Trampoline competition is a gymnastic sport where contestants perform acrobatic moves on a trampoline at a height of approximately 25 feet. The sport involves back-and-forth flips, twists, spins, and other movements, and is judged on three routines based on completion of moves, degree of difficulty, and body shape. Trampolining requires athletic strength and body control and has been an Olympic sport since 2000. The sport was invented in 1937 and became internationally popular in the 1970s and 1980s, dominated by European countries and the former Soviet Union.
A trampoline competition is a gymnastic sport performed while bouncing on a trampoline. Contestants use acrobatic moves to earn points from the judges in the official competition. The movements are performed after bouncing on the trampoline at a height of approximately 25 feet (approximately 7.5m). Trampolining requires athletic strength and body control and has been an Olympic sport since 2000.
A trampoline competition involves back-and-forth flips, twists, spins, and a variety of other movements. Takeoffs and landings can be done from the feet, the front of the body, or the back of the body. The movements in a trampoline competition are performed with many different physical movements and involve most parts of the body.
There are three basic moves in a trampoline competition. A straight movement is performed with the whole body straight: legs and neck straight, and arms at the sides. A meaty move is performed with the legs and arms both straight at 90-degree angles to the body—the arms and legs in this move sometimes touch the hands and feet. A hidden movement is performed with bent legs and arms: the knees are pulled into the chest and the arms are folded around the legs. This move is comparable to a cannonball dive into a swimming pool. These movements are performed with rotations and somersaults of the body at different angles and different degrees of difficulty.
A competition on the trampoline must be started with the feet and finished with the feet, and 10 touches of the trampoline surface are completed in the meantime. Competitions are run on regulation size trampolines and are judged on three routines. Scores are awarded in a trampoline competition on a 10-point scale, based on completion of moves, degree of difficulty, and body shape. The degree of difficulty is determined by the turns added to the three trampoline moves. A half turn added on a fold, for example, adds half a stitch. A full somersault, then, would add a full difficulty point.
Trampoline competition was popularized by NCAA gymnastics champion George Nissen. The sport of trampoline was invented in 1937. It first became popular in high schools and colleges across the United States. It then moved to Europe and the first world championship was held in 1964. The sport of trampoline competition became internationally popular in the 1970s and 1980s and started to be dominated in tournaments by European countries and especially the countries of the former Soviet Union.
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