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Acrobatic Gymnastics Terminology

This document provides an overview of important terminology and concepts in acrobatic gymnastics. It defines key terms like balance, dynamic, pair/group, partner positions, and elements. It also outlines the different types of exercises, skills, and requirements within balance, dynamic, and combined routines. Finally, it explains judging criteria around execution, difficulty, special requirements and more. The document serves as a comprehensive reference guide for acrobatic gymnastics.

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Acrobatic Gymnastics Terminology

This document provides an overview of important terminology and concepts in acrobatic gymnastics. It defines key terms like balance, dynamic, pair/group, partner positions, and elements. It also outlines the different types of exercises, skills, and requirements within balance, dynamic, and combined routines. Finally, it explains judging criteria around execution, difficulty, special requirements and more. The document serves as a comprehensive reference guide for acrobatic gymnastics.

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ACROBATIC

GYMNASTICS
Important Documents
Terminology
Important Documents

 FIG Technical Regulations


 Acrobatic Gymnastic Code of Points
 ACRO Tables of Difficulty
 ACRO Age Group Rules
 ACRO 11-16 Compulsory Elements
 General Judges Rules
 Acrobatic Specific Judges Rules
 Newsletters
 All relevant FIG documents
Additional Course Resources

 FIG Acrobatic Gymnastic Resource Booklet


 FIG Skill Cards for pairs and groups
 USA Gymnastics Pre team program for
recreational classes
 USA Gymnastics Competition Program for
levels up to Elite
 Skill training videos USAG website
 Course Powerpoints
 Block Conditioning handout
IMPORTANT WORDS
 Partner – compañero/a
This word refers to the individual members in a
pair or group. For example, each partner must
perform 3 individual elements.
 Pair/Group - pareja/grupo or pareja/trios and
pareja/cuarteto
This word is used throughout the Code of Points to
refer to all 5 categories of acrobatic gymnastics,
Pairs - women’s pair, mixed pair, men’s pair, and
Groups – womens and mens, or trios and fours.
 Element - elemento
This word is used to refer to pair/group skills
performed for difficulty or individual skills
performed for difficulty.
PARTNER POSITIONS

 Middle - medio
Partner in between the
base and the top. May
also work as a second
 Top - ágil top or a second base.
Person supported in  Base - portor
balance elements Partner(s) supporting the
and the flyer in “top” in balance elements,
dynamic elements. usually the partner on the
floor.

The partner (s)throwing


the “top” in dynamic
elements.
MORE IMPORTANT WORDS

 Mixed Pairs - The male partner is


always the base of the pair.

 Groups – refers to three women or


four men --
• Trio – women’s group
• Four – men’s four
COMPETITION EXERCISES
 Balance Exercise - Ejercicio Estático
All partner (pair/group) elements given
difficulty are balance elements.

 Dynamic Exercise - Ejercicio Dinámico


All pair/group elements given difficulty value
have flight.

 Combined Exercise – Ejercicio Combinado


An exercise with both balance and dynamic
difficulty elements.
BALANCE
One partner “balances”
another.
The connection
between partners is
NOT broken during
performance of the
element.
Balance:
On different parts of the
body – head, feet, hands,
knees, shoulders...
BALANCE
Exercise
Pair/Group
Elements
&
Individual
Elements
 Strength

 Motions
 Mounts
 Flexibility
 Agility
TYPES OF BALANCE ELEMENTS:

 Static – Estático
one fixed position held for 3 seconds
Example: Handstand on P-bars

 Motion – Movimiento
movement linking one static hold to another
Example: Straddle press to handstand
TYPES OF BALANCE ELEMENTS:

 Mount – Montaje
Normally from a position on the floor to
a position on the partner. (Ending in a
static hold)
 Pyramid - Pirámide - Groups only
Balance construction with one or two bases
on the floor and the other partners on top.
 Transition – transición
Men’s group only – from one
point of support to another
BALANCE TERMS
 Skill Descriptions: First word is position of
top and second word refers to the base

Examples:
Foot to hand: Top standing on
hand(s) of base

Hand to hand: Top in handstand in the


hands of the base

Straddle on foot: Top in straddle


on foot of base
BALANCE TERMS CONTINUED

2:1 – Two hands of the top in one


hand of the base or on the
foot of the base

1:1 - One hand of the top in one


hand of the base
BALANCE TERMS CONTINUED

2:2 – 2 hands of the top in 2


hands of the base.

Press – Motion of the top, from one static


hold to another – but normally refers to a
specific skill – from straddle “press” to
handstand.
BALANCE TERMS CONTINUED

“low” foot to hand or hand to “high” foot to hand or hand to


hand – skill performed on bent hand – skill performed on
arms of base straight arms of base
DYNAMIC
The connection
between the
partner(s) is
broken by flight.
DYNAMIC EXERCISE

MANAGEMENT
OF FLIGHT
SKILLS
•

TYPES OF DYNAMIC ELEMENTS

 CATCH - Captura
One partner(s) catches another
Flight from floor to the partner(s)
Example: Mount from springboard to beam
Flight from partner to partner(s)
Example: Layout on the beam

 Dynamic element - Dinámico


Flight from the floor, (with brief help by the partner(s)
to
gain additional flight) back to the floor.
Example: A vault
TYPES OF DYNAMIC ELEMENTS
 Dismount - Desmontaje
From the partner to the floor.
Example: Any dismount from an
apparatus such as high bar.

 Link –
The term used when two dynamic elements are
performed in immediate succession without any
break in the motion.
DYNAMIC TERMS
 Toe Pitch - lanzamiento de pies (pitch de pies)
Top stands on toe in the
hands of bases – then the
top is “pitched” by the
bases for a dynamic element.

 Platform – plataforma
Used in trios and fours - the hands of
the bases are locked together to form
a “platform” for the top to stand on
(with hands or feet). The platform is
used to throw the top.
DYNAMIC TERMS CONTINUED

 Toe pitch to foot to hand “foose”


Refers to a dynamic skill used in pairs. Top
starts on floor, a toe pitch is thrown, and then
top lands on feet, caught in the hands of the
base. In the USA this is often referred to as a
“foose”.

Boost
Term refers to throw from
Back,thighs or stomach,
not hands or feet.
COMBINED
EXERCISE
 Combination of
Balance and dynamic
Pair/Group elements

 Individual elements
JUDGING TERMS

 Execution – Ejecución -Judging = Technical Judging


Judges take deductions for technical
mistakes in partner and individual skills.
Bent knees, toes not pointed etc.

 Artistry - Artístico - Judging


Judges take deductions for mistakes in
musical interpretation, element
selection, technical mistakes made in
choreography elements etc.
JUDGING TERMS CONTINUED
 Difficulty - Dificultad
Value of the elements performed
All values found in the Tables of
Difficulty.
 Tariff Sheet
The form used by the coach to draw all the
elements in an exercise for which difficulty
will be claimed.
 Difficulty Judging
Judging the exercise to determine if all the
elements declared on the tariff sheet have
been performed and then calculating the
difficulty score.
JUDGING TERMS CONTINUED

 Special Requirements - Requisitos Especiales


Specific requirements that must be
performed in an exercise or penalties are
taken.
For example:
Balance Exercise – 3 static holds
Dynamic Exercise – 2 “catches”

 CJP Penalties
Deductions taken from the final score for
Overtime of exercise, out of bounds, attire
Do you remember
everything???

(There will be a
Test tomorrow!)

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