Floor Exercise: Tips, Rules, and Legendary Stars

by Heather E. Schwartz

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.

Genres: Childrens

32 pages, Library Binding

Published August 1, 2016

Reviews

[Tayler K · Rating 3 out of 5]

I'm not sure if there is an order to this series or not, but this seemed like the first book to me (I read it second). While the vocabulary in the Vaulting book was more event-specific, highlighted words in the Floor Exercise book include more general terms such as elite, execution, lyrics, modify, choreography, and anxiety.

The competition section in Vaulting gives specific wardrobe requirements and talks more about scoring and the practical costs of elite competition. In Floor Exercise, the Competition chapter talks more about preparations such as getting enough sleep, proper nutrition, and packing your gym bag.

I did feel like the explanations and instructions for basic moves were more clear and easy to follow/apply in Floor Exercise than in Vaulting, but that could be because I am more familiar with them.

Both books focus mostly on women's gymnastics in terms of photography and descriptions, but both mention the different wardrobe requirements, events and competition requirements, and both male and female legends of the events.