Acrosport Showcase with a Student Judging Panel

Acrosport groups perform a short routine for a panel of student judges, who score difficulty, execution, and artistry with a rubric. It builds composition skills, safe stunt building, and critical peer assessment.

How to play

1. Form 5 groups of 5. Explain the rubric in 3 minutes: difficulty (number and type of stunts), execution (3-second hold, clean mount and dismount), and artistry (transitions, music, expression), each scored 0 to 5.
2. Each group spends 10 minutes building a 60–90 second routine with at least 4 stunts, 2 transitions, an entrance, and an exit, on mats.
3. Each group names one judge per category for another group, so every panel has three judges from three outside groups.
4. Groups perform in turn with their music (about 2 minutes per group including setup). Judges score on the sheet without talking to each other.
5. After each performance, each judge announces their score plus one positive comment and one specific improvement (1 minute per group).
6. Each group gets 3 minutes to fix one flagged mistake and repeats only that part. Add up the scores.

Rules

• Only build stunts you've practiced before, with a spotter and on mats.
• Bases support on solid points (hips and shoulders), never on the lower back or neck.
• If a stunt wobbles, dismount under control: safety matters more than the score.
• Judges score respectfully and justify every number.

Variations

Adaptations

• Limited mobility: the student acts as a stable seated base, as head judge, or as the routine designer.
• Autism: assign the execution judge role, with very concrete criteria and a visual scoring sheet.
• Lower strength level: the student acts as a flyer in low stunts or as a spotter, without bearing weight.

Learning goals

• Create an acrosport routine with stunts, transitions, and music.
• Apply safety rules when building and dismounting stunts.
• Assess other groups' work objectively and constructively.

Equipment for a class of 25

• mats: 10
• music
• speakers: 1
• rubric sheets: 15

Teacher tip

Run this once the class is solid on pair and trio stunts. Check every stunt yourself before the performance and watch three-level stunts especially closely.

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