany won the most medals in gymnastics in the 1896 Games with 10 (5 gold, 3 silver, 2 bronze).

In the 1976 Olympics: * 3 Gold: All-Around, Uneven Bars, and balance beam. * 1 Silver: Team Competition * 1 Bronze: Floor Exercise In the 1980 Olympics: * 2 Gold: Balance Beam and Floor Exercise * 2 Silver: Team Competition and All-Around At the 1978 World Championships: * 1 Gold: Balance Beam * 2 Silver: Team Competition and Vault At the 1979 World Championships: * 1 Gold: Team Competition At the 1975 European Championships: * 4 Gold: All-Around, Uneven Bars, Balance Beam, and Vault * 1 Silver: Floor Exercise At the 1977 European Championships: * 2 Golds: All-Around and Uneven Bars * 1 Bronze: Vault At the 1979 European Championships: * 3 Gold: All-Around, Vault, and Floor Exercise * 1 Bronze: Balance Beam Collectively at her olympic games, she has won a total of: * 5 Gold * 3 Silver * 1 Bronze Collectively at her World Championships, she has won a total of: * 2 Gold * 2 Silver Collectively at her European Championships, she has won a total of: * 9 Gold * 1 Silver * 2 Bronze With a total of... * 16 Gold * 6 Silver * 3 Bronze

The women's uneven bars started out when the men's parallel bars were adjusted so that one bar was high and one low with added supports to allow them to swing in a different direction than the bars were created for. Each Olympic cycle after women's gymnastics became an Olympic sport, the uneven bars were moved further and further apart until they began to resemble the men's high bar apparatus. Today, women's uneven bars are almost to the point of being to parallel high bars. Because of the added bar, women have had to become more proficient than most men when it comes to technical execution of basic and advanced skills on the Uneven Bars.

The gymnastics balance beam has no specific size, you have low beams and high beams ranging from 5'' to 48'' or 4' high. Maybe if you were a little more precise as to which or which kind of beam I could help.

If you are joining a gymnastics tumbling class then you should wear a shortsleeve leotard (found online at ten.o.com). Many people wear velvet shorts over their leotards.

If you are tumbling for cheerleading then you should wear a t-shirt with shorts and clean sneakers.

Always wear your hair in a pony tail.

You do a back hanspring with no hands with your hands by your side and pike over.

(This is very east but im a level 6 so ofcourse its easy but do this with a certified coach this is dangerous)

This is a different person.... Tigercub10, how is it more dangerous when you are being spotted? I mean, I still don't know how to da a back tuck, so I haven't experienced anything that's harder when you're being spotted. But I do Prep Op Silver, so I don't do that much of he formal skills that you would do in cumpulsory routines, so anyways, how is it harder with a coach?

The main types of energy involved in gymnastics are:

* Chemical energy, converting the food the athlete has consumed into muscle power and motion * Elastic potential energy in the springs of the apparatus and the gymnasts muscles * Gravitational energy when the gymnast is off the ground * Kinetic energy when the gymnast is in motion * Thermal energy, the heat the gymnast produces * Sound energy

Gymnastics.

in Rochester NY

A static balance is something you hold e.g. handtand