A guide to the beginner's world of gymnastics offers advice on selecting a program, warming up and cooling down exercises, and moving on to the competitive level, and includes instructions on floor and apparatus moves.

Includes index.

Choosing gymnastics -- Knowing what to look for -- Getting started -- The healthy gymnast -- Warming up -- Skills -- Cooling down -- Adding Rhythm and Bounce to your program -- Gymnastics' greats from yesterday to today -- Competition: raising the bar -- Where gymnastics can take you.