Club Swinging is an old gymnastics sport that involves the competitor standing with a club in each hand, which are shaped like like bowling pins or juggling clubs, then whirling or swinging the clubs very quickly around the body and head in a variety of patterns in a complicated routine. Judges award points based on the degree of difficulty and execution of the routine.
Club Swinging has appeared twice at the Olympic Games, in 1904 and 1932. A form of club swinging is part of the apparatus event in calisthenics and gymnastics. Nowadays club swinging is gaining in popularity as a form of exercise training.
Related Pages
- Club Swinging at the Olympics
- About Extinct and Ancient Sports
- List of Extinct Sports
- List of unusual sports