Course: Gymnastics

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Course title Gymnastics
Course code KAS/@GYM
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction English
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Poláková Martina, Mgr.
Course content
Basic gymnastic exercises and conditioning. Floor - fwd roll, bwd roll, handstand, headstand, cartwheel, etc. Floor - jumps, hops, leaps, pirouettes, choreography in WAG Balance beam - acrobatic elements Balance beam - balance elements, jumps Horizontal bar - conditioning, pull-ups, static strength Horizontal bar - basic elements, upswing, etc. Vault - basic vaults - squat jump, straddle jump Vault - mini-trampoline (forward salto) Pommel horse - basics, conditioning Still rings - basics, conditioning

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook), Demonstration, Training in job and motor Skils
Learning outcomes
The goal of this subject is to acknowledge students with basic gymnastic skills on different apparatuses of men´s (vault, parallel bars, pommel horse, floor, still rings, horizontal bar) and women´s (vault, uneven bar, balance beam, floor) artistic gymnastics.
Student learns basic gymnastic elements, gains basics of exercising on different apparatuses in MAG and WAG.
Prerequisites
Any special, just to be interested in the content of the course.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam, Student performance

1. Class attendance (80%) 2. Perform a routine (contains min. 6 elements) on floor, balance beam (only women), horizontal bar (only men) and two different vaults. 3. Written test1. Class attendance (80%)
Recommended literature
  • Mitchell, D., Davis, B., Lopez, R., & Gunter, S. (2002). Teaching FUNdamental gymnastics skills. Champaign, Ill: Human Kinetics.


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