Cleofe Oliveros: Assistant Prof., NPC
Cleofe Oliveros: Assistant Prof., NPC
Module 6:
Cleofe Oliveros
Assistant Prof., NPC
PE I
MODULE 6: Rhythmic Gymnastics
No. of Sessions: 1
Content Standards:
At the end of this module, the students should be able to:
1. Examine Rhythmic Gymnastics as a sport and an artform
2. Differentiate Rhythmic Gymnastics from other disciplines
3. Recognize the significance of apparatus in Rhythmic Gymnastics
4. Characterize the different apparatus used in RG routines
Performance Standards:
At the end of this module, the students should be able to:
1. Exhibit their creativity and the Filipino ingenuity in making their
own versions of ‘improvised’ Rhythmic Gymnastics apparatuses
2. Demonstrate their talent, wit and creativity in writing tutorials and/or making video guide/tutorials
about their outputs
Dinoso, C. P. (1990). Rhythmic Gymnastics. Gymnastics book, pp. 61-62. Quezon City: Rex Printing Co.
Retrieved from https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=99gzikydTWEC&pg=PA68&lpg=PA68&dq
Wikihow. (2020, May 28). How to Do Rhythmic Gymnastics. Retrieved from Wikihow.com:
https://www.wikihow.com/Do-Rhythmic-Gymnastics
Apparatus: The Key Difference
Amy Van Deusen (2018) emphasizes that “in rhythmic gymnastics, the athletes perform with
equipment instead of on equipment” unlike in Artistic Gymnastics. Accordingly, Rhythmic
“Gymnasts perform jumps, tosses, leaps and other moves with different types of apparatus,
and are judged much more on their grace, dance ability, and coordination than their power or
tumbling prowess” as that in other disciplines.
Though there may be a lot of facets that sets Rhythmic Gymnastics (RG) apart from other
disciplines however, apparatus remains to be chief marker as discussed in the following
websites and videos:
What are the differences between artistic gymnastics & rhythmic gymnastics in
https://olympic.ca/2019/08/26/what-are-the-differences-between-artistic-gymnastics-and-rhythmic-
gymnastics/
So far, we’ve learned the significance of the apparatus in Rhythmic Gymnastics, now let’s find
out more about each apparatus individually
Ribbon
Possibly the most prominent Rhythmic Gymnastics apparatus, comprised of a handle (known as
"stick" usually 50-60 cm long and 1 cm wide), a ribbon and attachment (Wikipedia, 2020). H. M.
Alumia (2014, pp. slides 24-27) provided these vital apparatus specs in a slideshare
presentation:
CLUBS
ROPE
In a web article Amy Van Deusen (2018) notes that “the rope is made out of hemp or synthetic
material, and is proportional to the size of the gymnast”. Furthermore, in a separate slideshare
presentation (Maribel1960, 2013)outlined how to determine the rope length:
Do your best to be creative in choosing materials that are accessible to you and try to conform
to the standard sizes noted above, as much possible.
You may publish your write-ups in Wordpress or upload your videos on any online platform that
you prefer or just send your write-ups/ video clip/ uploaded links to our FB messenger group.
You may use these resources as reference for your outputs:
Gymnastics ribbon
In https://www.to-made.com/gymnastics-ribbon.html
Palmer, H. C. (2003). Make Your Own Ropes. In Teaching Rhythmic Gymnastics: A Developmentally
Appropriate Approach (p. 12). Champaign: Human Kinetics. Retrieved from
https://books.google.com.ph/books?id=NEKnVjqvQKAC&pg=PA2&dq
Wikihow. (2020, May 28). How to Do Rhythmic Gymnastics. Retrieved from Wikihow.com:
https://www.wikihow.com/Do-Rhythmic-Gymnastics#Using-the-Apparatuses
• Images used are all taken from the resources cited above, google image search, strekoza.bz and
pinterest.
• Videos included are all linked to Youtube.