Gymnastics has its origins in early civilizations as a system of exercises, stunts, and skills involving swinging, balancing, climbing and turning. The Germans were major contributors to developing the modern gymnastics program. Gymnastics became an Olympic sport in 1896 for men and 1928 for women. In the Philippines, gymnastics was introduced through conditioning exercises and dancing, later becoming a competitive sport. The first Philippine gymnastics team competed in the 1964 Olympics in Tokyo. The objectives of gymnastics include developing coordination, correcting posture, maintaining health, and learning life-long conditioning exercises.

1. Chapter 1
History and
Development
of Gymnastics
1. Historical background
2. Gymnastics in the Philippines
3. Gymnastics defined
4. Objectives of gymnastics

2. Historical background
 Gymnastics is one of the world’s oldest physical
activities and sports.
 Gymnastics as a system of harmonious sports.
 Earliest recorded activities in gymnastics:
 Exercises
 Stunts
 Thumbing
 Early civilization
 Hanging
 Climbing with ropes
 Swinging
 Balancing on stone and log flipping
 Turning
 Chinese
 Kung Fu
 India
 Yoga
 Germans
 The greatest contributor of present
gymnastics program
 International Gymnastics federation
 1881
 European Gymnastics Federation
 1921
 Non European countries joined the
federation
 Reorganized into its present form
 Was included into the program
 1896 Summer Olympics
 Women were not allowed
 Olympic games
 1928

3. Gymnastics in the Philippines
 Gymnastics referred to some kind of
conditioning exercises, games, and dancing.
 Mass demonstration
 Gymnastics performances
 Competitive gymnastics
 Six member gymnastics team
 Sent to the World Olympics in Tokyo, Japan in
1964
 First to represent in world-wide competition.

4.  Three women (Far East University)
 Three men (Boys Town)
 Grown popularity in the school athletic
meets
 Gymnastics Association of the
Philippines(GAP)
 Promotes gymnastics in the Philippine
schools.
 Director Candido Bartolome (University of
the Philippines)
 Introduced gymnastics in the school
curriculum of the Philippine educational
system.

5. Gymnastics defined
 Systematic bodily exercises based on the
scientific principles
 There must be a reason for every
movement
 Derived from the word “gymnasium”
 A self motivating activity where one can
manipulate the different parts of the body
into varied movements.

6.  Such as
 Pike
 Tuck
 Lay out
 Split and etc.
 All these skills are attained through the use of the body.
 Preparation
 Strength
 Flexibility
 Recognized by
 Changes and renewed interest
 Form
 Dignity
 Grace
 Rhythm and
 Following movement are emphasized
 Therefore
 Calisthenics
 Light and heavy apparatus work
 Tumbling
 Stunts
 Pyramid
 marching

7. Objectives of gymnastics
1. To develop coordination and vigor
2. To provide students with activities that will
assist to correct minor postural defects
3. To maintain normal functioning of the
organic system of the body
4. To improve and maintain agility and
suppleness
5. To increase muscular strength and
6. To learn exercises that will be useful
throughout life as conditioning or “keeping
fit” exercises

8. The end