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For every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

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The acceleration of an object as produced by a net force is directly proportional to the magnitude of the net force, in the same direction as the net force, and inversely proportional to the mass of the object.

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An object at rest stays at rest and an object in motion stays in motion with the same speed and in the same direction unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.

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As http://www.civiced-ri.org/physite/gymaly/Newton's%203%20laws.htm states,  the gymnast performs her beam routine you notice that she exerts lots of force onto the beam as she does leaps and flips across.

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Newton's First Law of Motion states that an object maintains its state of rest or uniform motion unless an external unbalanced force acts it upon. Basically this means that an object in motion will stay in motion or an object at rest will remain in rest until another force is acted upon it. This law doesn't apply to gymnastics as much as the second or third, but there is some presence of it in the sport. The first law applies to gymnastics in some areas, particularly on the bars and the balance beam. For example, on the bars when a gymnast performs a giant (see animation page) she is doing complete revolutions around the high bar while keeping her body straight. In order to begin this skill she had to apply some force to get into the motion of the giant, generally this is a big swing to get her body moving. Her body starts at rest and then the force is applied (the swing), and this gets her in motion. The gymnast gains enough momentum to keep swinging up and around the bar and she will then continue to do so until she applies another force to stop herself. By changing her body alignment, such as piking in towards the bar or applying some other force, she can stop the constant motion of the giant. The basic swing on the bars is also an example of the first law. The gymnast must first apply some force to get her body moving, usually a jump or kick. This causes her body to stay in motion as she swings back and forth. She will continue to stay in motion until she applies some other force to stop. This other force could be a release move or a position change to stop her motion. However, if the gymnast just stayed on the bar swinging back and forth, she would eventually stop due to air friction. She would not be able to go on swinging forever because friction is present. Therefore each time she swings back and forth, each swing after the original would not be as dynamic due to the friction. Another application would be many of the balance skills which are preformed on the beam. An example of this would be doing a scale, this is a skill which requires great balance and body control. The gymnast begins at rest. She then applies a force such as moving her leg up and chest forward. She balances on one leg and the other is extended out and up so her body is in a Y position. The gymnast stays at rest in this position until she applies a force to move her body back to a regular standing position at rest. This force is usually a simple movement of her leg by bringing it back down to the beam and bringing her chest up and finishing. In this situation, balance is controlled a lot by the basis of Newton's first law. Basically in any balancing skill, a gymnast will first apply some force to get into the particular position, and then will stay at rest until another force is applied to move her out of that same position. The presence of Newton's first law is a rather general one in gymnastics. In all balance elements however, it is taking place. A gymnast will stay in the position that she is balancing in until she applies another force to get her out of it, or until gravity causes her body to shift and she falls out of the position! (Which can happen quite easily!!) Another example would be in saltos. A salto is an aerial movement, which means a rotating flip preformed without your hands touching the ground. A gymnast will continue rotating in the air until another force is applied. Because of gravity, the gymnast cannot stay in the air forever so with the combined effort of gravity and a movement by the gymnast, she will eventually come down and land to stop the motion. Often when you are watching or performing gymnastics, you do not think about how Newton's First Law is applying to the skills you see but it is present even though you may not realize it! Newton's 2nd Law Newton's Second Law of Motion states that the acceleration of an object varies directly as the external unbalanced force applied to it and inversely as its mass. The acceleration is in the same direction as the unbalanced force. The second law applies to gymnastics in one particular way but it occurs in almost all parts of the sport. You can look at it in comparison to a gymnasts mass. If the gymnast has a very light mass, she is able to accelerate at a faster rate than another gymnast who has a greater mass if they are both applying the same amount of force. For an example, if the lighter gymnast is doing giants on the bars, she can reach a faster rotation quicker than the heavier gymnast who is doing the same thing. Mass isn't a huge factor in gymnastics, you can have a 40 kg gymnast and a 60 kg gymnast and they could be doing the same skill. Take the giant again for an example. If the 40 kg gymnast applies an unbalanced force of 200 N but the 60 kg gymnast applies a force of 300 N, using the formula acceleration = unbalanced force / mass, they will both have an acceleration of 5 m/s. However, if both gymnasts applied a force on 200 N, the 40 kg gymnast would have a faster acceleration rate. Another way of looking at the acceleration is running down the vaulting strip. The same 40 kg gymnast may not be very strong and she may not be able to apply a lot of force to make her accelerate fast when she runs, whereas the heavier gymnast may be a very strong runner and her unbalanced force may be a lot more than the others. This may cause the 60 kg gymnast's acceleration to be greater when she runs to do the vault. A lot of people think that the lighter mass the gymnast has, the more powerful and dynamic she can be. This has been a common stereotype in gymnastics ever since it began. However it is not necessarily true, gymnasts come in all different shapes and sizes now. You may have a very tiny girl in gymnastics but she may also be very weak and unable to put much force into her skills however another gymnast could be double her mass and have many times more force than the little one and she will obviously have more power and acceleration into her gymnastics. Another way of looking at this law is in the dynamics and height the gymnast is able to reach in her jumps and flips. If the gymnast is very light and is able to put a lot of force into her leaps and jumps on the beam, they will look much impressive as opposed to one who doesn't have much force who is the same size. This applies to a gymnast at any mass and strength. If you have a number of gymnasts at different masses, but their strengths all increase constantly with their weight, they will all have the same acceleration when doing skills generally. However this also depends on the skill and how much effort the gymnast is putting into her skill at the particular time. The second law is somewhat important to gymnastics but it isn't a huge deal. As mentioned before, there is no certain size a gymnast has to be to be able to do well in gymnastics. It's a matter of mass and the amount of force the gymnast can apply on herself or the apparatus to perform the skill!

Newton's 3rd Law
's Third Law of Motion states that for every action force on an object, there is an equal reaction force in the opposite direction on the object exerting the action force. Basically this means that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction.

In gymnastics the third law applies in various ways. For example, as the gymnast performs her beam routine you notice that she exerts lots of force onto the beam as she does leaps and flips across. The beam does not collapse or break because when she exerts a force down on it, it exerts an equal force back onto the gymnast. This is also the case on the vault. When the gymnast pushes her hands onto the vault, she does not go through it! This is because her force is balances with a force of the vault pushing back onto the gymnast's hands.

Other examples of this would be when the gymnast tumbles on the floor or does a dismount from an apparatus. When she lands on the mats she hits the floor with a certain force, this is known as the action force. To ensure that the gymnast does not go on through the floor, the mats exert the same force back onto the gymnast, reaction force.

One other particular example that stands out would be when a gymnast uses a spring board. She jumps on it and exerts a certain force to compress the board. This is the action force, then as the board decompresses, it exerts a force up on the gymnast giving her momentum. This is the reaction force. Both the action force and reaction force are equal in strength but they are in opposite directions.

As you can tell there are various action-reaction pairs present in gymnastics. 's third law is always in action as a gymnast performs her routines!

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Newton's First Law of Motion states that an object maintains its state of rest or uniform motion unless an external unbalanced force acts it upon. Basically this means that an object in motion will stay in motion or an object at rest will remain in rest until another force is acted upon it.

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An examples of newtons 2nd law applys in the floor event. When they are running to do tumbling. As stated on https://thephysicsofgymnastics.weebly.com/newtons-second-law.html, The floor gymnasts perform on isn't like a regular floor. It is designed to assist the gymnast in tumbling to go as high as possible, and also to put less strain on their knees, ankles, and wrists when tumbling."

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A gymnast running to do a tumbling line is a very good example of Newton's Second Law. As explained in Newton's Third Law to go higher in a skill the gymnast has to apply a greater force. But how...

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- One way that the first law applies to gymnastics is the bars event. The gymnast must first apply some force to get her body moving, usually a jump or kick.