TECHNICAL CONTENT OF ELITE RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS

The primary aim of this study was to analyse all technical elements used in the Rhythmic  Gymnastics  Kiev  World  Championship  2013,  and  identify  the Structural characteristics of the technical content of elite Rhythmic Gymnastics individual routines. The data has been collected from the diffi...

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Main Authors: Catarina Leandro, Lurdes Ávila-Carvalho, Elena Sierra-Palmeiro, Marta Bobo-Arce
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Published: University of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani) 2016-02-01
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Online Access:https://journals.uni-lj.si/sgj/article/view/22242
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author Catarina Leandro
Lurdes Ávila-Carvalho
Elena Sierra-Palmeiro
Marta Bobo-Arce
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description The primary aim of this study was to analyse all technical elements used in the Rhythmic  Gymnastics  Kiev  World  Championship  2013,  and  identify  the Structural characteristics of the technical content of elite Rhythmic Gymnastics individual routines. The data has been collected from the difficulty forms concerning 288 individual routines. To allow the comparison between gymnasts with different levels the individual routines were clustered into 3 subgroups according to their final ranking competition. Body difficulty elements were organized, according to the composition requirements stated in the RG Code of Points (FIG, 2012). Non-parametric tests - Kruskal-Wallis, Mann-Whitney and Friedman test were applied to determine whether there were significant differences between groups. As main results we can point out that in general the rhythmic gymnasts used similar body difficulties with limited variety. The highest valued elements are Dynamic Elements with Rotation and throw (DER) and rotations and these represent 50% of the total value of the routine. Concerning the dance steps and mastery, no differences were found between the routines of gymnasts place in the three parts of the ranking. The routines had differences in the composition pattern between the gymnasts   according to the  final  ranking  of  the  gymnasts  in  following  items:  (i)  on  the  number  of rotations of flat foot or other part of the body, Fouetté rotations and Mixed Difficulties; (ii) on the value of jumps, rotations, DER and Mixed Difficulties.
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spelling doaj-art-3834dcebbae748f780e84bcd93ed7c0b2025-08-20T02:41:24ZengUniversity of Ljubljana Press (Založba Univerze v Ljubljani)Science of Gymnastics Journal1855-71712016-02-018110.52165/sgj.8.1.85-96TECHNICAL CONTENT OF ELITE RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICSCatarina Leandro0Lurdes Ávila-Carvalho1Elena Sierra-Palmeiro2Marta Bobo-Arce3Faculty of Psychology, Education and Sport, University Lusófona of Porto, Portugal; Faculty of sport Science and Physical Education, University of Coruña, SpainSports Faculty - CIFI2D - Centro de Investigação, Formação, Intervenção e Inovação em Desporto, Porto University, PortugalFaculty of sport Science and Physical Education, University of Coruña, SpainFaculty of sport Science and Physical Education, University of Coruña, Spain The primary aim of this study was to analyse all technical elements used in the Rhythmic  Gymnastics  Kiev  World  Championship  2013,  and  identify  the Structural characteristics of the technical content of elite Rhythmic Gymnastics individual routines. The data has been collected from the difficulty forms concerning 288 individual routines. To allow the comparison between gymnasts with different levels the individual routines were clustered into 3 subgroups according to their final ranking competition. Body difficulty elements were organized, according to the composition requirements stated in the RG Code of Points (FIG, 2012). Non-parametric tests - Kruskal-Wallis, Mann-Whitney and Friedman test were applied to determine whether there were significant differences between groups. As main results we can point out that in general the rhythmic gymnasts used similar body difficulties with limited variety. The highest valued elements are Dynamic Elements with Rotation and throw (DER) and rotations and these represent 50% of the total value of the routine. Concerning the dance steps and mastery, no differences were found between the routines of gymnasts place in the three parts of the ranking. The routines had differences in the composition pattern between the gymnasts   according to the  final  ranking  of  the  gymnasts  in  following  items:  (i)  on  the  number  of rotations of flat foot or other part of the body, Fouetté rotations and Mixed Difficulties; (ii) on the value of jumps, rotations, DER and Mixed Difficulties. https://journals.uni-lj.si/sgj/article/view/22242body difficultyindividual routinesevaluationrhythmic gymnastics
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Marta Bobo-Arce
TECHNICAL CONTENT OF ELITE RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS
Science of Gymnastics Journal
body difficulty
individual routines
evaluation
rhythmic gymnastics
title TECHNICAL CONTENT OF ELITE RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS
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title_fullStr TECHNICAL CONTENT OF ELITE RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS
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title_short TECHNICAL CONTENT OF ELITE RHYTHMIC GYMNASTICS
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topic body difficulty
individual routines
evaluation
rhythmic gymnastics
url https://journals.uni-lj.si/sgj/article/view/22242
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