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How does the performance of acrobatic elements effect final beam results in artistic gymnasts

The new gymnastics’ Code of points introduced in 2006 prescribes that the difficulty value on the balance beam is determined by the sum of 8 most difficult elements including the dismount. The main aim of current research was to establish whether the choice of acrobatic elements influences the final score on the balance beam in top junior artistic gymnastics. The sample consisted of 109 female junior gymnasts, who participated in balance beam qualifications of the European Championships in Birmingham in 2010. The results showed that gymnasts in average perform 5.39 acrobatic elements on the beam. The highest prevalence of acrobatic elements was observed among the elements with B difficulty (“round-off” and “flic-flac with step-out”), different one legged dismount forward somersaults and backward somersaults (tucked or stretched). Strong linear connections between the predictor variables (types of elements) and the criterion variable (difficulty value and final score) were found. Statistically significant influence of different acrobatic elements on the execution value was not found probably because gymnasts perform less acrobatic elements with more accurate technique which leads to fewer mistakes. It can be concluded that only a few gymnasts choose greater number of acrobatic elements in their routines to achieve higher number of elements’ associations and secure higher final value.

balance beam ; code of points ; juniors ; execution value ; difficulty value

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