Rhythmic Gymnastics

Rhythmic gymnastics is an Olympic sport that combines ballet, dance, and acrobatics, with expressive movement and apparatus manipulation of the ball, clubs, hoop, ribbon, and rope. This sport is perfectly balanced for developing flexibility, strength, and hand/body-eye coordination. It has been used for years in Europe as part of the physical education regime in schools.

Currently, only the women's portion of rhythmic gymnastics is recognized by FIG. The Men's rhythmic gymnastics is yet to get FIG approval.

Rhythmic gymnastics emerged around 1900 as the next step in a movement begun by Pehr Ling in 1814. He developed the Swedish system of free exercise, which promoted aesthetic gymnastics, in which participants expressed their feelings and emotions through bodily movement.

In rhythmic gymnastics, the athletes use equipment such as hoops, balls, ropes, clubs and ribbons to perform leaps, jumps and other moves. It's an Olympic sport under gymnastics - here's the lowdown on this lesser-known discipline of gymnastics.

Rhythmic gymnastics is a women-only event in which gymnasts perform on a floor with a rope, hoop, ball, clubs or ribbon accompanied by music, in individual or group events.

USA Rhythmic Gymnastics website with news, program information, and more.

We love gymnastics. It gets the highest ratings of any summer event. Every four years we fall in love with a new "America's Sweetheart." They get the Wheaties box. The team goes down in history.

Photo blog about rhythmic gymnastics with history, commentary, and opinion about the sport.

Rhythmic Gymnastics history rules and equipment Women only event First tournaments Olympic history Allowed use of balls ropes hoops clubs.

Information about Rhythmic Gymnastics from the International Gymnastics Federation.

Rhythmic Gymnastics is the perfect combination of sport and art, linking expressive dance steps with skilful manipulations of the ball, rope, ribbon, hoop or clubs: throw, spin, spiral, roll and catch.

Gymnastics-rhythmic videos photos news events Olympic and World Records and Results.

Rhythmic gymnastics is a sport in which individuals or teams of 5 or more manipulate one or two pieces of apparatus: clubs, hoop, ball, ribbon, rope and freehand.