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Officially, Trampoline moves are performed in the centre
of the trampoline bed, at a consistent height, with control and rhythm.
Landings are on the feet, seat (bottom), chest, and back. Landing on the
knees is not an official trampoline manoeuvre.
The name of the basic and intermediate moves are; tuck jump, pike jump,
straddle jump (also called split pike jump), 1/2 twist jump, full twist
jump, seat drop, seat drop 1/2 twist out to feet, 1/2 twist to seat drop,
swivel hips, front drop, 1/2 twist to front drop, back drop, 1/2 twist to
back drop, back drop 1/2 twist to feet, back drop to front drop, back drop
1/2 twist to back drop (cradle), Front Somersault (tucked / piked) and
Back Somersault (tucked, pike or straight).
The more advanced moves have quite interesting names.
The “Adolph” is a front somersault with 3 1/2 twists. The Baby Fliffus
is move starting on the back, and with an early half twist and over into
back somersault. A Double somersault with a full twist during the second
somersault is simply called a Back-in Full-out. A Ball out consists of
front somersault starting from a back drop and landing to the feet. If
this Ball out has a late half twist it is a Ball Out Barani. The Barani
can be a Front Somersault (tucked) with a late half twist, or a straight
front somersault with half twist.
The Back in Half out is a double front somersault with a 1/2 twist during
the first somersault, making the second one have a back landing.
The Cody starts with a front drop then flips backward for a one and a
quarter back somersault and the Lazy Back is a three-quarter back
somersault landing in the front drop position.
A full twisting back somersault is shortened to just FULL, and if that
somersault has a double twist, it’s a Double Full. However, if you were to
put three twists into that back somersault, the name becomes a Miller.
A single front somersault with 2 and a half twists has two names; either a
Rudolph or a Randy, or if it has just one and a half twists it is a Rudy.
When it comes to the really complex skill of triple somersaults, no matter
whether they have twists or not, a simple name of Triff is applied.
Perhaps the most aptly named Trampoline move is the double back somersault
with four complete twists; The Killer.
Often, even to the trained eye, these twists are performed so fast, it’s
hard to work out if they are a Rudy, Rudolph or Randy, but it’s certainly
an elegant and breath-taking sport to watch, no matter what the moves are
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