Tarea de la Unidad III

Artistic Gymnastics

Apparatus

Vault

The vault is an event as well as the primary piece of equipment used in that event. Unlike most of the gymnastic events employing apparatuses, the vault is a common to both men's and women's competition, with little difference between the two categories. A gymnast sprints down a runway, which is a maximum of 25 meters in length, before leaping onto a spring board. Harnessing the explosive energy of the spring, the gymnast direct his or her body hands-first towards the vault. Body position is maintained while "popping" (blocking using only a shoulder movement) the vaulting platform. The gymnast then rotates his or her body so as to land in a standing position on the far side of the vault. In advanced gymnastics, multiple twists and somersaults may be added before landing. Successful vaults depend on the speed of the run, the length of the hurdle, the power the gymnast generates from the legs and shoulder girdle, the kinesthetic awareness in the air, and the speed of rotation in the case of more difficult and complex vaults.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artistic_gymnastics

Homework Unidad III

 Técnicas de Lectura

1. Predicción, Deducción y Skimming.

1.1. Seleccione un texto que tenga una imagen.

1.2. Observe la imagen y conteste las siguientes preguntas:

1.3. De acuerdo al título y la imagen. ¿Cuál cree usted que es el

tópico que está a punto de leer?

R: El salto como aparato de la Gimnasia Artistica.

1.4. ¿Cuál es la idea general del texto?

R: Se refiere al aparato y describe la ejecucion del salto.

1.5. ¿Que palabras se repiten?

Se resaltan en el texto

1.6. ¿Que palabras se parecen al español?

Se resaltan en el texto

1.7. ¿Cuales son las palabras en negrita, el titulo, subtitulo o gráficos que te ayudan a entender el texto?

Artistic Gymnastics

Apparatus
Vault


1.8. ¿De qué trata el texto? Lee el primer párrafo y el último o la últimas ideas del último párrafo.

R: Se refiere a la importancia del salto como aparato de la Gimnasia Artística, el cual es ejecutado en competencias tanto por los hombres como por las mujeres. Al final destaca aspectos técnicos importantes implícitos en los saltos mas complejos, como: la velocidad de la carrera, la potencia de las piernas y hombros, la velocidad del giro o rotación del cuerpo en el aire.

History

2. Scanning.

Gymnastics as a system of harmonious sports training originated in Ancient Greece more than 2,000 years ago, although gymnastic exercises and even some sort of apparatus were used in the ancient China and India for medical purposes much earlier. The system was mentioned in works by ancient authors, such as Homer, Aristotle and Plato. It included many disciplines, which would later become separate sports: swimming, race, wrestling, boxing, riding, etc.[1] and was also used for military training. In its present form gymnastics evolved in Germany and Czechoslovakia in the beginning of the 19th century, and the term "artistic gymnastics" was introduced at the same time to distinguish free styles from the ones used by the military.[2] A German educator Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, who was known as the father of gymnastics,[3] invented several apparatus, including the horizontal bar and parallel bars which are used to this day. Two of the first gymnastics clubs were Turnvereins and Sokols.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artistic_gymnastics 

2.1. Seleccione un texto y escribe 4 preguntas puntuales sobre fechas, sitios, etc. (Utiliza una biografía referente a algún autor de tu área de experticia).

a. ¿Dónde y cuándo se originó la Gimnasia?

R: En la Antigua Grecia, hace más de 2000 años.

b. ¿ En qué paises y cuando se originaron las actuales pruebas de las Competancias de Gimnasia? 

R: En Alemania y Chescoslovaquia, a principios del siglo XIX.

c. ¿Quién es considerado el padre de la Gimnasia?

R: El Educador Alemán Friedrich Ludwig Jahn

d. ¿Cómo se llamaron los primeros Clubes Gimnásticos? 

R: Turnvereins y Sokols