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 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.

The most common gains on the difficulty score are connection bonuses. Connection of elements is the awarding factor here because it is considered very skillful to connect two or more flight elements. Besides, it is very hard to connect a skill to another if the first skill is not performed correctly in the first place. The difficulty score allows performers to gain more points basing on how difficult the events they do are and how they execute them. There is no limit in the score one can gain here.

Most events are executed singly by one person while others involve pairs or groups. Pair and group events require a lot of synchronism and focus among all participants since the failure of a single person affects the whole crew. There are also several equipment used in many skills of each event.

Ozark gymnastics is all about perfecting skills. Gymnasts undergo training for several years before they can appear on the international platform to perform. Most gymnasts are also seen warming up before they participate in an event so as to prepare physically and emotionally.




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