• Dona Das Sengupta
• Dr. Asish Paul
• Arumoy Jana

Background Context: Gymnastics is a multidimensional sport that requires a high level of physical fitness, determination of mind and skill to succeed. ‘Federation Internationale de Gymnastique’ (FIG) design norms to assess Gymnastics performance of junior and senior international level competitions which is also followed by ‘Gymnastics Federation of India’ (GFI) at the national level competitions. FIG permits national federations like GFI modify the design for the other competitions organized at national and local levels till the age of 8 years and above. Coaches and Gymnastics experts agree that Gymnastics can be started at age as early as 4 years but there is no standard norm to assess the performance and checking their development. Before constructing the norms for those ages level of 4-8 years children the underline criteria should be kept in mind for assessment of Gymnastics performance along with gender differences. Objectives of the study: To explore the basic criteria for development of ‘Code of Points’ in Gymnastics. Methods: The literature review design has been adopted from different scientific electronic databases such as Google Scholar and Google Advance Search. There after the entire relevant articles have been critically analyzed. Conclusions: The researches and analysis by numerous scholars have been mainly centered on the cognitive, behavioral, motor ability and their mechanical analyses, fitness of the gymnast and every developing detail in movement preparation according to age and gender. More or less the result of most of the study found that systematic Gymnastics training with respective age increases performance of gymnast.

Gymnastics, Assessment norms, Code of Points, Physical fitness, Motor Creativity, Postural Control, Age and Sex

"Underlying Criterion for Development of Norms for Beginners in Assessment of Gymnastics Performance", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 1, page no.1253-1262, January-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2101159.pdf

"Underlying Criterion for Development of Norms for Beginners in Assessment of Gymnastics Performance", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 1, page no. pp1253-1262, January-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR2101159.pdf