Methodological aspects on learning the handstand jumpingto 9 year-old gymnasts

Abstract

This paper aims to present methodological aspects of learning the handstand jump to the level III of junior gymnasts, level 1 (9 years). The given issue was the basis of the elaboration of an experimental study conducted in organizational conditions within the gymnastics department of the Dynamo Sports School Club in Bucharest. The study included a single experimental group consisting of 6 beginner gymnasts aged 7-9 years selected from the whole group. There were used control samples during the training to check the level of physical and technical training, but the succession of the learning methodology of handstand tumbling jump consisted of conditioning exercises for learning their phasic structure. The results of the study highlight the improvement in running speed, muscular back force and scapular belt, last but not least, the force of the lower limb muscles (detente). In terms of technical training, improvement of fixed point landing, spatial-temporal orientation and combination of the phasic structure according to the requirements of the ranking program among the junior gymnasts III, level 1 (9 years) is highlighted. The results of the correlation between the tests and between means reveal that standing jump learning also influences the landing in other apparatus (uneven parallels, beam and floor). But the knowledge of the structure of the jump phases, of the main execution requirements and of the relations between the components of the structures, allows the correct establishment of the learning stages, the selection of the most suitable conditioning and assisting exercises, the easy identification of the causes of the mistakes, as well as their means of correction.