Gymnastic balance: description, species

It is impossible to imagine modern competitions in gymnastics without a set of special shells. All of them represent complexity for athletes in one way or another. The most original and unusual place for performing unimaginable in the complexity of the exercises is a gymnastic beam. It requires from the athlete not only dexterity and strength to perform the elements, but also an excellent sense of balance.

Gymnastics

Even in the fifth century, the term "gymnastics" was known in ancient Greece. He meant a certain set of exercises for health, military art and education. The Greeks used gymnastics for military training and for physical development. It was believed that the exercises bring up courage and a sense of nobility. They develop strength, agility, speed, beauty, grace.

Gladiators used it in their training to improve the speed of reaction and increase endurance. During the Renaissance, gymnastics was mandatory for the all-round development of young people.

In 1881, the European Gymnastic Association was created, in 1987 it became the International Gymnastics Federation. In 1896 in Athens gymnastics was included in the program of the Olympic Games. True, only for men. Women's gymnastics at the Olympics appeared in 1928, and in 1936 the gymnastic beam was included in the program. Individual athletes were first played on the project in 1952.

History

Previously, for the development of athletes' sense of balance, horizontally fixed boards were used. They were supported at some height by several supports. They worked off the abutments, turns, walking, puffs and jumps.

Such a simulator was used not only by gymnasts, but also athletes. For the first time the trunk of a tree as a simulator was invented by a sports German teacher Johann Christoph Friedrich Guttsmuts. Only over time, the upgraded shell became officially recognized in gymnastics. The gymnastic beam helps to develop the vestibular apparatus, it develops a sense of balance and balance.

Design

From the name of the projectile it is clear what is at stake. Actually, this is a horizontal bar, very solid, installed on two racks. The standard length for the competition is 5 meters, the width of the gymnastic log is 10 cm, its height is up to 16 cm, the height of the shell itself can be adjusted to 120 cm from the floor level.

It is made from coniferous trees. Can represent a solid beam or glued from sheets of plywood. On top of the required coating with anti-slip impregnation. It can be hard or soft. The corners and edges are rounded along the entire length of the log. The shell is equipped with two adjustable struts, made of metal.

Manufacturers of sports equipment guarantee the quality of their products, the reliability of fastenings and the maximum possible safe operation of the projectile.

Exercises on a log

The performance on this projectile takes only 60-90 seconds and consists of three stages: a swoop (climbing a shell), a performance, a jump. A gymnastic log allows athletes to perform a wide variety of elements, they have their own classification:

• The assault. This is the beginning of the performance, when the gymnast jumps on the projectile, usually with the help of a bridge. The jump can be simple or complicated elements of gymnastics (circle, max, horizontal stop) or acrobatics (somersault, coup).
• Bounce. They can be performed from a different position - bent over, in a grouping. Complicated option - with the dilution of the legs into a horizontal twine.
• Turn. The athlete can perform them on the foot, back or stomach. The position of the body is also different: with a bent leg or with a vertical twine.
• Static element. Its implementation, according to the rules, requires fixation for at least two seconds. These include twines, racks, bridges.
• Acrobatic element. The most difficult and entertaining part of the performance. This group includes flips, coups from all sorts of positions, somersaults, stops.
• Dismount. The ending of the performance, usually a somersault (single or multiple) in different versions, simple and complicated with turns.

The gymnastic beam is exclusively a female shell. In men's gymnastics compete on the rings, bars, in the base jump, floor exercises and horse.

Types of logs

There are several varieties of this sports equipment:

• Logs gymnastic floor. Various models are produced. There are small - a length of only 1.5 meters, a width of 10-22 cm, for kindergartens. For sports sections, models from 3 to 5 meters long, 10 cm wide, not more than 40 cm above the floor are used. They are produced in two versions: with soft or hard coating.
• A log gymnastic universal. This shell allows you to change the height above the floor, up to a maximum of 120 cm. Also performed with a hard or soft coating.
• Soft logs. They represent a tape length of 5 meters, width of 10 cm, used in training.
• Logs can be made of aluminum, covered with elastic packing using hygroscopic material.

In addition, the industry produces special surface enlargers (a rigid construction nozzle), more precisely, the width of the projectile, covered with artificial leather. Attached to the surface with adhesive tape. In addition, there are also soft nozzles made of special fabric. Improved supports allow you to adjust the height (standard gradation 5-10 cm) without having to shift the mats. The weight of the log is compensated with a special spring filled with nitrogen. Special carts have been designed to move the shell.