What is Compulsory gymnastics and why is it a good exercise?

Compulsory gymnastics involves the gymnast learning specific exercises. It is achieved in levels. Such as the beginner, intermediate, and advance. USA Gymnastics designed the exercises to provide gymnasts a solid gymnastics background, before progressing to the optional stages.

 In compulsory gymnastics,

The skills build on each other are the same. As a result, after a gymnast has perfected the level 4 routine, the level 5 routine will draw on the abilities already perfected before. It\’s like fixing different pieces of a puzzle into a picture. 

The downside of competing in compulsory gymnastics is that if the gymnast executes any of the skills flawlessly but ruins the individual exercise, her performance would be inadequate, and the score would drop. It is perplexing, Right? According to the rigorous rules governing compulsory gymnastics, a routine that seems fascinating can receive a much lower ranking than the one that seems simple.

The compulsory levels vary from Level 1 (beginner) to Level 5 (advanced), with the ability qualifications increasing in difficulty as you advance through the levels.

The benefits of compulsory gymnastics: 

George St. Pierre, the UFC legend, once spoke about gymnastics as the best sport and the healthiest one for the body. He called gymnasts, and I quote the most athletic athletes. A gymnast can replicate every other athlete\’s movements and succeed at their sports. However, only gymnasts do what gymnasts do. 

One of the main benefits of compulsory gymnastics training is that it teaches balance and flexibility. Balance is vital in whatever sport you may participate in, and that is one of the many physical advantages of gymnastics.

Apart from youth athletics, balance is essential for a variety of childhood events. From learning to ride a bicycle to jumping into a treehouse, a child with a strong sense of balance will engage in a wide range of activities easily and comfortably. This involvement will then aid in the development of children\’s social skills.

Gymnasts\’ dexterity grows as they learn skills such as straddles, splits, pikes, and cartwheels. This improvement in versatility let\’s gymnasts avoid injury even further, particularly while participating in other sports.

For instance,

A crash at a high rate of speed would be brutal to absorb correctly. If a gymnastics-trained competitor falls on the ski slope or ice rink, expanded, hip abductor, hamstring, or quad endurance may help avoid uncomfortable muscle pulls.

Let\’s take another example, An Average hockey player. He will suffer a groin injury if he or she tripped and slips painfully through the splits. However, for a person who had practiced compulsory gymnastics, the splits are a natural position. Although this is not ideal for being in the rink, a gymnast is far more likely to recover and begin playing without incident.

The five levels of compulsory gymnastics…

Levels 1-3 of compulsory gymnastics are designed mainly to attract young gymnasts to do competitive gymnastics. These thresholds do not need a \”step-up\” score. And also not needed for competition. 

Levels such as 4 and 5 are compulsory for participation in the Junior Olympic Program. Each gymnast competing must have passed her seventh birthday or be more than seven years old before her first performance. Any of these stages necessitates the gymnast\’s mastery of unique exercises for each event. Each level\’s routines are unique.

Levels 4 and 5 often enable gymnasts to retain a versatility or \”jump up\” ranking to advance. A versatility score is a minimum overall score that a gymnast must be considered competent at her stage.

Finally…

It is strongly advised but not necessary that gymnasts compete in an entire season at Level 4 or 5. The advantages of playing throughout the season are that he or she knows how competitions function. Therefore it helps gain practice before progressing to the Optional stages. However, she can advance to the next stage as long as she retains her mobility score in any USAG-sanctioned competition. Each gym will make its determination about whether to play for an entire season or not. It boiled down to the idea that it is prohibitively costly. Twice as expensive to conduct a sport in which gymnasts perform in compulsory routines on the first day. And the voluntary routines on the second day.