Acrobatic gymnastics is a competitive gymnastic discipline where teams work together and perform routines consisting of acrobatic skills, dance and tumbling, set to music.
In competition, partnerships perform a routine to music, that has usually been choreographed specifically for them. The gymnasts carry out their acrobatic moves and combine them with dance, all in time to and in keeping with the style of the music.
In competition, partnerships perform a routine to music, that has usually been choreographed specifically for them. The gymnasts carry out their acrobatic moves and combine them with dance, all in time to and in keeping with the style of the music.
There are three types of routines:
- Balance
- Dynamic; and
- Combined
Acrobatic gymnasts perform in pairs or groups. The different partnerships seen in competition are:
- women’s pair (two females)
- men’s pair (two males)
- mixed pair (a male base and a female top)
- women’s group (three females)
- men’s group (four males)
A balance routine focuses on strength, poise and flexibility
A dynamic routine consists of throws, somersaults and catches.
A combined routine consists of elements from both balance and dynamic routines, and is mostly performed in the upper levels of the sport.
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