Gymnastics encompasses a variety of disciplines that require strength, flexibility, balance, and coordination. Here are some types and examples of gymnastics:
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Artistic Gymnastics:
- Men's Events: Floor exercise, pommel horse, rings, vault, parallel bars, and high bar.
- Women's Events: Vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise.
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Rhythmic Gymnastics:
- Involves routines performed with apparatus such as ribbons, hoops, balls, clubs, and ropes. Emphasis is on grace, artistry, and coordination.
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Trampoline Gymnastics:
- Includes individual and synchronized trampoline events, as well as tumbling and double mini-trampoline.
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Acrobatic Gymnastics:
- Performed in groups (pairs or teams) and includes elements such as lifts, balances, and tumbling sequences, focusing on teamwork and coordination.
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Aerobic Gymnastics:
- Involves high-intensity routines performed to music, focusing on endurance, strength, and flexibility.
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Parkour:
- While not traditional gymnastics, it involves dynamic movements like vaulting, rolling, and climbing that share similarities with gymnastics techniques.
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Team Gym:
- A form of gymnastics that combines elements from artistic gymnastics, acrobatics, and tumbling, performed in a team format.
Each of these disciplines has its unique competitions, routines, and requirements, attracting different types of athletes and styles of training.