(1.Department of Physical Education, Leshan Normal Institute, Leshan 614900, China; 2.Chengdu Institute of Physical Education,Chengdu 610041,China) Abstract: Body movement difficulty has always been considered as a major breakthrough in the development of artistic gymnastics technique.Difficulty is the backbone of a set of movement and the only factor to decide technical value score for a whole set of movement.The biggest breakthrough of International Scoring Rules for Artistic Gymnastics (2003 Version) lies in the followings: the quantity of body movement difficulty is increased rapidly; the type of movement is increased and movement’s technical complexity is enhanced; the magnitude of body movement difficulty is combined with the score. It has been proved once again in practice that difficulty is the precondition of competitive artistic gymnastics today. Key words: artistic gymnastics; body movement difficulty; development trend |