Учебное пособие: Gymnastics

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Ex. 6. Name the

• women’s gymnastics competition events

• exercises on the uneven parallel bars

• exercises on the beam

• floor exercises for women.

Ex. 7. Say what you know about:

• the order of performing the events in a women’s gymnastics competition

• the exercises on apparatus for women

• all-around competition for women

Ex. 8. Speak on the topic:

• the apparatus for women’s gymnastics competitions

• the programme for the women’s gymnastic competitions

• gymnast performance on the balance beam (uneven bars, side horse).

Task VII. Read the text about the gymnastics competitions. Find out how the winner is determined

Gymnastics competition

Judging

Judging involves the assessment of a gymnastic performance by someone supposedly well-versed in the detailed and rather complex methods of evaluation.

Gymnastics has matured into a highly technical sport, and the evaluation of routines has become a complicated process.

Judges of gymnastics competitions carefully watch each compulsory routine for such flaws as falls, improper body position, omissions, slowness, and stops. In the optional routines, the judges base their scores on difficulty, form, and the combination of movements.

A perfect score for any event is 10.00. The judges subtract points or tenths of a point for each flaw. In optional routines, the judges may award bonus points for especially difficult or original movement.

In men’s competition, five judges, including one called a head or superior judge, score the performance of each gymnast. In most cases, the score of the head judge is not used. Instead, the head judge takes the scores of the other judges and eliminates the highest and lowest ones. The head judge computes an athlete’s final score by averaging the two middle scores. If the difference between the two middle scores exceeds a certain range, the head of judge’s own score is used as a guide in adjusting the final score. At an international competition, each team’s top five individual all-around scores are added together for the team score.

In women’s competition, there are seven judges, including a head judge. The highest and lowest scores of the six other judges are dropped and the remaining four are averaged to produce the final score.

Speech Exercises

Ex. 1. Answer the following questions:

1. What does judging involve?

2. What do the judges of gymnastics competitions watch for?

3. What do the judges of gymnastics competitions base their scores on?

4. Which is a perfect score for any gymnastics event?