VAULT
The vault varies in height from 110cm to 125cm depending on the gymnasts age and level. Gymnasts run down a padded runway and with the use of a spring board launch themselves onto the vault. They can approach forwards or backwards (from a roundoff). Gymnasts are expected to land cleanly and demonstrate good technique. Falling or stepping on landing incurs deduction, as will lack of height off the table, or distance from the table
WOMENS ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS ............ more about the apparatus
FLOOR
The floor exercise is performed to music ranging from 30 seconds to 90 seconds long. Gymnasts perform tumble runs, normally across the diagonals, consisting of acrobatic moves like round off, flic flacs
and somersaults. Also they must include dance and dance elements such as leaps and jumps. Gymnasts are deducted if they step out of the floor area and must use the whole floor during their routine. Marks are also given for artistry, the use of choreography and the ease at which they express it.
BARS
The uneven bars or asymmetric bars are made of wood with a metal frame and gymnast perform linked moves moving up and down the bars as well as on an individual bar. The distance between the bars are adjustable depending on the height of the gymnast from 130 centimetres–180 centimetres wide. Gymnast use chalk to grip the bar and also wear handguards. The idea is to create a fluid routine that links moves from one to the other with no pauses.
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BEAM
The balance beam is 16 feet long
and only 10cm wide. Gymnasts work
along the beam doing acrobatic moves
such as flic flacs and somersaults and dance such as leaps and jumps.
The beam is about 4 feet off the floor
and gymnasts have 1:30 minutes to
complete their routine. Gymnasts
build up difficulty by linking moves
together.
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