SECTIONS

SECTIONS

Acro Section

Acrobatic gymnastics (Acro) is the gymnastics discipline where partnerships of gymnasts work together and perform acrobatic moves, dance and tumbling, set to music on a 12m x 12m sprung floor. It is performed in pairs or groups usually in the following partnerships: - 2 females (women's pair); 2 males (men's pair), mixed pair (a male base and female top), women's group (3 females), men's group (4 males)


The partnerships will have gymnasts of similar skill levels but vary in height but be balanced out to complement each other in order to carry out the complex moves that are part of Acro gymnastics. Some gymnasts will perform as “bases” which have supporting and/or pitching roles, while other (sometimes smaller gymnasts) will perform as “tops”


The Acro routines are performed in three different types, depending on level: 
balance routine where the focus is on strength, poise and flexibility; a 'dynamic' routine which includes throws, somersaults and catches, and a 'combined' routine which includes elements from both balance and dynamic.


In competition, partnerships perform a routine to music, that has usually been choreographed specifically for them. 

Tumble Section

In tumbling, a gymnast performs a tumbling pass which sees the gymnast gain speed and power by running along a track and performing a series of somersaults and twists. World-class tumblers perform no less than two double somersaults in one run, the best of them three, with twisting elements in addition.

A typical tumbling competition will include the gymnast completing three tumbling passes. The first is called a Straight Pass (composed of somersaults), the second is called the Twisting Pass (twists) with the third and Final Pass (composed of both somersaults and twists.

Artistic Section

Women’s Artistic Gymnastics is probably the best-known branch of the sport and is one of the biggest crowd pleasers at the Olympic Games.
It is an exciting discipline incorporating vault, asymmetric bars, beam and floor.

Vault
This is a dynamic exercise from a springboard over a vaulting table 125cm high. It demonstrates power and accuracy, combining height and length, sometimes with multiple rotations or twists to finish with a controlled landing.
Bars
This exercise is performed on two bars, one high, one low, over and between which gymnasts perform swinging movements and breath-taking skills where the bar is released and re-caught.
Beam
This awe-inspiring piece of apparatus is 5m in length, 125 cm high and only 10cm wide. Requiring tremendous nerve and balance, the exercise combines artistry, acrobatic elements, balances, leaps, jumps and turns and finishes with a dismount demonstrating flight and precision landing.
Floor
The floor exercise is performed on a 12m x 12m sprung floor. A sequence of dance movements, tumbling, acrobatic elements, jumps, spins and leaps is choreographed to music expressing the gymnast’s personality, style and flair.

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