Officials Of Gymnastics And Their Duties JSS3 Physical Education Lesson Note

Topic – Officials of gymnastics and their duties

Sub topic-The safety rules in gymnastics 

The officials of gymnastics include:

1 . The judges

2. The scorers
3. The time-keepers
4. The Referee’s
5. The Announcers
6. The clerk
7. The linesman
8. Doctors/ First aiders

 The duties of each gymnastics official are the following:

The judges: 

1. The judges evaluate the exercise correctly, fairly, and quickly
2. They also ensure adherence to gymnastics guidelines.
3. Add up gymnastics points and declare winners.

 The duties of the scorers

1. Read the scores of all judges
2. Compute and record the average score.
3. They also supply the referee with relevant information

 The duties of the time-keeper

1. Record time on all floor exercises.
2. Record  the result and hand it to the referees

 The duties of the referees

1. Preside over meetings
2. Ratify and sign all results
3. Making final decisions
4. Carry out all the activities of a referee during gymnastics.

 The duties of the announcers.

1. Read to the public the names and Number of gymnasts taking part in the event.
2. Announce Starting lineups.
3. Announce the result of each event

 The duties of the clerk

1. Act as the secretary of the committee
2. Organises meetings
3. Hosts the officials
4. Keeps records of all the scores and passes them to the appropriate channel

 The duties of the linesman

1. Indicate whenever a gymnast goes beyond the boundary line by raising a flag/ hand or by notation to the judge.

 The duties of the doctors/ first aiders.

1. They give health education and instructions to all participants
2. Attend to gymnasts when injured.

 The safety precautions on gymnastics

In sports, such as gymnastics, accidents often occur. To minimise these, important safety precautions must be taken and observed strictly.

1. Ensure proper warm-up before participating in any gymnastics activity.
2. Ensure the Sports ground is well lit, with very bright lights to avoid poor vision.
3. Ensure the apparatus is in good working condition and is up to standard.
4. Ask questions when in doubt.
5. Ensure full concentration is maintained and avoid distraction
6. Ensure strict adherence to instructions
7. Ensure items of jewelry such as bangles, rings, necklaces, etc are not worn during the activity
8. Ensure convenient sport wears are worn during activity
9. Ensure a spotter is close by whenever advanced skills are being performed

 Assignment

1. Write four sentences on the nature of gymnastics
2. List four keywords that are associated with gymnastics