Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, balance and grace. Artistic gymnastics is the best known and most popular of the gymnastics sports governed by the F�d�ration Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG). Artistic Gymnastics, typically involves the women's events of uneven parallel bars, balance beam, floor exercise, and vault. Men's events include floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars, and high bar. Gymnastics evolved from exercises used by the ancient Greeks, that included skills for mounting and dismounting a horse, and from circus performance skills. Other forms of gymnastics are rhythmic gymnastics, various trampolining sports, and aerobic and acrobatic gymnastics.
The sport can include children as young as three years old and sometimes younger doing kindergym and children's gymnastics, recreational gymnasts of all ages, competitive gymnasts at varying levels of skill, as well as world class athletes.
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North of England Gymnastics Association
Name :
Katie LawtonJob Title :
Regional Development Officer (North)Organisation :
British GymnasticsAddress :
Elvert Hill House, Elvert Road, Durham, DH1 3THTelephone Number :
0191 3347215Mobile :
07739 512202Email :
katie.lawton@englishgymnastics.orgCheerleading
The UK Cheerleading Association (UKCA) is now one of the recognised Gymnastics Disciplines and falls under the umbrella of British Gymnastics. In order to help the development of Cheerleading we are looking for a suitable person to become trained as a tutor. For more details please visit our recruitment page.
