Super Fitness Health BlogTrampolines – Part of Olympic Sports
Trampolines are splendid apparatuses that have become tantamount to fun. A lot of properties have trampolines which children use to launch themselves high up in the air. Even grownups find jumping on trampolines thrilling and exciting.
But do you know that trampolines are not just utilized as recreational devices? They are also utilized in competition. In fact, trampolining is now a true Olympic sport since the year 2000. Gymnasts perform spectacular tricks while bouncing up and down on a trampoline. Spectators gasp in amazement as skilled gymnast jump, somersault, tuck, twist, and do complex moves up in the air.
Presently, the Federation Internationale de Gymnastique, FIG, in short, is the governing committee of the trampolining, which means that international events are run under the rules and regulations of FIG. National or local organizations, while still covered by the rules of FIG, can make variations with the regulations like obligatory and optional rules or the number of rounds for the competition.
Traditionally, the accepted FIG format is composed of two or three routines, one of which involves a display of a compulsory number of skills. These compulsory skills is made up of a variety of combinations of shaped bounces, twists, somersaults, and body landings performed in a number of body positions such as straight, tuck, or pike.
As per FIG rules, these routines are done on a standard 14-by-7-foot regulation-sized trampoline with a middle marker. Starting the routine in a standing position, an athlete may perform 10 different skills then finish the routine on his feet. Five judges determine the points of the routine, subtracting scores for unfinished moves, bad form, or moving too far from the central mark. Points are rewarded for exemplary form, faultless execution, and the proper execution of an especially difficult move. The difficulty degree is determined by adding a factor for every successful half turn, half twist, or quarter somersault. In 2010, another score category called Time of Flight is included in senior level events. In essence, gymnasts who can achieve and maintain greater height in their routines are rewarded with Time of Flight points.
If you have ever dreamed of becoming a skilled gymnast and competing in the Olympics, set up a trampoline in your property where you can practice your moves.
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