Draft:Outline of gymnastics
Sport requiring agility, flexibility, and balance
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to gymnastics:
Gymnastics is a group of sports that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, artistry and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shoulders, back, chest, and abdominal muscle groups. Gymnastics evolved from exercises used by the ancient Greeks that included skills for mounting and dismounting a horse.
What type of thing is gymnastics
Gymnastics can be described as all of the following:
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Branches of gymnastics
- Acrobatic gymnastics
- Aerobic gymnastics
- Artistic gymnastics
- Female artistic gymnastics
- Male artistic gymnastics
- Rhythmic gymnastics
- Trampolining
- Tumbling
- Aesthetic group gymnastics
- Equestrian vaulting
- Wheel gymnastics
General gymnastics concepts
History of gymnastics
Gymnastics organizations
Gymnastics competitions
Persons influential in gymnastics
See also
References
External links
Gymnastics at Wikipedia's sister projects
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Media from Commons
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Texts from Wikisource
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Resources from Wikiversity
Texts on Wikisource:
- Gilman, D. C.; Peck, H. T.; Colby, F. M., eds. (1905). "Gymnastics". New International Encyclopedia (1st ed.). New York: Dodd, Mead.
- Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Gymnastics and Gymnasium". Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press.
- Reynolds, Francis J., ed. (1921). "Gymnastics". Collier's New Encyclopedia. New York: P. F. Collier & Son Company.