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Pommel Horse

Pommel horse is a men's artistic gymnastics apparatus. Gymnasts perform circles, scissors, travels, turns and dismount on the apparatus; scoring evaluates difficulty, execution, rhythm, body line and deductions.

LevelVariant FamilyGymnastics Family CategoryArtistic gymnastics

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Classification

Category Artistic gymnastics

Family Gymnastics Family

Level Variant

Getting started

Kurzbeschreibung Artistic gymnastics apparatus with circles, scissors, travels and dismount.

Geeignet für Suitable for people who like rhythm, body tension, support strength and precise repetition.

Cost Club training with coach and apparatus/mats; owning apparatus is not realistic for entry. Gymnastics club fee, training, clothing, possible competition fees; specialist apparatus is usually provided by the club. Gymnastics club, artistic gymnastics section, apparatus training or university sport. Mushroom, mat and support drills are typical progressions.

First progress Support and pendulum drills quickly; stable circles often take many weeks or months.

Fitness level medium to high

Was du brauchst

gym
coach
pommel horse or mushroom
mats
chalk
fitted training clothing

First steps

find gymnastics club
prepare support position and shoulders
learn pendulum/swing drills
practise circles on mushroom/mat
then full apparatus

Gymnastics club, artistic gymnastics centre, apparatus group or university sport with men's apparatus.

Train only with mats, coach supervision and progressive shoulder/core loading.

Weitere Angaben

Tags animal, individual, pommel-horse, gymnastics, turnsport-familie, pauschenpferd, geraetturnen, artistic-gymnastics

Rules and format

Die Grundlagen

Ziel

Perform an uninterrupted, technically clean pommel horse routine with circles, scissors, travels and dismount.

Teilnehmer

One gymnast per routine.

Teamgröße

Individual; teams aggregate individual scores.

Spielfeld

Pommel horse apparatus with mats.

Dauer

Depends on format and event.

Wertung

Difficulty, execution and deductions.

Gewinnbedingung

Best valid time, placing or score in the announced format.

Ausrüstung

pommel horse
mats
chalk
gymnastics clothing

Wichtige Regelpunkte

fall
pause/stop
body/leg error
unclean travel
dismount error

Regelquellen

Federations and sources

Federations

Federation Internationale de Gymnastique
Federation Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG)

Rules Federation Internationale de Gymnastique · federation · high
Events Federation Internationale de Gymnastique · federation · high
Pommel horse Encyclopaedia Britannica · reference · high
Pommel Horse 101 GymnastGem · blog-guide · medium