Pommel Horse

A piece of artistic gymnastics equipment is the pommel horse. Traditionally, only male gymnasts have utilized it. The modern pommel horse has a metal body coated in leather and foam rubber, with plastic handles. The original pommel horse had a metal frame with a wooden body and a leather cover.

Why do they call it a pommel horse?

The gymnastics apparatus known as a pommel horse is made up of a padded beam on legs with two handles, or pommels, affixed to the top. During this competition, gymnasts utilize the pommel horse to execute swinging and balancing moves as part of a routine. The actual competition is known as pommel horse.

Why is pommel horse so hard?

According to physics, the fundamental difficulty of the pommel horse is dynamic stability, which requires the gymnast to maintain adequate balance to stay on the pommel while also moving his body.

It is challenging since it requires for a tremendous level of upper body strength. Long arms provide athletes a minor advantage, but they require more than that.

How long is the pommel horse?

Pommel horse, also called side horse, gymnastics apparatus, a leather-covered form 1.6 meters (63 inches) long, 34 to 36 cm (13.4 to 14.2 inches) wide, and (measured to its top) about 115 cm (45.3 inches) from the floor with a support in its center.

Where does the pommel horse come from?

The device evolved from a wooden horse that the Romans introduced and used to instruct mounting and dismounting. They incorporated it into the historic Olympic Games. Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, the creator of the German turnverein, created the fundamental exercises of the modern era in the first half of the 19th century.

Pommel Horse

Pommel horse Routines

Both single leg and double leg exercises are commonly used in pommel horse exercises. Scissors are typically used in single-leg skills. The mainstay of this competition, though, is the double leg workout. Depending on choice, the gymnast swings both legs in a clockwise or counterclockwise direction while performing these abilities on every portion of the apparatus. Gymnasts frequently add modifications to a standard circle technique to make the practice more difficult. These variants include turning (moores and spindles), straddling their legs (flairs), putting one or both hands on the pommel or the saddle, or moving up and down the horse while doing the same (travelling).

When the gymnast completes a dismount—either by swinging his body over the horse or by landing in a handstand on the mat—the routine is over. The Code of Points governs the pommel horse, as well as its gymnastic components and many rules.

One of the more challenging men's events is pommel horse.  Even while it is commonly known that all activities require a certain level of both skill and muscle development, pommel horse favors technique above muscle. This is due to the fact that, unlike other events, horse routines are performed by leaning forward from the shoulders and do not require holding any manoeuvres. Because less force is placed on the arms, less muscle is required in this event than in others like stationary rings or parallel bars.

See also:- Aerial silk, Still Rings Gymnastics