Tuesday, August 20, 2013

Understanding The Fundamentals Of Ozark Gymnastics

By Andrea Davidson


In Ozark gymnastics is a type of sport that entails performance of exercises that require physical strength, balance, agility, power, flexibility, and coordination. At the international level, the sport is regulated by (FIG), an international federation. The federation ensures that the required standards of the game are upheld at all worldwide competitions. Each nation on the globe has a national authority that has some connection with the FIG.

The sport is divided into many disciplines including team gym, tumbling, aerobic, acrobatic, trampolining, rhythmic, and artistic gymnastics. Participants can be of any age, starting with kids of less than two years to adults of both genders. People who endeavor to be international gymnasts start practicing at a very tender age and specialize in one or more disciplines. This sport can also be exercised for recreational purposes besides being a competitive game.

Of all the other specialties in this field, the most recognized discipline is artistic gymnastic. It involves both women and men events and is integrated in most Olympic activities. Events in which ladies participate include floor exercises, balance beams, uneven bars, and vaults. Event for men comprise of high bars, vaults, still ring, parallel bar, floor exercises, and pommel horses.

Points in the sport are given depending to how correctly an individual executes an event. The scoring method utilized is referred to as execution scores and are usually awarded out of ten points. Judges deduct points from the initial ten points at the start of the session to the end. However, there is a more recent technique of giving marks presently used in the United States in elite level competitions.

The new score is called a difficulty score, and it brings the number of scores used to two. On the difficulty score, points are not deducted like in the execution score, rather they are awarded. The difficulty score bases on the element a gymnast performs and can change depending on whether one does not perform of finish all the skills. It also depends on whether one connects a skill to the other as required or not.

Connection bonuses are the most known sources of gain in difficulty scores. Connection of components are the awarding aspects here as it is considered tactful to connect several flight elements. Moreover, it is difficult to connect two skills if the first one is not done well to start with. Difficulty scores allow gymnasts to gain much more scores based on the level of sophistication of the event they perform and how perfectly they are performed. Here, there is no border to how much points one may gain.

Many events are done singly by an individual while others involve groups or pairs. Group and pair events need a lot of synchronism and concentration among all gymnasts involved because the failure of one participant affects the whole team. There is also several pieces of equipment used in various skills of every event.

Ozark gymnastics is all based on perfecting skills. Gymnasts go through training for many years before they appear on international platforms to perform. Many gymnasts also warm up before participating in an event in order to prepare emotionally and physically.




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