Acrosport: Sport Acrobatics and Human Pyramids

Posted on Apr 23, 2025 in Physical Education

Acrosport Fundamentals

Acrosport is a sport involving acrobatics performed with peers or by a mixed group, combining human pyramids, jumps, and acrobatic elements.

Static formations are shapes made by all components without being on top of each other.

Pyramids are structures that always involve at least two levels, with the base broader than the top.

The Portor: A person who holds and serves as a support base for different shapes to be conducted upon them.
The Agile: The person who performs elements on the Portor or is released by them.
Aid: Provided by the teacher or students to facilitate implementation and reduce risk.

Body Control: Continuous and valuable knowledge of all body segments. This requires widespread and simultaneous tension of large muscle groups through maintained isometric contraction.
Locking Position: The base position for performing gymnastic elements. The body must maintain a robust, non-articulated, but rigid state.

It is a collaborative practice and teamwork activity.
It actively involves the body and mind.
It develops and improves physical abilities.
It encourages creativity, imagination, and physical expressiveness.
It is a motivating activity for students because they are conscious of their progress.
It may include music.
It awakens the artistic and aesthetic sensibility of those who practice it.
It is an alternative to traditional sports.

From the inside out and bottom up.
The Portor forms a stable base and anticipates the action of the Agile.
The Agile climbs as close as possible to the Portor’s body in a gradual and controlled manner.

From outside to inside and from top to bottom.
Weight is progressively unloaded, and we sink to an alternative action of both feet.

Material Support: Complementary material used to provide security, reduce fear and anxiety, and thus promote learning.
Manual Aid: Refers to contact made by the teacher or student to help correct execution of various figures.
Preventive Support: Refers to actions that both the Portor and Agile must take in case of a potential fall.

Side by Side Grip: Pinch and hand-wrist grip used to push and/or hold in different formations. The double hand grip is used primarily to maintain balance.
Arm-Arm Grip: Used for holding an inverted position.
Platform Grip: Used to climb and hold in some pyramids and to launch the Agile student in acrobatics.
Hand-Foot Grip: Used by the Portor to support the Agile located at the top in a static equilibrium position. The grip should be on the back of the foot.

Maintenance of the figure for 3 seconds.
During this time, the body should remain static and undeformable.
Body segments must be aligned and fixed at angles according to the shape of each figure.