Flip (acrobatic)

An acrobatic flip is a sequence of body movements in which a person leaps into the air and rotates one or more times while airborne.

Acrobatic flips are commonly performed in acro dance, free running, gymnastics, cheerleading, high jumping, tricking (martial arts), goal celebrations, and various other activities.

This contrasts with freestyle BMX flips, where a person rotates in the air along with a bicycle.

In gymnastics, for example, flips adhere to a small number of specific, rigorously defined forms and movements.

Many gymnastics flips are descriptively named based on the direction of rotation and the body position assumed during execution.

A front aerial performed as part of an acro dance routine.
Acro dancers perform a pitch tuck .
Peggy Bacon is airborne while executing a variation of a back pike , with legs apart. Bondi Beach , 1937