Rhythmic gymnastics is a highly graceful, artistic, flexible and rhythmic competitive sport that can improve people's coordination and enrich their imagination and expression. Music is an important part of rhythmic gymnastics, and the rhythm in music is the basis and basis for the choreography and design of rhythmic gymnastics. Rhythmic gymnastics and music complement each other and promote each other. With the deepening of educational reform, the application of music rhythm in rhythmic gymnastics teaching has received more and more attention.

1. The role of student participation in rhythmic gymnastics teaching

The objects of rhythmic gymnastics teaching are students. Therefore, students’ attention and active participation directly affect the progress of teaching and the rhythm of music. It is conducive to the development of students' physical and mental health, which to a certain extent is conducive to mobilizing students' active participation. The rhythm of music can regulate and soothe students' nervousness when performing rhythmic gymnastics exercises. By playing music with different rhythms, it is helpful to adjust the neural responses solidified during students' training, stimulate the activity of nerve cells, relieve tension and serious feelings, achieve a more comfortable state, and improve the coordination ability of the limbs. At the same time, music helps focus students' attention and carefully find rhythm points, making skill practice more efficient and of higher quality. In addition, appropriate music can uplift the spirit and make students more passionate and energetic when practicing.

2. The effect on the learning progress of students' movement skills

In rhythmic gymnastics, the speed of the music rhythm directly affects the speed of students' body movements when practicing rhythmic gymnastics. Fast-paced music can speed up students' movements more easily and improve their flexibility and agility. Therefore, using the music of this rhythm section as the climax of the action can more easily achieve a highly infectious and expressive effect. As the beginning or end of the movements, slow-paced music can not only buffer the movements to prevent students from being in a state of high-intensity intense exercise and cause excessive fatigue, but also bring out the power and beauty of the fast-paced music in the climax, making the whole set The movements are layered and artistic.

Third, the control effect on training intensity

In the process of teaching rhythmic gymnastics, teachers are bound to conduct physical fitness training and repeated exercises of gymnastics movements for students. In a class, a reasonable exercise intensity should be able to bring out the best level of students' physical functions, and allow students to return to normal status quickly after the end. However, because each student has different characteristics, it is difficult for teachers to accurately control and grasp the intensity of the training process.