Gymnastics - History, Equipment and Skills

Gymnastics can be traced to exercise in ancient _____ - in Sparta and Athens.

• Greice

• Rome

• Greece

The term gymnastics, derived from a Greek word meaning “to exercise naked”

• True

• False

It wasn't until after the Romans conquered Greece in 146 BC that gymnastics became more formalized and used to train men in ___________ .

• welfare

• war

• healthy lifestyle

Gymnastics equipment, except...

• Pommel Horse

• Uneven Bars

• Rings

• Helmet

What event is this in Olympic gymnastics?

• Floor activity

• Floor exercises

• Stunt skills

What equipment is this ?

• Balance beam

• Rings

• Pommel Horse

• Forward Scale

• Front Scale

• Balance Forward

• Flying scale

• Eagle stand

• Stork balance

• One leg balance

• Assymetrical balance

• jacks jumping

• star jump

• hands up jump

• surprise jump

Shoulder stand

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