GYMNASTICs!?

horse_kathryn: GYMNASTICs!?
Ok well im finally ganna start gymnastics. will someone please tell me about the sport and some rules before i start because im startin at 12 and ill be w/ like 7 year olds that know more than me lol. i know about beam, uneven bars, vault, and floor but i dont really know alot about them. like on floor dont you have to land in a corner or something??
O yeah i can do front and back walkovers, a cartwheel, round off, hand stand, walk on my hands and one handed handstands cartwheels and round offs.

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Answer by Im Sofaking Kool
Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, balance and kinesthetic awareness, such as handsprings, handstands, forward rolls, aerials and tucks. It developed from beauty practices and fitness used by the ancient Greeks, including skills for mounting and dismounting a horse, and circus performance skills. In ancient times the term implied exercise taken in the nude by men in a gymnasium, a venue for intellectual and physical education.

Gymnastics is considered to be a dangerous sport, due in part to the height of the apparatus, the speed of the exercises and the impact on competitors’ joints, bones and muscles. Artistic gymnastics injuries have been the subject of several international medical studies, and results have indicated that more than half of all elite-level participants may eventually develop chronic injuries. In the United States, injury rates range from a high 56% for high school gymnasts to 22% for club gymnasts. However, the rates for participants in recreational or lower-level gymnastics are lower than that of high-level competitors.