Gymnastics…

Gymnastics is a sport. You need lot of flexibility!

Translate into German it actually means ‘Turnen’, but also in German you sometimes say ‘Gymnastik’ -> Which then means something like acrobatic.

Sometimes Gymnastics means to be mega flexibility! Like Sofie Dossi or Anna McNulty...

Especially in the USA, is Gymnastic a very important sport. For example Simone Biles is in Olympic very successfully. She already won 25 medals!!!

Simone Biles on the floor:

Floor, balance beam, ... what’s this?

These are different Gymnastics equipment. There some more: floor (Boden), balance beam (Schwebebalken), horizontal bar (Reck), uneven bars (Stufenbarren), ingots (Barren), rings (Ringe), horse (Pferd), jump (Sprung)

So, now you see:

That Gymnastics isn‘t only something for woman! Many men do Gymnastics too!

But don‘t worry: When you start doing gymnastics, you will learn a bike or a handstand (not a flick flack with dopple somersault ;D) This called Apparatus Gymnastics (Geräteturnen).

Do you want to be able to do more than that? Then go to Artistic Gymnastics (Kunstturnen) over!