Acrobatics 1

Focus: Building foundational acro technique, flexibility, and strength.

Skills Taught

• Right and left cartwheels
• Dominant-side round-offs
• Dominant-side hurdle cartwheels
• Handstands
• Tripods (headstand preparation)
• Backbends from the floor
• Front limbers
• Backbend kickovers
• Forward, backward, and straddle rolls

Promotion Requirements for Acro 2

Students should demonstrate:

• Clean right and left cartwheels
• One-handed cartwheels
• Dominant-side round-off
• Handstand hold (minimum 3 seconds)
• Tripod hold (minimum 5 seconds)
• Backbend from standing
• Front limber with a controlled stand
• Backbend kickover
• Clean forward, backward, and straddle rolls