Floor Exercise: Tips, Rules, and Legendary Stars

by Heather E. Schwartz, Martín Bustamante (Illustrator)

Overview

Floor exercise requires a lot from a gymnast. You need artistry, precision, and skill. But the feeling you get when you stick a complicated tumbling pass, makes all your hard work and dedication worth it. Learn everything you need to know to compete in floor exercise.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781515722182
Publisher:	Capstone
Publication date:	08/01/2016
Series:	Gymnastics
Pages:	32
Product dimensions:	8.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 0.38(d)
Lexile:	840L (what's this?)
Age Range:	8 - 14 Years

About the Author

Heather E. Schwartz writes books for kids from her home in upstate New York. She loves writing because she loves learning new things, brainstorming creative ideas, and moving words around on a page. In her spare time, she runs a website for young writers (WriteintheMiddle.co). She also enjoys baking cookies in fun shapes, throwing holiday parties, walking in the woods, eating cider donuts, and spending time with her family.

Table of Contents

Tumbling through time — Fun on the floor — Tricks of the trade — Routine matters — Competition time — Legends of floor exercise.

Interviews

how-to format, energetic and colorful feel; gymnastics was one of the most watched sports in the 2012 Olympic games;