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Upcoming Events

2023 Provincial Gymnastics Championships
31/03/23
40 Broom Road, Dartmouth, NS
2023 Atlantic Gymnastics Championships
21/04/23
Fredericton, NB

Men's Artistic

Men’s Artistic Gymnastics is an extremely demanding discipline based upon an athlete’s precision and agility. Men and women are judged within their own respective category and use a range of apparatuses to perform their stunning routines.

  • Judging criteria varies and is based upon: execution, creativity and difficulty of routine, and the way they utilize their apparatus.
  • Deductions are made for improper footing and landing, lengthy pauses, falls, poor technique.

Men’s Artistic Gymnastics includes the following six events

Floor Exercise:

Pommel Horse:

Gymnasts manoeuvre around a vault like narrow box with handles using coordination, strength, and balance. Lower level gymnasts will compete on a smaller pommel shaped like a mushroom with gradually moving up to the larger horse.

Still Rings:

An athlete performs swings and demonstrates strength elements while keeping the rings as still as possible. Gymnasts must hold all strengths elements for a minimum of two second.

Vault:

Launching off a spring board, pushing off a vault and landing a flip, twist, or somersault with tight body position.

Parallel Bars:

A series of swings above and below two level bars finishing with a smooth release and dismount. Parallel bar routines must have a balance of elements below and above the bars.

Horizontal Bar:

On a single bar, gymnasts demonstrate swing and release skills whilst changing direction; finishing with an impressive dismount.