Abstract
Trends and developments in rhythmic gymnastics concern all the fundamental and detailed aspects that strategically participate in shaping a new dimension of this sport for the next Olympic cycle. The FIG Code of Points, a document that directs the activity in rhythmic gymnastics at world level, has undergone significant changes from one Olympic cycle to another. A constant priority of the specialised international body is to establish a unitary and objective line in the training of gymnasts. The changes of content in the Code of Points, in terms of specific requirements, reflect the progress made regarding the technical, artistic and executionrelated aspects. Therefore, a critical analysis is regularly needed to see the impact of regulations on the competitive performance at the end of each Olympic cycle. Competition analysis provides highly valuable data on qualitative and quantitative gains, value distribution, social impact and the higher level reached at a given time in relation to the ideal model established by the FIG Code of Points. This study aims to identify whether the regulations provided by the FIG Code of Points for the last 6 Olympic cycles have produced changes in addressing group compositions under the artistic aspect. The research was conducted on the first 8 teams in the rankings of the World Championships for the group event during the last 6 Olympic cycles. Through documentation and video recordings, we have identified the vectors that can influence the mechanisms involved in creating group compositions.
Highlights
IntroductionRhythmic gymnastics has been considered a discipline aimed to educate the body and mind through harmonious, expressive, refined movements, and through music.Rhythmic gymnastics combines technical, aesthetic and artistic parameters in order to reproduce an optimal model in terms of form and execution (Díaz-Pereira et al, 2014).Due to constant endeavours, to the “revolution” in the thinking and practice of specialists from all over the world, rhythmic gymnastics has turned from a discipline that was originally focused on body expression, rhythm and dance into a top-level discipline with its own field of expertise and specific content based on a high degree of technicality, difficulty, complexity, dynamism, spectacularity, expressiveness and elegance, all of them in perfect harmony with the specificity of musical accompaniment.before becoming an independent discipline and one of the most important forms of practicing the motor act, the path travelled was often difficult
To the “revolution” in the thinking and practice of specialists from all over the world, rhythmic gymnastics has turned from a discipline that was originally focused on body expression, rhythm and dance into a top-level discipline with its own field of expertise and specific content based on a high degree of technicality, difficulty, complexity, dynamism, spectacularity, expressiveness and elegance, all of them in perfect harmony with the specificity of musical accompaniment
The analysis made in this research highlights the presence of specific elements in each Olympic cycle as regards the way of addressing the group routine compositions, which is the consequence of regular changes in the FIG Code o Points
Summary
Rhythmic gymnastics has been considered a discipline aimed to educate the body and mind through harmonious, expressive, refined movements, and through music.Rhythmic gymnastics combines technical, aesthetic and artistic parameters in order to reproduce an optimal model in terms of form and execution (Díaz-Pereira et al, 2014).Due to constant endeavours, to the “revolution” in the thinking and practice of specialists from all over the world, rhythmic gymnastics has turned from a discipline that was originally focused on body expression, rhythm and dance into a top-level discipline with its own field of expertise and specific content based on a high degree of technicality, difficulty, complexity, dynamism, spectacularity, expressiveness and elegance, all of them in perfect harmony with the specificity of musical accompaniment.before becoming an independent discipline and one of the most important forms of practicing the motor act, the path travelled was often difficult. Rhythmic gymnastics has been considered a discipline aimed to educate the body and mind through harmonious, expressive, refined movements, and through music. If we refer to the change of its name from artistic gymnastics into modern gymnastics, this was an attempt to correctly express the difference in content for getting closer to the notion of competitive sport, and to establish its orientation and way of using gymnastic actions with a pronounced aesthetic character. In this case, the adjective “modern” meant simplicity, rationality and topicality. Compulsory events were gradually inserted in the technical programme of the World Championships and the value of deductions for technical faults was established
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