Analyzing Newton's First Law Of Motion

Newton's First Law of Motion states explains that a force is needed to change the motion of an object. It states that objects do not move or change their speed unless a force acts upon them. 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 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 , and this gets her in motion. The gymnast gains enough momentum to keep swinging up and around the bar and she
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! 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