PNU GYMNASTICS PART 1

A gymnastics discipline where every gymnast performs to show his or her prowess on top of the apparatus

• Rhythmic Gymnastics

• Sports Acrobatics

• Artistic Gymnastics

• Sports Aerobics

When the coach extends the degree of stretch, care should be taken to prevent tissue tearing, what type of stretching is this?

• Active Stretching

• Inactive Stretching

• Passive Stretching

• Proactive Stretching

In doing this skill make sure hands are shoulder- width apart, knees are bent and head is tucked forward towards the knees. Hands are placed on mat facing in direction of travel. Rotate body forward along mat transferring weight onto shoulders then the back, with the body in a tight ball shape. Recovery can be in a position of own choice.

• Backward Rolls

• Onward Rolls

• Toward Rolls

• Forward Rolls

This is the quick change of direction of the body, and may be improved by increasing the number of rolls or pre–acrobatic movements done under the thrown apparatus.

• Flexibility

• Agility

• Speed

• Power

This program is generally introduced in a form of a play for fun and enjoyment, as the child develops the fundamentals of tumbling skills.

• Tumbling

• Stunts

• Pyramid Building

• Apparatus work

This locomotor movement, which is a combination of a step and a hop, generally shows speed of action and jolly expression of movement.

• Leap

• Skip

• Gallop

• Hop

It refers to how fast successive contractions or movements can be executed. It can be improved by repeated fast movements. Example is increasing the number of skips in a set time frame.

• Muscular Endurance

• Muscular Strength

• Muscular Speed

• Muscular Power

A Gymnastics position in which one leg is extended forward, the other leg is extended backward at right angle to the trunk.

• Scale

• Deep Lunge

• Swan

• Split

These gymnastics equipment like the pommel horse, horizontal bar, horse vault and parallel bars are being used in this gymnastics event.

• Men’s Artistic

• Sports Aerobics

• Rhythmic Sportive

• Women’s Artistic

If a hop is a spring on one foot and land on the same foot, then what is a jump?

• A spring on one foot and land on the other foot

• A spring on one foot or both feet and landing on both feet

• A spring on left foot and landing on the right foot

• A spring on both feet and landing on one foot