The paper has the purpose of improving technical executions and developing the psychomotor qualities specific to this event. Hypothesis: we assume that a specific program of physical training – using the means executed in conditions of balance – contributes to increased productivity and efficiency of balance beam training. The experiment concerned 8 third-category junior female gymnasts to whom the independent variable was applied, (i.e. a system of means addressed to the development of motor qualities on the beam, in balance conditions). The tests used were the following: Matorin, Fleishman, movement speed, speed strength of leg muscles and explosive power. Results.The values of arithmetic mean and standard deviation in the tests increased as follows: Matorin: 71°±2.9 on the dominant side, 76°±3.1 on the non-dominant side; Fleishman: 1.69±0.39 s on the dominant side, 1.87±0.07 s on the non-dominant side; movement speed: 1.63±0.27 s; muscle strength 2.62±0.44 on the dominant leg, 2.25±0.16 on the non-dominant leg; explosive power 1.87±0.55. Consequently, we posit that the means of physical training applied in balance conditions contributed to more effective balance beam training.

Keywords: artistic gymnastics; physical training; balance beam.