A Canadian gymnast trains on a floor.

The floor is a gymnastics as well as an artistic gymnastics apparatus. It is used by male and female gymnasts. Little Canadian gymnist The author ( digithal ) must be contacted and credited when using the photo for any commercial work. ... Little Canadian gymnist The author ( digithal ) must be contacted and credited when using the photo for any commercial work. ... Gymnastics is a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness, such as handsprings and handstands. ... Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which competitors perform short routines (ranging from approximately 30 to 90 seconds) on different apparatus, obviously less for vaulting (see lists below). ... Male symbol Male is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces sperm. ... Female symbol Female is the sex of an organism, or a part of an organism, which produces egg cells. ... Gymnasts are people who participate in the sports of either artistic gymnastics or rhythmic gymnastics. ...

Dimensions

• Length: 12 m/40'
• Width: 12 m/40'
• Additional safety border: 01 m/03' 03 3/8"

In most competitive gymnastics the floor has springs and/or rubber foam and plywood in them which make the floor bouncy and enables the gymnast to get height when doing tumbling and jumps. The allowed time for the exercise is up to 70 seconds for males and up to 90 seconds for females. The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length. ... Springs A spring is a flexible elastic object used to store mechanical energy. ... Rubber is an elastic hydrocarbon polymer which occurs as a milky emulsion (known as latex) in the sap of a number of plants but can also be produced synthetically. ... Plywood was the first type of engineered wood to be invented. ... The second (symbol: s) is the SI base unit of time. ...

Exercise

An exercise consists of acrobatic elements as well as gymnastic elements. This is regulated in the Code of Points. The Code of Points describes the scoring of artistic gymnastics. ...

Scoring

As with other gymnastic events, judging is based on difficulty and form (which can be described, perhaps, as elegance and control). However, unlike other artistic gymnastic events there is a dance element allowing more expression of personality on the part of the competitor. Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which competitors perform short routines (ranging from approximately 30 to 90 seconds) on different apparatus, obviously less for vaulting (see lists below). ...

Judges look to ensure required elements (including a tumble of at least two saltos, or somersaults) are completed. Tumbles are usually expected to go from corner to corner and make maximum use of the floorspace, however a step outside the floorspace will incur a penalty. Tumbles should also end in a stuck landing where both feet hit the mat at the same time and together with no steps, hops or strides made to keep the gymnast upright. This article is about somersault, the acrobatic feat. ...

External links

• US Gym Net's glossary of floor skills
• US Gym Net's glossary of hops, jumps and leaps