Development Trend of Pommel Horse during London Olympic Cycle

By the methods of literature study and video observation, the paper analyzes the movements performed by the participating gymnasts in the finals of the 41st and 42nd World Gymnastics Championships. It summarizes the development tendency of the movement of pommel horse during London Olympic Cycle so as to provide reference to the pommel horse training for Chinese Men's Gymnastics Team. The result shows that the selection of movements of the world elite gymnasts tends to be more concentrate; the first group movements tend to concentrate on Lining and Swing bwd. w. l/4t. through hstd. on 1 p. lower to sup. W. strad. Legs; Magyar Spindle becomes the preferred movement of the 2nd group; the 3rd group focuses on Magyar and Sivado Travel; the 4th group is characterized by Flops (D or E), Wu Guonian, Russian Wende Swings (near pommel or far pommel) and the combined Flop elements of D or E; the first-choice movements in the 5th group are reverse Stockli or DSA through hdst (D or E).