RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS
Rhythmic gymnastics is a beautiful sport in which flexibility, strength
and technique are combined. People who practice this sport are called gymnasts,
and some of them compete against each other by themselves or in groups of five
or more. They have to train a lot, maybe for fifty hours a week which is six to
eight hours a day approximately. It's a very difficult sport that requires a
lot of flexibility, but also a lot of ballet technique and acrobatics, and you
have to be able to use the apparatus. The apparatus we use in gymnastics are
the ribbon, the ball, the clubs, the hoop and the rope. Gymnasts perform using
any of those, but they can do a freehand performance too. When they perform in
groups they can use one or two apparatus. In some countries like Russia,
rhythmic gymnastics is a very common sport and a lot of the best gymnasts are
from there. Usually it´s girls who practice this sport, but recently a lot of
boys have joined in too, thought only girls can compete in the Olympic Games.
I do rhythmic gymnastics, but I only train for
four hours a week and I don't compete, I just do it for fun. We always start
warming up and running a little bit, and then we start stretching to make sure
we don't get injured and to gain flexibility and then depending on the day we
practice our ballet technique with the bar or do jumps, but we usually practice
using the apparatus, and right now I'm practicing the ball.
I think it is a beautiful sport to watch and to
practice.
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