Balance beam

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Girl on the balance beam
Balance beam
Dorina Böczögő (2012)

The balance beam is a piece of sports equipment for women in apparatus gymnastics , also for all-around competitions . It consists of a 5 m long and 10 cm wide wooden beam (sometimes other materials are also used), which is located on supports up to 1.2 m above the ground. Gymnastics on the balance beam has been an Olympic discipline since 1936.

Typical gymnastics exercises on the balance beam are jumps, holding parts, flips forwards and backwards and turns. In particular, back handspring , somersault forward and backward, Rondat and handstand rotations part of the repertoire of modern exercises on the balance beam.

materials

The body of modern competition equipment consists of a torsion-free light metal profile, which is covered and padded with a fleece cover. The ends of the joists are also covered with foam to prevent injuries when leaving.

Cheaper training equipment is made of softwood and is covered with non-slip non- woven fabric.

Scoring and rules

The final score of the athlete is determined by various factors of the performance. All elements of the performance and the errors are included in the grading by the judges .

Deductions are made for any mistakes made on the balance beam during the performance, such as: B. weaknesses in execution and body control, corrections of balance (trembling, stumbling, staggering etc.), demonstration of simple techniques and poor execution.

Olympic champions on the balance beam

In 1936 and 1948 there was only one team all-around competition.

Balance beam in fire fighting

X. International Fire Brigade Sports Competitions of the CTIF 1993 in Berlin, discipline 100-meter obstacle course - volunteer fire brigades

In the disciplines 100m obstacle race and 4 x 100-meter relay firefighters at the Fire Brigade Sports limbo bar is one of the obstacles. During fire service competitions, the athlete has to overcome this bar, which is 120 centimeters high, 18 centimeters wide and eight meters long, as quickly as possible.

Web links

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Balance beam - Technical standards. Institute for Applied Training Science (IAT), Leipzig - cooperation partner of the DTB, accessed on June 17, 2018 .
  2. ^ Franz-Josef Sehr : X. Fire Brigade Olympics 1993 in Berlin . In: Florian Hessen 9/1993 . Munkelt Verlag, Wiesbaden 1993, p. 24-26 . ISSN 0936-5370 .