The World Games: Gymnastics - Acrobatic & Trampoline

Gymnastics is a sport that requires balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination and endurance. There are six disciplines of Gymnastics offered in The World Games: Acrobatic, Aerobic, Parkour, Rhythmic, Trampoline and Tumbling.

Acrobatic has 5 categories: Men’s Pairs, Women’s Pairs, Mixed Pairs, Women’s Group (3 gymnasts) and Men’s Group (4 gymnasts). The pairs/groups present a routine with music which includes a certain number of required collective (partnership) and individual elements of three different types: static (balance), dynamic, and combined.

Trampoline involves athletes performing acrobatics while bouncing on a trampoline. The Double Mini trampoline is smaller than a regular competition trampoline. The gymnasts run, jump onto the sloping end, jump onto a flat plateau, then dismount on to a mat. Skills are performed during the jumps or during the dismount. The form and difficulty are judged in a similar manner as trampolining, but there are additional deductions for failing to land cleanly or landing outside a designated area on the mat.

Tumbling is characterized by the complex, swift, and rhythmical succession of acrobatic jumps from hands to feet, feet to hands or feet directly back onto feet in a matter of 6 seconds and on a 25-meter track. Tumbling is a colorful sport that offers spectacular elements such as speed, rhythm and twists. A routine includes 8 skills, with the final skill requiring athletes to land on a landing mat (placed at the end of tumbling track). Each routine is valuated in “execution” and “difficulty”.