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Course: Artistic gymnastics

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Course title Artistic gymnastics
Course code KAS/GYSP
Organizational form of instruction Exercise
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course unspecified
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Buben Jiří, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Poláková Martina, Mgr.
Course content
Special fitness training. Training and improvement of technical execution of exercise forms on gymnastic equipment. Learning series of exercises on various gymnastic equipment (MEN: floor, pommel horse, still rings, vault, parallel bars, horizontal bar; WOMEN: vault, uneven bars, balance beam, floor).

Learning activities and teaching methods
Training in job and motor Skils
  • Preparation for the Course Credit - 15 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 15 hours per semester
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course is of a personal training nature. The aim of the course is to improve and arrange basic exercise forms on various gymnastic equipment into simple series of exercises and their performance within a multiple event. Information about this course was translated to English within the project Internationalization of the Faculty of Physical Culture, Palacký University, Olomouc, No. CZ.1.07/2.2.00/28.0028, co-funded by the European Social Fund and the Government of the Czech Republic.
Upon completion of the course the student is able to: - Perform required exercise forms - Perform series of gymnastic exercise on various gymnastic equipment - Use the acquired knowledge to train similar series of gymnastic exercises
Prerequisites
The student knows and is capable of performing basic skills and exercise forms on gymnastic equipment (floor, pommel horse, still rings, vault, uneven bars, parallel bars, horizontal bar, balance beam).

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

Active participation in seminars. Participation in a gymnastic multiple event and meeting all specified requirements (performance of compulsory exercises on various equipment) as specified at Moodle.
Recommended literature
  • Appelt, K., & Libra, M. (1998). Gymnastické názvosloví. Praha.
  • Krištofič, J. (2004). Gymnastická průprava sportovce: 238 cvičení pro všestranný rozvoj pohybových dovedností. Praha.
  • Krištofič, J. (2008). Nářaďová gymnastika. Praha.
  • Low, S. (2011). Overcoming gravity.
  • Mitchell, D., Davis, B., Lopez, R., & Gunter, S. (2002). Teaching FUNdamental gymnastics skills. Champaign, Ill.
  • Nitka, J. (1993). Pohybová příprava pro sportovní gymnastiku. Olomouc.
  • Růžičková, M., & Blahutková, M. (1999). Sportovní gymnastika. Díl 2, Ženy: přeskok, malá trampolína, kladina, kruhy v hupu, velká trampolína. Brno.
  • Zámostná, A., Mazurovová, Z., Procházková, J., Svatoň, V., Zítko, M., Knorre-Vlasáková, N., & Libra, M. (1997). Gymnastika: akrobacie a cvičení na nářadí. Praha.
  • Zítko, M., & Chrudimský, J. (2005). Akrobacie. Plzeň.
  • Zítko, M., Chrudimský, J., & Libra, M. (2006). Akrobacie. Praha.


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Palacký University Olomouc, date of update: 02.05.2026 23:52. Data created for academic year 2026/2027