Understanding The Fundamentals Of Ozark Gymnastics

By Andrea Davidson


In Ozark gymnastics is a kind of sport that involves performance of exercises that need physical strength, coordination, balance, agility, power, and flexibility. The sport is governed by an international federation, (FIG) on the international scale. The federation is responsible for ensuring that the standards of the sport are upheld at all international competitions. Each country in the world has a national body that has some affiliation 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 this game are awarded according to how good an individual executes various events. The score used is called an execution score and is normally out of 10 points. The judge deducts points from the overall 10 points from the beginning to the end of a session. There is however, a new method of awarding marks currently in use in the US in elite level competition.

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.

Most events are performed singly by an individual while others involve a pair or a group. Pair and group events need a lot of focus and synchronism among all participants because the failure of one person extends to the entire group. There are also many equipment used in most skills of each 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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