Four Components

Gymnastics has some of the most amazing stunts you will ever see, ones that take practice, a good coach, and a good spot to perform. There are four different components to stunts and where they take place. The first is beam, a balance beam is long and narrow, usually made of wood or metal. Gymnasts use balance beams to perform on, it's a fabulous way to show a gymnasts talent when it comes to balance and agility. The second component is bars, this is a long bar that is held up on metals post. The bars take a gymnast with a lot of upper body strength and core strength. The bars require to be able to hold oneself up on the bars also while performing cool stunts such as back hip circles.

Floor is another section of gymnastics that is very common, it is a surface with springs underneath for extra bouncy support, making it easier for a gymnast to perform stunts on. Floor is used to do tumbling, that is why the floors are made to be soft and bouncy to make it one, safe for someone to land on and two, easier for someone to get higher during their stunt. Floor is known as a surface for "exercise” and also needs a gymnast with lots of strength throughout their whole body. The final section to gymnastics is vault, gymnast vault over a piece called, the table. The table is a metal piece, that kind of looks like a table and has a padded and springy cover. This is used to approach from a far away distance and the table is the target, as a gymnast reaches the table, they will do some sort of stunt on it, something like a twist or a flip. The vault is a very intense part of gymnastics and includes massive upper body strength, balance, a strong core, and leg strength.