Acrobatic gymnastics (sometimes called Acro-Airs or Sport Acrobatics) is a competitive sport involving
gymnasticsGymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, balance and grace. Artistic gymnastics is the best known and most popular of the gymnastics sports governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique...
and
acrobaticsAcrobatics is the performance of extraordinary feats of balance, agility and motor coordination. It can be found in many of the performing arts, as well as many sports...
that is
choreographedChoreography is the art of designing sequences of movements in which motion, form, or both are specified. Choreography may also refer to the design itself, which is sometimes expressed by means of dance notation. The word choreography literally means "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" ...
and rated by judges. There are five types of events (women's and men's pairs, women's and men's group, involving three and four partners respectively, and mixed pairs). The sport combines dance,
tumblingIn gymnastics, tumbling is an acrobatic discipline which is practiced on a 25 meter long dynamic track.This sport is practiced both by women and men. Tumblers go along the track performing eight consecutive elements, without interruption, or change of the rhythm...
and partnering skills that involves dynamic (aerial) and balance (posed) movements.
The rules for the sport, known as the Code of Points, are governed by the
Fédération Internationale de GymnastiqueThe Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique or International Federation of Gymnastics is the governing body of competitive gymnastics. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded on July 23, 1881 in Liège, Belgium, making it the oldest international sport organisation...
.
Acrobatic gymnastics events form part of the
World GamesThe World Games, first held in 1981, are an international multi-sport event, meant for sports that are not contested in the Olympic Games. The World Games are organised and governed by the International World Games Association , under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee .Some of...
as well as having a dedicated
Acrobatic Gymnastics World ChampionshipsThe Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships are the World Championships for acrobatic gymnastics. Before 2006 they were known as the World Sports Acrobatics Championships...
(known as World Sports Acrobatics Championships prior to 2006).
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Acrobatic gymnastics (sometimes called Acro-Airs or Sport Acrobatics) is a competitive sport involving
gymnasticsGymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, balance and grace. Artistic gymnastics is the best known and most popular of the gymnastics sports governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique...
and
acrobaticsAcrobatics is the performance of extraordinary feats of balance, agility and motor coordination. It can be found in many of the performing arts, as well as many sports...
that is
choreographedChoreography is the art of designing sequences of movements in which motion, form, or both are specified. Choreography may also refer to the design itself, which is sometimes expressed by means of dance notation. The word choreography literally means "dance-writing" from the Greek words "χορεία" ...
and rated by judges. There are five types of events (women's and men's pairs, women's and men's group, involving three and four partners respectively, and mixed pairs). The sport combines dance,
tumblingIn gymnastics, tumbling is an acrobatic discipline which is practiced on a 25 meter long dynamic track.This sport is practiced both by women and men. Tumblers go along the track performing eight consecutive elements, without interruption, or change of the rhythm...
and partnering skills that involves dynamic (aerial) and balance (posed) movements.
The rules for the sport, known as the Code of Points, are governed by the
Fédération Internationale de GymnastiqueThe Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique or International Federation of Gymnastics is the governing body of competitive gymnastics. Its headquarters are in Lausanne, Switzerland. It was founded on July 23, 1881 in Liège, Belgium, making it the oldest international sport organisation...
.
Major competitions
Acrobatic gymnastics events form part of the
World GamesThe World Games, first held in 1981, are an international multi-sport event, meant for sports that are not contested in the Olympic Games. The World Games are organised and governed by the International World Games Association , under the patronage of the International Olympic Committee .Some of...
as well as having a dedicated
Acrobatic Gymnastics World ChampionshipsThe Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships are the World Championships for acrobatic gymnastics. Before 2006 they were known as the World Sports Acrobatics Championships...
(known as World Sports Acrobatics Championships prior to 2006). The acro competitions take a score out of 30.
History
The first use of acrobatics as a specific sport was in the
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in the 1930s and the first world championships were in 1974.
In addition to the current five categories, two additional categories for tumbling (men's and women's) were included until the 1999 World Championships, though some groups still involve tumbling events.
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