Knowra Trampolining Trampolining Trampolining is a gymnastics discipline in which athletes perform acrobatic routines while bouncing on a trampoline. Competitive routines combine repeated jumps with controlled twists, somersaults, and precise landings.
Trampoline routine : A sequence of ten trampoline skills performed continuously, with each skill ending in a controlled landing on the bed. Competition routines are judged as linked skills rather than isolated jumps.
George Nissen : An American gymnast and inventor who developed the modern trampoline with Larry Griswold in the 1930s. Nissen helped create the apparatus that made modern trampoline sport possible.
Individual trampoline : A competitive event in which one athlete performs a ten-skill routine on a trampoline. It is the discipline’s principal international and Olympic competition format.
Artistic gymnastics : A gymnastics discipline featuring apparatus routines judged for execution and difficulty. Its routines use fixed apparatus rather than the trampoline’s repeated rebound and flight.
Trampoline : A flexible bed suspended by springs or elastic cords within a supporting frame, designed to rebound under load. The bed’s rebound gives athletes the flight time needed to complete aerial skills.
Larry Griswold : An American physical educator and coach who collaborated with George Nissen on the modern trampoline. His collaboration with Nissen connected trampoline design to gymnastics and physical education.
Synchronized trampoline : A trampoline event in which two athletes perform matching routines simultaneously on adjacent trampolines. It applies individual skills to a demanding test of timing and synchronization.
Rhythmic gymnastics : A gymnastics discipline combining dance and body skills with apparatus such as ribbon, hoop, ball, clubs, or rope. It shares judged acrobatic performance but emphasizes dance and apparatus handling, not bouncing.
Trampoline scoring : A system that evaluates trampoline routines through execution, difficulty, time of flight, and horizontal displacement. These scores reward technical quality while penalizing errors and movement across the bed.
Trampoline history : The development of the trampoline from early rebounding devices into a recreational and competitive apparatus. The sport’s emergence follows the spread and redesign of its specialized equipment.
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