Trampoline Basics

[JBS]

I have been an artistic gymnast all my life. I'm really interested in trampoline and tumbling as it seems to be getting more popular. These questions are for anyone that has some experience with trampoline and tumbling.

What are the basics of trampolining?

When teaching a beginner...what do you focus on?

What is the difference between training artistic skills on a trampoline and the actual sport of trampolining?

[hammy]

I think I can be a little help, but not much. As as artistic gymnast I did a lot of training on the tramp because my coach felt it was similar to the other events--which it really is!

I suggest going to the USAG website and looking up the tramp routines (all levels). Basic routines include different jumps, stomach drops, etc.

I personally think that when you begin teaching trampoline teach correct jumping technique (arms up in the air, down when you hit the tramp--making a circle motion) and stopping correctly. Start of with all the types of jumps, seat drops, stomach drops, turning those skills, basic flips, front and back egg rolls (front flip to your back then another front flip from your back to your back--that sort of thing).

Hopefully I was some help! As an artistic gymnast I loved learning trampoline--it really helped with air awareness and it came in handing because a lot of skills, on all events, can be trained on the tramp (parts of them at least). GOOD LUCK!

[Knitted_Fiend]

Some of the major differences between TnT and Artistic are the way Layouts are done. "artistic" layouts are in incurve/outcurve position, which would get deductions in TnT for being arched. There are many... I will type them up later when I am not so tired.

[Shaundra]

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Originally Posted by |||JBS||| I have been an artistic gymnast all my life. I'm really interested in trampoline and tumbling as it seems to be getting more popular. These questions are for anyone that has some experience with trampoline and tumbling. What are the basics of trampolining? When teaching a beginner...what do you focus on? What is the difference between training artistic skills on a trampoline and the actual sport of trampolining?

Ok I just started doing it the basics are getting good hight
using your hands to get the good hight, bum drops (as
my coach calls them) swivle hips (not sure how to spell that)
front drops/backdrops , front flip/ back flip and maby
some combo moves if that helps at all