The concept, objective, tasks and characteristics of gymnastics

Gymnastics: it includes both natural movements and the preparatory, improving and maintenance exercises of sports, which develop us in a general and multipurpose way.

Objective of gymnastics: to develop movement skills and improve motor skills, which improve the healthy development of the body, to give an opportunity to develop sport culture and improve sport performance, to arouse and maintain the interest towards active and regular training and doing sports.

Tasks of gymnastics:

  • preparing the body for training through general and specific warm-up exercises,
  • accelerating the processes of the learning of movements,
  • reducing the risks of accidents and injuries,
  • speeding up the regeneration of the body,
  • contributing to the perfection of rehabilitation,
  • accelerating the foundation of the skills of beginners,
  • accelerating the rhythm of development of the skills of serious amateur sportsmen,
  • helping to maintain the skills of professional sportsmen,
  • contributing to the expansion of an individual’s basic sport culture,
  • it also has an important role in keeping health, and in developing mental and moral qualities.

The characteristics of gymnastics:

  • the exercises are varied
  • they can be adapted to fit the age,
  • they can be performed both individually and in groups,
  • they do not depend upon weather and seasons,
  • they can be practiced both indoors and outdoors,
  • they can be used to develop conditional and coordination skills, and to improve the flexibility of the joints,
  • they can have an effect upon the entire body but they can also be localized upon specific body parts as well,
  • the load could be precisely positioned,
  • minimal need of apparatus.