Aerobic exercise
Aerobics Gymnastics (Engl. Aerobic Gymnastics ) is one of gymnastics types of International Fédération de Gymnastique (FIG).
It uninterruptedly combines complex and high-intensity movements that come from traditional aerobic dance and various gymnastics difficulty elements with music.
Emergence
aerobics
The sport of aerobics is usually associated with fitness training that originated in the USA in the 1980s and is still an integral part of sports clubs and fitness studios today. The origins of aerobics go back to the American doctor Kenneth H. Cooper, who developed "aerobic" training to strengthen the heart and lungs back in the 1960s. Cooper triggered a fitness boom in America, as a result of which this special endurance training was combined with gymnastics exercises. The sport had its worldwide breakthrough in 1982 when Jane Fonda marketed aerobics as her gymnastics program on American television.
Aerobics as a competitive sport
The American Howard Schwartz came up with the idea in the mid-1980s to develop this fitness trend as a competitive offer and organized the first world championship in 1990 in San Diego (California).
Aerobic exercise
The idea of a fusion of aerobics and gymnastics arose in 1993 when the official request to integrate aerobics into gymnastics. On July 17, 1995, at the 70th FIG Congress in Atlanta, it was decided that aerobic gymnastics would be a new form of gymnastics for the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique.
Regulations
As with all FIG gymnastics sports, the regulations are revised every four years. The current cycle is from 2017 to 2020.
General rules
The length of the music and thus the length of the exercise are 80 (± 5) seconds. The size of the competition area is set at 10 × 10 meters. There are five different categories in aerobic gymnastics: Mixed Pair, Trio, Group (5 people), Single Male, Single Female
The evaluation takes place in four different grades: A-grade, B-grade, S-grade, OK-grade:
A grade
The A grade is the Artistic (German roughly: "Artistic") grade. It marks the creativity, musicality, spatial movement, transitions and expression of the gymnasts. A maximum of 10 points can be awarded.
B grade
It is the execution (German: "execution") grade. It marks both the execution of the aerobics-specific content, including the basic steps of classic aerobics, as well as difficulty elements or other gymnastics elements. The judges can also award a maximum of 10 points here.
S grade
The S grade evaluates the difficulty (German: "difficulty"). It assesses whether the 9 elements (10 elements individually) from the four different areas (jumps, dynamics, flexibility and statics) were valid. These elements are then listed in the Code of Points.
OK note
It is the grade of the head judge (English "Chair"). This deals with deductions of a general nature (e.g. leaving the competition area), as well as the evaluation of the lifting figure. The lifting figure can get up to a point.
Dance / Step
As further categories there are also aerobic dance and aerobic step, there are always 8 competitors. In both categories, the S rating is omitted, but there is another special feature. In aerobic dance, a street dance part is integrated that is 32–64 beats long and in the aerobic step a step board, which every gymnast has, is integrated into the exercise.
Aerobic gymnastics in Germany
Aerobic gymnastics is affiliated with the German Gymnastics Federation (DTB) in Germany . All categories are offered, whereby more variable group sizes of six to twelve people are allowed in dance and step.
Every year there is a German championship with a changing location, as well as national ranking tournaments, which give points for a Germany-wide ranking list. The German championship takes place every four years as part of the German Gymnastics Festival .
German successes
German successes were the 2nd place at the International Championships (ANAC) in the mixed pair of Amelie Jung and Paul Engel in 2017, the 2nd place in the group in the world rankings 2016 and the 8th place in the mixed pair at the European Games in Baku 2015.
Aerobic gymnastics international
Aerobic gymnastics has been a World Games sport since 1997 and has been part of the European Games since its first event in 2015. In addition, the World Cup is held every two years in even years and the European Championship in odd years. At the 2016 World Cup in Korea there were 45 nations from Europe, America, Asia, Africa and Australia. In addition, the ANAC international championships take place every year.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b What is aerobics? In: dtb-online.de. Retrieved May 12, 2017 .
- ↑ This is aerobic gymnastics ... (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on May 12, 2017 . ( Page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique-World Ranking. Retrieved May 12, 2017 (French).
- ↑ Baku 2015 European Games - Aerobic Gymnastics - Mixed Pairs. Retrieved May 12, 2017 (English).
- ↑ Aerobic Gymnastics | IWGA. Retrieved May 12, 2017 .
- ^ Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved May 12, 2017 .
