A study on anthropometric profile of national male gymnasts

Abstract

Gymnastics is the oldest sports in Olympic. The term gymnastics had come newlinefrom the Greek word gymnos , newlinemeaning is to exercise nude , reflecting newlinethis newlinemeaning, because gymnasts in ancient Greece used to practice and competed newlinecompletely in naked body . The term gymnos mainly describes for the disciplinary newlineexercises, which includes physical skills such as body control, strength, coordination, newlinedexterity and gracefulness with acrobatic and tumbling skills, all exercise performed newlinein an artistic manner- (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gymnastics.12.02.218) newlineThe benefits of gymnastics exercises are enormous as it mainly develops newlinevarious component of Physical fitness such as strength, flexibility, agility, co- newlineordination, balance, grace, good posture and ability to respond. Moreover the newlinegymnast s body is continuously changed its direction and pace. In this process, the newlinegymnast gain orientation and the interaction of inner and outer forces which enhance newlinecoordination skills and concentration. newline