Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Budding gymnasts will be attracted to the engaging text and bright illustrations of Gymnastics in Action. Displaying agility, strength, and flexibility, athletes are shown performing amazing routines on several apparatuses. The book provides a basic overview of this multi-activity sport featuring: - warm-up exercises - basic techniques on the bars, rings, and pommel horse - the components of a floor routine - rhythmic gymnastics - competitions
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Table of Contents
What is gymnastics? -- Welcome to the gym -- The essentials -- Warming up --Coaches -- Positions please! -- Basic moves -- Floor routines -- Vault -- Pommel horse -- Balancing act -- Raise the bar -- Mount, spin, dismount! -- Parallel bars -- Rings -- Rhythmic gymnastics.