What is the Meaning & Definition of Acrosport

Acrosport, also known as acrobatic gymnastics is a discipline practiced by couples that can be mixed, female trios, or male quartets. It is considered to be an acrobatico-coreografico sport which is made up of three core elements: formation of figures or personal pyramids, stunts and elements of strength, flexibility and balance such as the transition from one figure to another and dance elements, jumps, gymnastic stunts, as the choreographic component which is that attributed this degree of artistic. Mainly, it is characterized by group manifestation in which the body of each participant acts as motor apparatus, support and drive the other. In the acrosport choreography and acrobatic movements both collective and individual are harmoniously and they in turn are synchronized with an instrumental music without vocals.
The origin of the word which designates this practice is Greek, acrobateo, which means climbing or climbing above anyone.
But this acrobatic discipline is not a novelty in these modern times, but on the contrary, since it's a discipline practised in far-off times of our humanity; until archaeological and documentary records confirm that it was and acrobatic exercises were a reality also makes approximately a few custred thousand years ago.

For example, in the ancient Egypt this type of exercises were very common and celebrated within special events such as festivals and ceremonies. Then they spill over to the Greeks, and thereafter the various acrobatic exercises, jumps, flips, turns, among others, would become the attraction and the discipline of millions of people around the world.
In acrosport, the person dealing to bear the weight of a partner is called portor and which rises above the bearer is known as agile in the jargon of the discipline itself.
To carry out required a surface of 12 by 12 meters, surrounded by a security of a metro area, meanwhile, the average duration of an exercise is two and a half to three seconds, approximately.