Gymsports

Here's a brief explanation on gymnastics (that is, if you know nothing about it)

Gymnastics is a sport which is judged on perfection. A perfect 10 is hard to achieve and it is the highest score a gymnast can recieve.
It requires lots of strength, agility, flexibility and grace to excell in this sport.

In women's artistic gymnastics, there are four apparatus which are used. These are:

Vault   Uneven Bars   Beam   Floor  

In men's artistic gymnastics, there are five apparatus which are used These are:

Another form of gymnastics is rythmic gymnastics. Rythmic gymnastics is a graceful type of gymnastics consisting of five diciplines :

Trampolining is also part of gymnastics. There are two catagories in trampolining such as syncronized trampolining This is where a two trampolinists perform a routine which is identical and is performed at the same time. Timing for this event is crucial as it effects the final score. Individual trampolining is also another catagory. It is VERY spectacular and interesting to watch.

A sport which has just been newly placed under gymnastics is SPORTS AEROBICS. Sports aerobics is new and unfortunatly I know nothing much about it...(oops) I'll update this part later...

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