Modification of the system of physical culture and sports in Ukraine is impossible without taking into account its relationship with the most important trends in sociocultural development. That is why the idea of the need to include a gender component in the appropriate system is increasingly heard, which implies an orientation towards gender characteristics of development and, accordingly, the socialization of the individual.The term «gender» is translated from Latin as a social gender, which not only determines a person's behavior in society, but also how this behavior is perceived by others [3, 142]. Gender, or separate education, involves, first of all, the use of saving technologies that allow you to regulate the load, as well as to carry out the selection of exercises depending on gender [1, 8]. Accordingly, practical lessons in artistic gymnastics should be based on a gender approach, which is built taking into account the gender characteristics of students. In addition, this approach actualizes their gender roles by focusing on those types of physical activity that reinforce behavior patterns and personal qualities, which form gender [2, 95]. In a thorough study of such a physical quality as flexibility, it is imperative to take into account the conditions that affect the degree of its manifestation and the path of effective development [4, 173]. First of all, it is necessary to pay attention to the gender characteristics of students [3, 143].The identification of all factors that correspond to the gender orientation when working with students in practical exercises in gymnastics shows that in order to achieve a simultaneous effect on the development of physical qualities of posture, body shaping, body weight regulation, the optimal option, of course, in addition to the main program with artistic gymnastics, it turns out using a fitness program. It includes rhythmic gymnastics, aerobics, rhythmic gymnastics and the like. This sport is considered the most progressive in the choice of means for the development of flexibility on the basis of a gender approach [2, 96].According to most researchers, it is flexibility with all its manifestations that is one of the most important physical qualities in artistic gymnastics. Without it, in this sport, it is impossible to achieve plasticity, expressiveness of movements and, moreover, the improvement of these techniques. All this has its own explanation: with insufficient mobility in the joints, the movement of the body becomes limited and constrained, respectively, there is a curvature of the technique of performing movements, which leads to further disruption of the integral composition [4, 175].