Includes bibliographical references.

Unit one - Brief history of gymnastics -- Unit two - The Conditioning and warm-up program -- Unit three - Stunts -- Unit four - Floor skills -- Unit five - Phytanic gymnastics -- Unit six - tumbling -- Unit - seven - Heavy apparatuses (balance beam and vaulting) -- Unit eight - Pyramid building.

This book has been prepared to help students, beggining teachers and coaches in gymnastics to learn and teach the skills in gymnastics in the easiest and fastest way possible. Gymnastics deals with the skills on the floor, balance beam skills, stunts, tumbling, and basic skills on the horse vault. The activities suggested being easy and graded. They may be planned according to the abilities of the learner.