Floor Exercises are performed on the floor without the use of apparatus. These are the simplest exercises. Only a thick mattress of foam or rubber is required to do the floor exercises. The mattress is spread on the floor to avoid any jerk or injury to the gymnast’s body. They make the body flexible. They in fact, prepare the body for the apparatus exercises.
A few floor exercises are given here:
1. Forward Roll:
In this exercise the gymnast stands on the rubber mattress and keeps his hands parallel to the ground. He, then sets his palms firmly on the mattress and also bends his knees to stay them on the mattress. He bends his neck inward between his arms and also bends his elbows and rolls forward on his waist. While rolling he should keep his knees bent together near his chest so as to avoid any problem in rolling.
2. Backward Roll:
The Gymnast stands besides the thick mattress. He bending his neck and waist backward, sits on the floor. He rotates his feet in a semi-circular position towards his head and then rests his palms on the floor and rolls backward. He keeps his stretched legs unbent during the backward roll.
