Individual sport
Olympic sport
Promotes sportsmanship
Social skill building
Children have an opportunity to learn about social skills like listening, following directions, taking turns, being quiet, and respecting others.
Gymnasts cheer each other on, compete in healthy ways and understand that fellows are hardworking athletes just as they are.
Short description
Gymnastics is a sport that includes exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shoulders, back, chest and abdominal muscle groups. Alertness, precision, daring, self-confidence and self-discipline are mental traits that can also be developed through gymnastics. Artistic Gymnastics is usually divided into Men's and Women's Gymnastics. Men compete on six events: Floor Exercise, Pommel Horse, Still Rings, Vault, Parallel Bars, and Horizontal Bar, while women compete on four: Vault, Uneven Bars, Balance Beam, and Floor Exercise.
