Description
Book SynopsisBuild your gymnastics skills with Sports Academy: Gymnastics
Looking to take up a new sport? Or just thinking about ways to keep fit and healthy? This book is a great introduction to all the important gymnastics skills you''ll need. Full of tips and illustrations showing key techniques, you''ll discover everything - from training to competing. Perfect for readers aged 9 and up.
The series Sports Academy covers rules, equipment and major competitions through specially commissioned, step-by-step illustrations that clearly shows skills and techniques needed for a sport.
Table of Contents
- 1: What is Gymnastics?
- 2: Equipment
- 3: Apparatus
- 4: The Floor
- 5: Vaulting
- 6: The Balance Beam
- 7: The Bars
- 8: The Parallel Bars
- 9: The Pommel Horse
- 10: The Rings
- 11: Rhythmic Gymnastics
- 12: Trampolining
- 13: Competitions
- 14: Statistics and Records
- 15: Glossary and Further Information
- 16: Index
