GYMNASTICS LESSON 1

GYMNASTICS


Exercises developing or displaying physical agility and coordination. The modern sport of gymnastics typically involves exercises on uneven bars, balance beam, floor, and vaulting horse (for women), and horizontal and parallel bars, rings, floor, and pommel horse (for men).

Brief history of Gymnastics

The early recorded activities in gymnastics were some exercises stunts and tumbling resembling gymnastics.

The early civilization, climbing, hanging in a rope, swinging, balancing on the stone and log flipping and turning were among their common activities.

KUNG FU OR MEDICAL GYMNASTICS
    -Chinese exercises
NAKED ART - greek
YOGA- india
BALANANG- egyptian
MONSTIG AND DEMONSTIG- romans


 In acient greece, three distinct program of gymnastic exercises was developed

• For military training
• Parts of the conditioning
• Regimens of the athletes.

JOHANN BASEDOW(1723-1790)
He produce the first gymnastics in school curriculum.
First modern writer and teacher of organized gymnastics.

 JOHANN GUTHS MUTHS(1759-1839)
 Great grandfather of gymnastics
He wrote gymnastics for youth
The first book of modern gymnastics in 1793.



FRIEDRICH LUDWIG JAHN(1778-1852)
-Also a father of gymnastics
He started the turverein

PERH LING (1776-1839)
-swedish invented the stall bars and the vaulting box or swedish box.

ADOLF SPIESS(1810-1858)
-introduce marching and exercises perform with music.



DR. DUDLEY SARGENT
He was the first american contributor of gymnastic because he was instrumental in including gymnastics in the school curriculum.

DERICTOR CANDIDO BARTOLOME  and
MRS. FRANCISCA  AQUINO

- Started gymnastics in the philippines at the University of the Philippines.



TYPES OF GYMNASTICS

1.Artistic gymnastics
 exercises that perform heavy equipments

Examples:
 -Balance beam
 - Horizontal bars
 -Parallel bars
 - Vaulting
 - Side horse

2. RYTHMIC GYMNASTICS
Exercise perform with light apparatus.

EXAMPLE:
RIBBON
BALL
HOOP
ROPE