What Is Tumbling & Acrobatics?
Tumbling & Acrobatics (T&A) is a newly recognized NCAA sport that scores exactly what Renee's athletes train every day: tumbling passes, acrobatic skills, tosses, and group elements. College programs are adding varsity teams — and varsity teams come with roster spots, recruiting budgets, and scholarship opportunities that didn't exist for tumblers a few years ago.
Why This Changes the Math for Your Athlete
For decades, a cheerleader or acro dancer's skills had no direct college varsity destination unless she was also an artistic gymnast. T&A changes that: the athletes best positioned for it are exactly the ones coming out of cheer tumbling, acro, and gymnastics backgrounds. Because the sport is young, the recruiting pool is still shallow — early movers have a real edge.
How Renee Prepares T&A Athletes
- Skill development targeted at what T&A events score — from handspring passes to elite tumbling.
- Gymnastics training from Level 2 through Elite — the technical foundation college programs want.
- Recruiting positioning — video, skill inventories, and program outreach; see recruiting & NIL services.
- Judging-eye evaluations — Renee scores your athlete's skills the way a judge would, so training targets points, not guesses: judging evaluations.
A USA Gymnastics Professional Member for 35+ years and Head Tumbling Coach of the BFLO Professional Cheerleaders, Renee trains T&A hopefuls in Buffalo, virtually anywhere, and through traveling clinics.
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