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Gymnastics

Gymnastics is an artistic sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility and complex coordination.

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What is nastia liukins hightest score?

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Why are men and womens events in gymnastics different?

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Well, the events that are the same are: Floor Exercise, and Vault.

Women do not do the rings or pommel horse because it requires a great deal of strength. Men do not do the Uneven bars because it is hard on their anatomy (having different reproductive parts) to maneuver between bars (high bar and low bar) like the women can. So they stick to the one high bar. Men do not compete on balance beam because a mans sense of balance isn't as good as the females sense of balance. (and it takes more grace to be on the balance beam)

How old is too old to start gymnastics with a possibility of going to the Olympics if you have had prior training?

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well i think 15 is to late because if your 11 12 or younger you get a better start but younger than 11 12 will be much better; 15 is too old to start because about when your 18 you start and 3 years is not enough;

The above would be true for ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS but not so much so for other Gymnastics sports (there are Seven competitive Gymnastic Sports) of which many are NOT Olympic sports. BUTTT.. they are amazing sports, highly contested thru out the world and have a very viable WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS event. List Olympic Sports- Trampoline, Rhythmic, along with the two you know.... Men's and Woman's Artistic. Non-Olympic: Tumble and Trampoline Gymnastics, Acrobatic Gymnastics, Group Gymnastics, Aerobic Gymnastics.

I would Say TnT or Acro would be your best bet if your in the USA to get to a world level if you are older.

What place did Shawn Johnson get on bars?

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No, those were the two events Shawn Johnson did not win a medal in at the 2008 Olympics.

Who is the gymnast in the nationwide commercial?

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Country singer, Jana Kramer, who also sings the Nationwide jingle in thecommercial.

What do you usually do on your first day of beginners gymnastics?

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Probably not too much on the FIRST day. But some things you will be learning at the beginner level are:

for bars: back hip circles, pullovers

beam: walking in releve (on your tiptoes) forward and backward

vault: straight jumps, dive rolls onto a mat

floor: forward/backward rolls, cartwheels

What will be the future of gymnastics?

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Since the change of the scoring system for elite gymnastics everybody os packing their routines full of skills just to get a higher start value. With all the skills a lot more injuries are happening. If they don't change the scoring system back to a 10.0 start value gymnastics is going to go downhill and fast. So the future is going away and it is a shame for the young kids now that are trying to go elite and follow their roll models like Shown Johnson.

What is a somersault?

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a somersault is a tumble turn performed on the floor. You roll head first and finish in a sitting or standing position

What is the Worlds longest time doing a handstand?

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The world record for the longest handstand is 1 day 17 hours and 23 seconds.

Why do you need reaction time for gymnastics?

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You need to be able to react to the equipment and the skills you're doing. For example vault, when you run and hit the board you need to react to get to the vault table and the react to the table in order to land it.

Spotting in gymnastics?

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i suggest if you are spotting for your first time have a person help you on the other side and to tell you where to support the person, for more experienced people try and be ready and move quicker with the person that you are spotting. To be ready if anything goes wrong.

What are the two movements in gymnastic?

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There are many different types of movements in gymnastics. Gymnastics emphasizes on movements such as travel, weight transfer, balance, jumping/flight/landing and rotation.

Are the girls for make it or break it real gymnasts?

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No. They do basic things but stunt doubles take their place for most of the time.

What are some tips to learning a front handspring?

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Tips for learning to do a front handspring might include:

  • Always have a "spotter" with you.
  • Make sure to do easy stretching first to warm up your muscles.
  • Remember that the head is the heaviest part of the body.
  • You'll need to tuck your chin slightly while still looking ahead.
  • The hips are hard to bring over.
  • The forward momentum comes from your legs.
  • Practice doing head-over rolls on a flat surface - such as a padded floor in a gym or on grass (no rocks).
  • Keeping the legs together OR lifting one leg followed by the other -- either one changes how you'll roll and come back up.

What is the kneeling position in gymnastics?

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dumapa at kantutin ng kantutin hanggang mabuntis

What is the most famous gymnastics move?

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Cartwheel

Somersault

Flip

Tumbling

Jump

Headstand

What was Mary Lou retton the best at?

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She got the 1984 all around gold, but reputably her best event was vault :D

Is movements in gymnastics helps one develop good posture?

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A posture is the way you stand.

Gymnasts need to have a good Posture to preform well.

Normally if a Gymnast goes to their first "GYM" class they will be told by their instructor to improve there posture (Unless they have A good one all ready.)

Hope this answer helped ;)

How do you teach yourself gymnastics?

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In my opinion.. you cant make yourself an olympic athlete by teaching yourself.. but you can definetly teach yourself the basics! I did it! I have a trampoline.. so i taught myself how to do flips and arials and stuff on that. Then.. i started using grass! I just starting flying all over the place.. doing a bunch of things! I can do back tucks, layouts, arials, handsprings, stuff like that! Im still not a gymnast.. but i do dance and my gymnastics deffinetly helps ! I am fearless.. so as long as your not afraid and are willing to takes some bumps and scrapes along the way, you can for sure do it ! :)

How did gymnastics start?

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it started when well i really don't know people say it all started when one little girl was playing in a field and all of a sudden she flipped and landed on her feet.....

people were all around her looking then somone elts started walking tord her for a minettt the lttle girl thout she was in trouble but then he said well ill be your the first little girl to do a flip.....then he thout he thout and he thout then finally he said.........we can call it a cart-weel the man said.

and that's how people say it all started!!!!!!!!!!!

The ancient Greeks invented the sport about 2000 years ago, and in the beginning only men were aloud to do the sport but as the years progressed women earned their rights and were able to perform and practice the sport. The sport actually has gone through periods were it has been taken out of the Olympics then a few Olympics go by and they put it back in.!!

And the little girl was called Maureen

Can you use a yoga mat or gymnastics?

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yes you can use a yoga mat for gymnastics it might hurt a little because they are usually thin

How many people in the world think that gymnastics is not a sport?

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Many people associate gymnastics with flexibility. Girls are generally more flexible than boys so they think that boys can't do gymnastics. Actually gymnastics is more about your strength and ability to endure.

How to do a Level 5 bar routine in gymnastics?

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heres the hardest level 5 bar i could think of: .Kip cast to handstand .clearhip to handstand .toe of toe on to handstand .plach to handstand .jump high bar .kip cast to handstand .2 giants .on last giant layout flyaway and that's all i know im level 4

Can you die in gymnastics?

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well I've never heard of a case of someone dying from gymnastics. i suppose if you have a really badaccident then yeah but if u take classes ur coach should be qualified and know what ur capable of so u don't take that rish.