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The document discusses basic gymnastics skills including the split, cast, tap swings on bars, roundoff, split leap, and handstand. It provides descriptions and techniques for each skill.

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PE Chapter 5

The document discusses basic gymnastics skills including the split, cast, tap swings on bars, roundoff, split leap, and handstand. It provides descriptions and techniques for each skill.

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Objectives:

 Developing strength, and


improving flexibility.
 Promoting balance and co-
ordination.

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 Split –
The split “shape” is everywhere in
gymnastics—split leaps, jumps, switch
leaps, in the middle of back walk overs, etc.
The better you can do your splits on the
ground, the better you will be able to do
them in the middle of a skill. You should be
able to do a split on your left leg, your right
leg and a middle split with your legs straight
and all the way to the ground.

 Cast –
Casting is the most basic bar element and
learning how to cast well early on will help you
learn so many other skills. Body position in the
cast is a hollow body shape. The hollow body
shape is similar to the shape you have in a
perfect handstand other than your back is
slightly rounded with your stomach pulled
towards your spine. You will eventually be
casting to handstand so the higher you can cast
with a nice tight body position the better. You
want your legs to be together and straight, your
stomach pulled in, your back rounded and your
eyes looking at the bar.

 Tap swings on bars –


along with casts, are a building block of bar
routines in all gymnastics levels. A tap swing is
a swing on bars, but at the back of the swing
you should “regrip”. This means you should
come off the bar briefly and re grab. At the back
of the bar your body should be in a hollow
position, underneath the bar you should move
to a slight arch position as you “tap” your feet
higher in the front of the bar. This just means
that your feet will come forwards to create a
slight hollow in your body again.

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 A roundoff is just as important as
a back handspring to master for
tumbling on floor. The roundoff gives
power just like the back handspring
does to the tumbling pass.

 The split leap is another skill that


is required in every floor and beam
routine levels 4-10. To have a perfect
split leap you want to be able to do
your perfect split position in the air as
high as you can off the ground. You
want your split to be even also–both
legs should be the same distance
from the ground.

A handstand is the act of supporting


the body in a stable, inverted
vertical position by balancing on the
hands. In a basic handstand the
body is held straight with arms and
legs fully extended, with hands
spaced approximately shoulder-
width apart.

For more information, here are some example of basic skills in


gymnastics, click the link below:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z2rcL-UAnU8

Reference; http://ecs.engr.scu.edu/studentpages/Wilcox/EAF2015/page4.html

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