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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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A force that attracts everything to towards the earth.   ○ A force the earth exerts on a body ○ Acts vertically downwards ○ Slows down a body as it rises ○ Speeds up a body as it falls ○ Gravity is an external forceContinue Reading

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‘Gain’ or ‘gaining’ is movement in the opposite direction to the direction of the rotation. (eg)  Forward travel in a backward rotating skill or Backward travel in a forward rotating skill. An example would be landing forwards of the cross in a back landing, or landing behind the cross inContinue Reading

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Cast is the term used to describe sideways travel.  It is caused by the centre of mass moving sideways as the body leaves the bed. Cast can be corrected by improving the take phase of the skill. It is common to see casting in a back landing half twist toContinue Reading