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In: Trampolining Terminology

Add on is a Trampolining Game. Every player has to repeat all skills of those that went before in the correct order and add on an additional skill at the end; also known as “Tag”. (Variants: Add-Before, Add-Between).Continue Reading

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In: Biomechanics

DEFINITIONS External forces – forces that are not produced by our bodies such as gravity or air resistance Internal forces – Movement created by  using our muscles An example of an Internal Force is a push or pull.  An example of a an Internal Force in trampolining is pushing yourContinue Reading

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In: Competitions

In trampoline competitions there are five Form Judges. Theys assess three main area’s of performance. FORMThe technical correctness/neatness of the skills HEIGHTWas the height of the performer consistent  throughout the routine, with allowances made for a loss of  a ¼ of the overall height after performing body landings TRAVELMovement awayContinue Reading

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To develop skill practice and keep your trampolining session engaging you can start linking skills together to form a short routine. At this stage it doesn’t matter if skills are repeated. The aim is to develop balance, skill practice and good form. A beginners example could be…. Tuck, Pike, StraddleContinue Reading

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Biomechanics can be used to analyse  trampoline skills and  good coaches will be able to  give advice to their performers to enable them to make the necessary adjustments to improve the technical correctness of the skill. Often coaches forget all about the mechanics of trampolining after becoming qualified as theyContinue Reading