TRENDS OF EXERCISES CONTENT ON THE RINGS FINAL FROM THE 1ST JUNIOR WORLD ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to give information and provide to coaches and junior gymnasts some trends and important guidelines for exercises that are key to the development of gymnasts at an earlier age. Recordings of exercises from the rings’ finalists were taken and used. An analysis of the content of the combinations was made by two international category judges, according to the current Code of Points. The results showed that elements with C difficulty are most common in the finalist’s routines. The average difficulty score was 4,538, and execution score was 8,843. The routine with the highest recognized difficulty was performed by a gymnast from China with a score of 4,8. The most common element was from group I - Kip and swing elements & swings through or to handstand. All of the considered routines contained Yamawaki, Jonasson, swing fwd. with straight arms to handstand (2 s.), and giant swing to handstand with straight arms (2 s.). Coaches and junior gymnasts should try to increase the D score above 4,5 by including elements with a higher score from groups II and III, in addition to decreasing deduction of elements in routines below 1,2.

Keywords

• artistic gymnastics
• code of points
• difficulty score
• execution score
• gymnastics elements
• gymnastic exercises
• still rings