Naslov
Differences between olympian balance beam and floor exercise composition

Autori
Delaš Kalinski, Sunčica

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Sažeci sa skupova, sažetak, znanstveni

Izvornik
Proceeding book of 8th International Scientific Congress Slovenian Gymnastics Federation / Samardžija Pavletić, Mitija ; Istenič, Nina - Ljubljana : Slovenian Gymnastics Federation, 2021, 13-14

ISBN
978-961-6733-22-9

Skup
8th International Scientific Conference of Slovenian Gymnastics Federation

Mjesto i datum
Ljubljana, Slovenija, 07.05.2021

Vrsta sudjelovanja
Pozvano predavanje

Vrsta recenzije
Međunarodna recenzija

Ključne riječi
womens artictic gymnastics, balance beam, floor, difficulty values, differences

Sažetak
If observed through the structure of movement and allowed length of the routines, from all four women‘s artistic gymnastics (WAG) apparatuses, exercising on the balance beam and the floor, are the most similar ones. However, it is the assumption that difficulty values of elements, which compose the routines on those apparatuses, significantly differ. The study was conducted on a sample of 40 balance beam and 40 floor routines performed in Apparatus Finals at the Olympic Games (OG) held from 2000 to 2016. From the open-sources records, those routines have been noted with gymnastics symbols by licensed WAG judge and furtherly classified: 1) according to their difficulty values (A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H) ; 2) according to their structural groups (dance or acro elements). The focus was on the elements whose difficulty values contribute to the difficulty scores (DS) of the routines on these apparatuses. According to the frequencies, within and between the OG‘s, results showed: 1) on the balance beam D acro and C dance elements had the highest frequencies ; 2) on the floor D and E acro and C dance elements had the highest frequencies. Summarizing the above, it can be concluded that structurally more difficult acro elements were performed on the floor (compared to the balance beam), while dance elements of equal difficulty values were performed on both apparatuses. χ2 tests were used to determine frequency differences. On both apparatuses, results reveal significant differences in frequencies between dance and between acro elements of different difficulty value groups, within one OG. The exception was determined between acro elements performed at the OG held in 2016: no significant differences have been found between frequencies of acro elements of different difficulty values groups. Through the whole analyzed period (between different OGs) significant differences have been determined between: 1) frequencies of A acro and dance elements performed on the balance beam ; 2) frequencies of C, G and H acro, and between A, B, C and D dance elements performed on the floor. Analysing from the standpoint of difficulty values of the performed elements, it can be concluded that significant frequency increases happened only within floor acro and dance elements in the observed period of time, while balance beam routine compositions have been a constant. Obtained results are probably the result of changes that occurred in floor composition construction and changes that appeared in the rules prescribed by different WAG Codes of Points from 2000 to 2016.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Kineziologija

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