Acrodunk Explained

Acrodunk is a basketball performance squad founded by Jerry L. Burrell in 1994.[1] Acrodunk started out as The High "Impact" Squad with members of Acrodunk still performing for The High "Impact" Squad. Acrodunk is also formerly known as Team Acrodunk. Acrodunk's primary mission is to inspire and impress audiences with variations of the slam dunk.[2] [3] The group performs shows for college and professional basketball games, corporate meetings, festivals, fairs, theme parks, TV shows and schools.[4] [5] The squad made an appearance twice on the television show America's Got Talent.[6] [7] Members of Acrodunk have set numerous Guinness World Records individually and as a team[8] [9] and the team performs worldwide.

Team members

Each player has a nickname that they are known by during shows:[10]

Performances and results

Acrodunk has performed in the television show America's Got Talent.[11]

America's Got Talent, season 4

WeekThemeSong choiceOriginal artistPerformance orderResult
AuditionN/A"Boom Boom Pow"Black Eyed PeasN/ASafe
Vegas VerdictsN/AN/AN/AN/ASafe
Top 48Street"Jump"Flo Rida8Safe
Top 20Fire"Let It Rock"1Eliminated

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  1. Web site: Where old mascots go to thrive: The Houston Rockets' ex Turbo is still flipping elsewhere.
  2. Burton. Austin. September 3, 2009. Acrodunk loses its $1 million shot.. Dime Magazine. 1 January 2018.
  3. Web site: Welcome to Acrodunk.com . Acrodunk.com . February 8, 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120106111037/http://www.acrodunk.com/index.html . January 6, 2012 . dead .
  4. Web site: Halftime Movie . NBA.com. February 8, 2012 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20151019133224/http://www.nba.com/video/teams/thunder/2011/01/30/halftimemov-1538915/index.html . October 19, 2015 .
  5. Web site: Corporate Entertainment - Acrodunk / Basketball. Acrodunk Extreme Dunkers. 24 March 2012. YouTube.
  6. Web site: Bianca Ryan Wins America's Got Talent: Quick Change Succeeds Despite One Judge's Critiques. https://web.archive.org/web/20060820212256/http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/08/prweb426311.htm. dead. August 20, 2006.
  7. Web site: America's Got Talent: First Live Show Photo: 353781 - NBC.com. NBC.
  8. Web site: Home.
  9. Web site: Highest slam dunk with a backflip.
  10. Web site: Home of Acrodunk - America's Favorite Dunk Team & The High "Impact" Squad. 2012-02-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20120106111123/http://www.acrodunk.com/meet.html. 2012-01-06. dead.
  11. Web site: America's Got Talent: Acrodunk . Nbc.com. February 8, 2012.