Acro Gymnastics is a spectacular sport for people 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 team mate’s feet, hands or shoulders. With roles as tops, middles or bases, there is a place for everyone in Acrobatic Gymnastics.
Acrobatic Gymnastics:
- Enhances balance, co-ordination and agility
- Develops posture and confident body movement, including the ability to land safely
- Challenges the mind and body to reach new goals
- Builds strength and flexibility for challenge in life
- Is the perfect team based sport for people of all ages and abilities
Give your child the right start in life. Let them experience Sport Acrobatics and share in the joy and challenge of this exciting gymsport.
Acrobatic Gymnastics is an expressive, dynamic and spectacular sport for men and women; combining power and poise, with grace and beauty. This dynamic and spirited sport builds confidence and camaraderie amongst participants.
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Acrobatics is a beautiful, dynamic and spectacular sport for both men and women. The sport develops courage, strength, stamina, co-ordination, flexibility, jumping abilities, adroitness etc. Sports acrobatics unites its power and poise, with grace and beauty to create an intriguing sport. Acrobats in groups of two, three and four perform routines with the heads, hands and feet of their partners.
Although Sports Acrobatics is the official name of the sport, it is often referred to as acrobatics, acro sports or simply sports acro.
Disciplines of Acrobatic Gymnastics:
Sports acrobatics has five disciplines (as described below): women’s pairs, men’s pairs, mixed pairs, women’s trios and men’s fours.
Women’s Pairs involves two females (one base and one top).
Men’s Pairs includes two males (one base and one top).
Mixed Pairs is comprised of a male (the base) and a female (the top).
Women’s Trios (otherwise known as Women’s Groups) has a female base, female middle and female top.
Men’s Fours (also known as Men’s Groups) utilises four males (base, middle 1, middle 2 and a top).
Enrolments are Essential. Please follow our Class Enrolment process.
Acro Gymnastics at North West Gymnastics.
Acro Gymnastics is a fun and diverse sport focusing predominantly on use of the floor area.
Our classes contain a mix of partner and trio based holds and balances in addition to classic acrobatic tumbling skills.
Acro Gymnastics is best as supplementary to other gymnastics or dance sports as the contact hours are limited.
The perfect option for competitive gymnastics looking for something less demanding in terms of contact time. Acro gymnastics however can also be a great option for a primary sport with other gymnastics foundations or dance classes supporting the physical preparation required for skill execution.
Our coaches are accredited to Coach and Judge Acro Gymnastics through Gymnastics Australia and in delivering the Acrobatic Arts program.
North West Gymnastics offers 2 separate Acro programs.
Womens’ Acro and Tumbling targets either older or more competent students looking for advanced skills and partner balance combinations. Classes alternate between partner balances and individual advanced tumbling progressions. Learn walkovers, roundoffs, handsprings, flicks and salto’s with an advanced coach.
Acro and Intermediate Gym Skills continues to leverage other apparatus such as bars and beam to bring diversity to classes over what would be found in classic dance acrobatics. Floor skills, partner holds and balances do however form the predominant focus for this class.
Annual club registration and insurance of $60 applies to the above classes.
Enrolments are Essential. Please follow our Class Enrolment process.
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