Rule Book of Games

Gymnastics is a sport practiced by men or and women that requires balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shoulders, back, chest and abdominalmuscle groups. Alertness, precision, daring, self-confidence and self-discipline are mental traits that can also be developed through gymnastics. Gymnastics evolved from exercises used by the ancient Greeks that included skills for mounting and dismounting a horse, and from circus performance skills. Gymnastics is an activity and a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, balance and grace. Artistic gymnastics is the best known of the gymnastics sports governed by the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique. Hence the present book will be immensely used by the prospective coaches, aspiring gymnasts, teachers and students of physical education and sports.