Gymnasts use chalk on their hands to absorb sweat and prevent slipping on the bars and beam. When doing skills on the bars, gymnasts perform moves like 360 degree circles, 90 degree turns, and 180 degree stands by pushing off the bars and transferring their energy. On the vault, gymnasts get a running start and use force to push off the springboard which launches them into the air.

1. PHYISICS OF
GYMNASTICS
Lily
Bridget

2. The bars
When on the bars the gymnast must have chalk
on their hands
The gymnast will do flips on the bars including
360 circle, 90 turn, and 180 stand
The energy in there is when
They push off. All the
energy goes with them.

3. Chalk
 The chalk helps you not slip because of your
hands on the bars and beam .
 The chalk absorbs the sweat so it is not
possible to slip on the beams and bars.
 Its also keeps them more
stable.

4. Beam
 Beam is the straight bar you see
 People do flips, turns ,and jumps and many
other skills on beam
 Most people use chalk but some don’t
 The beam is very dangerous without chalk.

5. Floor
 Floor is were you do your routine.
 You have all the force when you do the skills .
 They also perform rhythm gymnastics witch
the force is in their arms and legs to push the
ribbon and hoops gymnastics ball.
 they have to use all there
force to bend down.

6. Vault
 Vault is a when they get a running start and
push off the base
 The have wrist guards to protect there wrist
 You have to use all your force to push back it
is the hardest skill if you have to
use all that force.
The vault has a spring to push
them up.

7. Have you wondered?
 What are the physics of gymnastics? How do
they keep them selves up?
 The trick to keeping them selves up is there
own stored energy
 Once they are up, the stored energy turns into
kinetic energy.