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ACRO - Acrobatic Gymnastics

Acrobatic Gymnastics is a spectacular Gymsport for athletes who want to share the thrill of performing balances, flips and twists with their friends. While other gymnasts might handstand on the bars or beam, acrobats find themselves balancing on their teammate’s feet, hands or shoulders. With roles as tops, middles or bases, there is a place for everyone in Acrobatic Gymnastics.

Benefits of Acrobatics

  • Is the perfect team based sport for people of all ages and abilities

  • Enhances balance, co-ordination and agility

  • Develops posture and confident body movement, including the ability to land safely

  • Challenges the mind and body to courageously reach new goals

  • Builds strength, flexibility and power

Gymnasts performing Balance routine in a trio

Acrobatic Gymnastics is an expressive, dynamic and spectacular sport for all genders; combining power and poise, with grace and beauty. This dynamic and spirited sport builds confidence and camaraderie amongst participants.

Acrobatic Gymnastics has a Level 1 – 10 Program in Australia. This is decided by ability and maturity not age, which is no barrier for Acrobatics.  Acrobatics is also competed internationally and we run the corresponding age groups in Australia.  There are 5 different group/pair types to perform in.

Gymnasts training balance skills in a trio
Coach assisting gymnasts with trio based dynamic skill

There are three types of competitive routines L1-7 have a Balance and a Dynamic routine and L8+ have Balance, Dynamic and Combined routines.  All routines are choreographed to music and take place on a 12m x 12m sprung floor area.

The Three Competitive Routine Types in Acrobatic Gymnastics

Gymnasts training balance skill in a trio

Artful demonstrations of strength, balance, flexibility and agility

Balance

Gymnasts performing dynamic routine in a pair

Showing flight from throws, boosts, pitches and catches

Dynamic

Gymnasts training balance skill in mixed pair

Elements from the balance and dynamic routines

Combined

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The Two Group Types in Acrobatic Gymnastics

Gymnasts performing balance routine in a pair

Women’s Pairs, Men’s Pairs, Mixed Pairs (Male base, female top)

Pairs

Gymnastics training dynamic skill in a trio

Women’s Trio and

Men’s Four

Groups

Here at Nunawading, we offer a junior class for levels 0-2 that train 1.5 hours per week and an intermediate class for level 3 and 4 that trains 6 hours per week.

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