Floor Exercise: Tips, Rules, and Legendary Stars

By Martín Bustamante and Heather E. Schwartz

Floor exercise requires a lot from a gymnast. You need artistry, precision, and skill. But the feeling you get when you stick a complicated tumbling pass, makes all your hard work and dedication worth it. Learn everything you need to know to compete in floor exercise.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Capstone Young Readers
• Release date: May 1, 2019
• ISBN: 9781496656940

Martín Bustamante

Martín Bustamante is an illustrator and painter from Argentina. Inspired as a teen by Star Wars and Prince Valiant, he has worked for many book publishers and magazines in Argentina, the USA, and Europe. He lives in the UK.

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Gymnastics: Floor Exercise by Heather E. Schwartz

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Cover

Title Page

Tumbling Through Time

Chapter 1: Fun on the Floor

Chapter 2: Tricks of the Trade

Chapter 3: Routine Matters

Chapter 4: Competition Time

Chapter 5: Legends of Floor Exercise

Glossary

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Index

Copyright

Back Cover

Tumbling Through Time

At the 2012 London Olympics, gymnast Gabrielle Douglas made history in floor exercise. With her explosive tumbling passes, artistry, and nearly flawless landings, Gabrielle completed an impeccable performance. She walked away with a gold medal in the individual all-around finals. She was the first African-American gymnast to win gold in that category.

Gymnasts who tumble are part of a gymnastics discipline with a long history. Tumbling has roots that extend thousands of years. Ancient civilizations performed it as entertainment. These performances took place in China, Egypt, Greece, and Persia.

Tumbling became a sport much later, although it still wasn’t considered part of gymnastics. Men competed in tumbling only once as a standalone event